I noticed on the Events calendar that today, on the anniversary of 9/11, Wait Chapel will be open all day for quiet reflection and remembrance. The Chapel bells will toll at 8:46 am, when the first plane hit. It’s hard for me to imagine that […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a heavy topic, but one that bears talking about because all too frequently it is *not* talked about. And that is the topic of suicide. This week is National Suicide Prevention week. I admit I have a vested interest in this […]
Friday morning on campus is a time when some of us drink our morning coffee and read the Old Gold & Black, the WFU student newspaper. I was reading the OG&B online this morning, and stumbled across this editorial entitled Developing One’s Identity Is […]
I was walking on campus earlier this week to a meeting in the library. It was early – before 9 am – and as I was coming down the stairs from the Quad by Reynolda toward the Benson Center, I witnessed an unexpected moment of […]
Today at 3:30 is the Student Involvement Fair on the Manchester Plaza (aka Mag Quad on the south side of campus, nearest the first-year residence halls). This is a great event, because it brings out every student organization on campus to showcase what they do. […]
It’s a day of labor for your students and our faculty, but administrative offices are closed today. So for today’s Daily Deac, it’s some pictures of the new Magnolia and Dogwood residence halls, as well as some from the ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place last […]
It’s the first real Friday of the semester, with all the students here, not just the first-years. Students are going to be happy to have a short week of class. As much as they want to be here (or be back here), it takes a […]
Yesterday I was working on a special project that involved being in the Z Smith Reynolds Library. Even though it was just the second day of classes, students were already looking quite serious about finding a quiet place to study and do their work. While […]
Thanks to our Deac families who responded to yesterday’s Daily Deac about the “I Was the Sun, the Kids Were My Planets” editorial. I have heard from several parents about another editorial, this time from the Washington Post, about saying goodbye to children headed to […]
It’s Monday. A new week. A new school year. A new chapter in your lives, whether your Deac is a first year or a senior, this article might ring a bell. It’s about letting your kids go to college, and what that feels like as […]