the daily deac Archive

The Daily Deac is near daily dead – I just did an hour’s shift at Hit the Bricks. While my legs (and to a lesser extent, my mind) are mush, I’ll throw in a few observations to give you a sense of the day, and […]

So many in the Daily Deacdom tell me they enjoy the Five Senses posts. Today I had just 15 minutes to toodle about Reynolds Gym/Wellbeing Center, so not enough time for a full Five Senses, but I can give you two: sight and hearing. Here […]

We are almost at one of my very favorite events of the year – Hit the Bricks. Hit the Bricks is an 8 hour relay race that raises money for the Brian Piccolo Research Fund (remember the movie Brian’s Song? Brian Piccolo was […]

It was a big sports weekend – with multiple exciting victories. You can visit wakeforestsports.com to read all the recaps: football, soccer, field hockey, volleyball – and all the others. Mondays are the time for two specific pieces of advice – our Weekly Messages […]

Happy Homecoming to all! This is a busy day on campus, so our Daily Deac today is passing along announcements from other offices. Residence Life and Housing sent all resident students an email about upcoming Health and Safety Inspections; read it here. Students should […]

This weekend is Homecoming, and your Deacs are seeing a lot of activity in prep for it. There is a massive tent that has been erected on Manchester Plaza (aka Mag Quad) for Party So Dear, our big Homecoming shindig, which will be held from […]

It is finally, finally, starting to feel like fall! Today the high is only in the upper 70s, and tomorrow is supposed to be mid-70s. (Yes, it will bump back up into the 80s, but we will enjoy this while we can.) Speaking of enjoy, […]

This morning we sent a message out to all parents and families of undergraduate students about a shot fired at an off-campus house. Read the full message here. The short version is that last night a bullet was fired into a university-owned house on […]

This week’s Message for First Year Families is called Grade Expectations. Please give it a read, families of all years. Here is a brief excerpt: So many students feel pressure – real or imagined – to replicate their high school grades, and this can […]

To our Chinese parents and families in the Daily Deacdom celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival: may this Harvest Moon bring health and happiness. May the yield be overflowing with love and joy and family and friendship. Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! My friends in the Student […]