Today is FDOC (First Day of Classes). And at the start of every semester, we direct your attention to an important website about our Family Communications Philosophy. While we hope you will look through the whole website, I will also briefly summarize here. From […]
Our upperclass students can begin to arrive tomorrow. Today, our new students had individual appointments with their academic advisers and student adviser. One of the classes that first year students can take is called FYE (for First Year Experience). It is a class about the […]
New Deac Week is in full swing – activities wrapping up this afternoon for parents and families of the new ’23s and transfer students. And not long after new families head home, it will be time for our ’22s, ’21s, and ’20s to arrive! This […]
UPDATE FOR P’23s: some changes for Orientation locations on 8/22 were announced this afternoon. Details here. It’s Move-In Day today for our ’23s, yay! We are so excited to have our new Deacs and their families with us. Because Move-In is such a busy day […]
For all our P’23s out there, this is the last night at home/in a hotel room with your new ’23 Deacs. Tomorrow is Move-In day! A few thoughts on the day: Be patient – with 1,300+ new students moving in on the same day, there […]
I’m out of the office today and tomorrow (last chance to be with Class of ’27 before Move-In/Orientation). So this is a prepost. A few years ago, I read an article that stuck with me. A mom had written a list of 17 things she […]
Move-In is just a few days away, and it is time for my annual cautionary tale. As our new first-year students go through New Deac Week, our upperclass students will also be returning to campus. That means our new students will start hearing about parties […]
Back when I was a student, families often chose a set day/time to have their student call home. With cell phones everywhere, that is no longer an issue, and you can text or IM your Deacs just about any time. I would argue that even […]
The people have spoken! Thanks to all those who took the poll on restaurant recommendations. I am listing them all below. Any numbers in parentheses represent the number of people who repeated that same answer. You can Google any of these places and look for […]
August 21st will be here before you know it, and everyone is brimming with excitement about our new ’23 students moving in! The Office of Family Engagement normally gets a lot of questions about move-in strategy, and while we think every family needs to make […]