We’re coming down to the wire with our Senior Oration feature. These have been wonderful glimpses into the experiences, thoughts, challenges, and dreams of some of our students. Today we have Breaking the Formula by Jim Le ’15. ——————————- It’s funny how sometimes stereotypes do […]
The potential ice or snow event did not happen at Mother So Dear, but it is once again really cold. I was walking around campus this morning and saw a lot of big coats and scarves on students. The sun is out, which helps a […]
Exactly the last thing your students want as they slog through midterms and projects is a soaking wet, miserable day. And yet, that’s what they are getting. This is how rainy it is: there are pools of water on the Quad as of early […]
It is a beautiful day on campus. We are still riding the Stephen Colbert high; I was talking to some faculty friends earlier today and they say their students are so excited about the announcement that he is our Commencement speaker. The beautiful day extends […]
This might be the biggest Commencement speaker news Wake Forest has seen since we announced then Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Today at 10 am, we announced that the 2015 Commencement speaker will be comedian Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report. I wish I could have […]
As you no doubt heard from your students, we got snow last Wednesday evening. On Thursday morning, our intrepid and award-winning photographer, Ken Bennett, ventured out in the snow to take some pictures of campus. They are in a terrific web site, Snow in the […]
A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon where there were faculty members at each table and they talked to their non-faculty tablemates about what they taught. I was seated with Dr. Michael Sloan of Classics. He employs some very interesting […]
The Daily Deac is continuing to feature the finalists for Senior Orations. Today we will see Am I Enough? An Addendum to Wake Forest’s Motto by Elizabeth Carlson ’15 But before we get there, you’ll note that today is a snow day here on campus. […]
The Daily Deac continues to showcase the finalists for Senior Orations. And with whispers of possible more snow to come this afternoon or tomorrow, we’re preposting Thursday’s Daily Deac just in case. There is a basketball game scheduled for tonight (WFU vs UVA at 7 […]
Mother Nature pulled a fast one on all of us early this morning. We woke up to snow that had not been predicted or expected. This was not a huge snow event, a light powdery covering that was enough to obscure the grass but it […]
