One of the many joys of being able to attend so many of our New Student Receptions is having the chance to talk to students (both incoming and upperclassmen/women) as well as their parents. It is always interesting to hear our students’ perspective, particularly because as […]
It’s technically barely the start of summer but we have already reached the dreaded 3 Hs: Hazy Hot and Humid. No lie, Deac families, it has been oppressively hot here. I have two degrees in English from WFU and I am starting to run out […]
We’re closing out this week of Daily Deacs with some FYIs you may or may not have known. Sustainability is something we are very proud of at WFU, and there are lots of ways that students can live a greener life while on campus. Did […]
Today is a day I wish that the oft-joked Smell-O-Vision technology worked. If it did, I would have taken video of the Magnolia trees on the Mag Quad (aka Manchester Quad), on the south side of campus. The magnolias are all over the Mag […]
So it’s a pretty big day here for us, our 52 hour campaign to help push us to the finale of our yearly fundraising. We rely on alumni, parents, and friends to support WFU, and your gifts to the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! As you prepare for what I hope will be a good weekend (and I am en route back to Mother So Dear from Boston), I thought I would share some updates from campus. Our president, Nathan O. Hatch, has been […]
The first of our New Student Receptions is tonight in Weston, MA, a Boston suburb. I’ll be there to help staff that event, so am doing a little pre-blogging for the time I’ll be traveling. On the Newstudents.wfu.edu website, we have a section called
Our New Student Reception season is kicking off tomorrow in Weston, MA. These gatherings allow incoming freshmen and their parents/family members to meet each other, build their WFU networks, and hear advice from upperclassmen/women (and sometimes their parents). If you are the parent […]
Yesterday at a large staff meeting I had the opportunity to hear from someone I’ve known a long time, but who is approaching a new role as the Dean of the College effective July 1: Michele Gillespie. She was named Dean of the College […]
Happy June, Deac families! We’re starting to get into some important deadlines and details for the fall semester, as crazy as that sounds. The first one is about our student health insurance requirement. I was sent the following information from our Student Insurance Administrator to […]
