Stormy Weather
Yesterday we had a huge storm at the end of the day. Really high winds, heavy rain, and I hear some parts of Winston got hail (campus included), though I never saw any at my house. Today the weather has been all over the place […]
The View from the Green Room
No pics today, but early this morning I was walking through Reynolda Hall and happened to peek into the Green Room. Looks like most if not all available tables and chairs were taken up with kids studying. At 9:20 in the morning, that is definitely […]
Finals Day 1 Field Report
It’s Day 1 of Final Exams, and the logical place for the Daily Deac to focus on is the ZSR Library. Here’s an impressionistic field report (and some pics) from some well-placed sources at the ZSR. “Thursday, Reading Day, started slow, with students taking advantage […]
Reading Day
Today is Reading Day – the one day break between LDOC (Last Day of Classes) and final exams starting. The idea, I suppose, is to give you a day to prepare for finals. Here’s a Reading Day meme for your viewing pleasure. Depending on […]
To the Seniors, to Make Much of Time
It’s 1:40 pm and this is the view from the Quad Cam. Grass so green, sky so blue, clouds so white. You can see from the stripes in the grass that they have been mowing. The Quad grass gets a lot of extra […]
Go Deacs!
After the high of Campus Day and seeing all those smiling faces of new Deacs and new P’20s (parents/families of the new Class of 2020), we had some additional awesome this weekend. First, the men’s tennis team took the ACC Championship! It’s our first […]
5 Senses of Campus Day
Today is the second (and final) Campus Day for Accepted Students. I have been perched in Zick’s all morning because it is raining. Had Campus Day been *any other day* this week, the weather would have been beautiful. We got a bad roll of the […]
A Very Funny (and Famous) WF Grad Tonight
Your students are probably aware of CollegeHumor.com, a website filled with college-appropriate humor (read: some adults might find some of the jokes offensive, but typically the humor kills with the 18-24 year old set). They may not have known that a Wake grad was co-founder of CollegeHumor.com. […]
Wednesday Witticisms
Classes end in 7 days, and students are feeling it. So for today’s Daily Deac, a few memes about college, replete with some pop culture references. You can hang onto these and bit by bit send them to your students if you think they need […]
For Those Sweating Major Choice
A common theme that I have heard from some of the freshmen I meet is “I have no idea what I want to major in and I am freaking out about it.” They feel pressure that they should know (but don’t), they are dreading you […]