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 […]
One of the [many] benefits of going to a school the size of Wake Forest is that it allows for personal attention. Our students can come to know faculty, staff, and administrators in a way that might be more difficult at a 20,000 student institution […]
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 […]
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 […]
