Art
Today I am in a meeting in the Benson Center. This piece of art is hanging right outside the meeting room door. It’s a Keith Haring, a well known name in the American art world. Bonus that it is close to our […]
Vacations
With the 4th of July just around the corner, many of you probably have vacation on your minds. Vacations are on our minds too. But there’s another reason we are thinking about vacationing. With the new Class of 2019, we are receiving lots of
Rain At Last
This week’s unseemly heat has been broken by an impressive rain shower, happening right now (3:45 pm). This is the kind of rain where the drops are just enormous. It has been so hot and dry of late, and the flowers on campus have been a bit […]
Book Review on Parenting and College Students
There’s been some chatter about a new book that was written by a former dean of freshmen at Stanford University. She has written a book called “How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success,” and it […]
Quotes
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 […]
HHH
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 […]
One More FYI to Close Out the Week
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 […]
Smell-O-Vision
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 […]
#WFFdoubledown
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 […]
Dr. Hatch Recognized with Two Awards
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 […]
