Still on the road, so this is a pre-post. One of the great innovations of Wake Forest is the creation of Wake Downtown, our downtown campus that houses a lot of our newer programs in engineering and biomedical sciences. Wake Downtown has a website (
Because I am traveling this week for New Student Receptions, this is a pre-post. One of the hidden gems of campus that I wish all students would visit is the Special Collections and Archives Research Room (or during my time, ‘Rare Books Room’). It’s […]
It has been S-T-E-A-M-Y here in the Dash of late. When it has been sunny, the Quad sprinklers have been working overtime to keep the sod watered as it takes root. I wish I had gotten a picture of two little kids (probably […]
The big news of this week is Family Weekend registration will open up on Wednesday, July 10th at 10 am. Your homework is to visit the Family Weekend website and have a family conversation about what you want to sign up for, so you are […]
Today we had some very sad news about the loss of a graduate school alumna and research assistant on campus. I am sharing it below. Because she was a graduate student, she might not have had classes with any of your Deacs. Still, be sure […]
Admittedly I am not parenting a college student yet (hopeful ’27!), but one of the toughest things I see parents and families deal with is some of their anxieties related to their students’ college experience: Will they have a good roommate? Will they find a […]
It will be a short week on campus, with administrative offices closed on July 4th for the holiday. I want to remind any parents/families who wish to complete the survey about parent and family engagement at Wake Forest, to please do so, as the survey […]
All, I am out on PTO today, so this is a pre-post. Some fabulous news came out yesterday: Wake Forest’s Master of Science in Management (a School of Business program), was ranked #3 in the US! “The Economist ranked the Wake Forest University School of Business […]
As part of my graduate program in higher education, I am doing a research project on the engagement of college parents and families at Wake Forest. Families in the Classes of 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 were sent an email survey about how we engage […]
Yesterday was a great day for new students and their families – four New Student Receptions took place from New York to Florida. Thanks to all our host families and all our guests. Hope you had as much fun as we did! We have a […]
