This one is for our P’20s, our senior families. Just found out today that the Commencement 2020 website has gone live. The speakers have not yet been announced, but you can explore the site, look at the schedule, and get a sense of what […]
Resilience is a critical skill for all of us to have. We all will suffer losses, failures, disappointments. In college, those can come in many flavors: bad test/paper grade, roommate conflict, loss of a romantic relationship, didn’t get into the Greek org/student org/internship they wanted, […]
We’re starting Week 3 of the semester. Probably still too early for a lot of tests/papers/projects, but it may be dawning on your Deacs (as they look ahead on their syllabi) that busier times are coming. Couple of program notes. The first is from the […]
The date for Family Weekend was announced at 9:18 am this morning (we had a tech glitch that kept it from going right at 9). Family Weekend will be Friday, October 9th through Saturday, October 11th. We hope you will plan to join us. I […]
Thank you for your patience as the small army of event planning folks have been trying to do all the reconnaissance on potential event dates. The process is nearly at an end and we expect to release the Family Weekend date at 9 am tomorrow. […]
As many of you have seen, the ACC football schedule was released today. A lot of you are asking my office (and other offices on campus) When is Family Weekend? And much as I’d love to give you a date right this second, I don’t […]
For those students who are looking to deepen their engagement outside the classroom, the Spring 2020 Involvement Fair will take place this coming Sunday, January 26th from 1-3 pm in Reynolds Gymnasium. Whether your student is a first-year or a senior, please do encourage them […]
It’s a day off today in honor of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Tonight at 7 pm is the 20th annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, featuring a keynote by Dr. Ibram Kendi. I hope many of our Deacs attend. Since your students […]
Your students have a great opportunity this coming Monday to hear the 20th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Keynote Address. It will be given by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi. Dr. Kendi has a very impressive bio: He is a New York Times bestselling author and the […]
It’s been a whirlwind of a day here, so today’s Daily Deac will be a quick one. “When is Family Weekend?” is the million dollar question. And right now, we do not know. The short answer is that hope to have a date in early February […]