It’s Thanksgiving week, and I’d be willing to bet the majority of our students will be heading home (either to their home, or a friend’s). But we know some students will choose to stay on campus for Thanksgiving. If your Deac is one of them, […]
As we close out the week, a few announcements to note: My tribe at the ZSR is doing something cool, and they could use your help. The library is asking WFU faculty, staff, students, alumni, parents, and families, etc. to share words of encouragement for […]
Today is the happiest day in November: Pitsgiving!! It’s the day of nearly endless Thanksgiving bounty in the Pit. And since I’ve never done a Five Senses post on Pitsgiving, I thought I’d give it a try. Here goes. I see… A line outside the […]
The fall leaves have been amazingly pretty. Today I am cruising through our outstanding photographer Ken Bennett’s archives and bringing you some of his best pics. I am also sharing some fun facts I learned yesterday from a research collaboration by my colleagues Jim Coffey, […]
Hard as it is to believe, next week is Thanksgiving. And then right around the corner will be finals, and then wrap up to go home for Winter Break. So it does not get lost in the blur, I want to take a minute to […]
The University Counseling Center is offering an Anxiety Toolbox workshop for students so they can have strategies in place to manage and tolerate emotional distress. Click the photo for details. This is one of the tougher parts of being a college student: how do […]
Happy Friday, Deac families! As we close out the week, wanted to share a few things with you: Pitsgiving is coming! For our P’23 new families, Pitsgiving is one of our students’ beloved traditions: it is a day at the Pit where they serve a […]
If you compare the average level of Gen X or Baby Boomers’ activities while they were in college to the Millennial/Gen Y generations, I bet you will find that your children juggle way more extracurriculars and other commitments than you did in high school or […]
It’s time for one of my least favorite posts of the year – Senior Fifth. For our longtime Daily Deac-ers, you may recall that each fall at the last home football game, some of our senior students participate in a dangerous drinking game called Senior […]
Early this morning, it was raining and grey and generally gross. Our local weather was saying that with the impending arctic blast coming our way, there was a possibility of seeing snow flurries. Which would be just bonkers in November. After several hours of rain, […]
