the daily deac Archive

It’s almost the weekend (yay!) but first we’ve got to get through a rainy and cool Friday (boo!) I highly recommend a Camino Bakery beverage and a pastry to help your Deac get out of this rainy-day funk. There’s good news on the COVID

I think it’s been 6 months since I have been working from my dining room table, and I miss being able to see campus every day. So I am always extra happy when there is a photostory that let’s me see what I am missing. […]

Last night I was sent this gorgeous photostory by Lauren Berryman (’21) entitled Hidden Gems of the Great Outdoors from the Office of Sustainability. It is about how to find peace in nature during this pandemic, and is filled with stunning images and reflections […]

We continue our streak of cool weather. It was about 50 degrees when I let my Deac Dogs out on the deck this morning and it was quite crisp. Hope that our students will take advantage of the good weather and all the tents and […]

It was a glorious weekend here in Winston-Salem, friends: upper 60s, sunny, absolutely delightful to be outdoors. This week looks like it will be pretty darn good too. Having a bit of cooler weather is a treat, particularly when you consider the satirical 12 Seasons […]

Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah. Wishing L’Shanah Tovah to all who are celebrating. May you have a sweet New Year! Hope you have seen the video from Dr. Chris Ohl, who is an infectious disease specialist at our School of Medicine. He contextualizes our case […]

I was on campus early this morning. It was raining and there were not a lot of students up yet. We are getting the remnants of what had been Hurricane Sally – just a good bit of rain, no real wind to speak of. But […]

One of our campus’ most beloved traditions is called Hit the Bricks, which is a day-long relay race where students, faculty, and staff run laps around the Quad all day and raise funds and awareness for cancer research in honor of our alumnus Brian Piccolo […]

So it was a drizzly day, and it wasn’t the ending we wanted for the Wake-Clemson game, but we still made it the best weekend we could. Hope you got a chance to watch College GameDay on Saturday. Class of ’27 and I drove by […]

There is a new Campus Health Update on the dashboard page: “During consultations with public health experts before the start of the semester, they predicted that we could see an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 two to four weeks after the start of […]