Very simply
Today is a day that is fraught with so many memories, collective trauma, and deep emotion as we as a nation reflect on the anniversary of 9/11. My simple wish is that you find peace and comfort in whatever way feels best for you and […]
Free test prep
Today is the Deacs Day of Giving – a one day blitz where we are raising money for the Wake Forest Fund and other initiatives. If you haven’t given to the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund this fiscal year (started July 1st), please […]
The Five Senses of Farrell Hall
Couple of bits of news to get out of the way up front: U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges Guide ranked Wake 27th among 399 national universities (same ranking as last year). We are also in the top 25 on the best undergraduate […]
aWake All Night
A very quick Daily Deac today. Your students’ homework for this weekend is to go to aWake All Night, which is a late-night carnival in Benson University Center. Enjoy engaging attractions, casino games, game shows, delicious food, and great raffle prizes! Stuff-A-Bear and other […]
Peer educators
Some of my colleagues captured the fun of Arrive and Thrive yesterday afternoon. You can experience it yourself in this short video. Speaking of Thrive and wellbeing, if your student is looking for meaningful involvement as a peer educator, the following opportunity is available: […]
Maps and perspective
Even though I am just this side of 50, my P’92 is a world-class worrier, so every time she hears the words “hurricane” combined with “the Carolinas,” she starts getting antsy. Because we had a number of hurricane threats last year, combined with Dorian right […]
Open Room Change
Our thoughts sure are with the Deac families in the Bahamas and in the FL/GA/SC/NC coasts. Hurricane Dorian is no joke. We hope you are all safe and sound and that the storm dissolves quickly. It’s a hot one here in W-S: high 80s-low 90s […]
Student Involvement Fair 9/3
Administrative offices are closed today because of the Labor Day weekend (your Deacs had class today), so this is a pre-post. Today’s edition of Letters So Dear (advice from upperclass students to the first-years) is available here. Today’s Weekly Message for First Year families […]
With apologies to Jane Austen
Tonight is our first home football game. We are playing Utah State at 8 pm and I hope that if you can’t be at the game, you are watching it on the ACC Network wherever you live. Football games are a lot of fun (as […]
Blue with envy
Working on a college campus is an amazing gift. Wake Forest is a place filled with physical beauty, a lot of green spaces, and tons of very smart and talented people (students, faculty, and staff). There are days when I feel a smidge of jealousy […]