The parking lots are filled once again, so students are back! Classes don’t start until tomorrow, so I haven’t seen them outside in earnest, save for a few early morning joggers. I wish the students had all been at the Joel lastnight for the Wake […]
With the new year comes the Real Deal: ACC basketball games. Tonight at 7 pm it’s Wake vs. Duke, a perennial rivalry. For our Deacs and Deac families, it will be on ESPN U, and there are a number of ways to follow the game […]
Pro Humanitate isn’t just old Latin words – those words mean something to Wake Foresters. “For humanity” is our charge to learn what we can here – in the classroom and out – and to do something with that knowledge for the good of humanity. […]
There is WF ironwork all over campus. It adds a touch of elegance and uniqueness to our campus. When you catch a WF just right, like our intrepid Ken Bennett so often does, you can see something really grand. Like this. — by Betsy Chapman
This picture is from Orientation and I loved the spirit of this project. This was a giant ball pit you could enter. The theme was Take a Seat, Meet a Deac – and a student could plunk him or herself down and meet one of […]
Just like your students, the faculty and staff are happy to have a break after the fall semester. The University will be closed December 24-31. I’m starting the break a few days early, so from now until New Year’s, the Daily Deac is going to be […]
Tis the season for holiday cards and good wishes. If I could, I’d send each of you a card and a heartfelt thank you for being part of our Daily Deac readership. As long as parents and families read and value the Daily Deac, I get to […]
Several times a year, I try to remind parents of the procedures we have in place in the event of some sort of crisis on campus. One of my fine colleagues on the Crisis Management Team has some good language around what we do at […]
I was in a meeting this morning with a colleague from ARAMARK, our food service provider. They have an enhanced website that I think might be useful to students – but might also be informative for parents. The main address is http://wakeforest.campusdish.com/ and like most […]
All our Deacs have departed for their Winter Break destinations and campus feels empty indeed. I imagine that most of them arrived home tired but happy to see you, and glad to let you climb Laundry Mountain for them 🙂 As you might imagine, it can […]