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, […]
Today is Veterans Day- and I want to say a special thank you to all the military families in the Daily Deacdom. My late P’92 dad was a Marine, and though he did not serve for more than a couple of years, I have heard […]
This week I have been at a professional conference for higher education administrators who work with parents and families (AHEPPP is the organization, and it is filled with remarkable, highly talented people; I am learning a lot). Because I am out of the office, I […]
Because I am on the road, I am pre-posting blogs this week. These pictures come from the archives of our master photographer, Ken Bennett, and show the range of some things your students might have experiences recently. Enjoy! Students discussed racial disparities in medicine […]
