Some students choose to participate in a concerning and troubling event at the last home football game of the season. It is called Senior Fifth. My colleague Peter Rives (’98), Assistant Director of Wellbeing – Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention, describes it this way: Senior Fifth […]
I am out this afternoon tackling one of the major milestones of my grad program (cross your fingers!) so this is a pre-post. Your Deacs are still students, of course, but here are some pictures from Homecoming this past weekend. You can get a glimpse […]
Happy humpday, Deac families! Hope you are having a great week. Today is Halloween and if your Deacs were in Alumni Hall, they would have seen some pretty spectacular Halloween costumes, as some of our staff really went to town on costumes: we had Snow […]
Since Halloween is tomorrow (and since I am traveling back to Winston today), thought I would reach back into the Halloween archives and show you some of the best of our Halloween-themed pictures. These are from Project Pumpkins of years past, seasonal decor that students […]
This past weekend we had a full moon, and our intrepid Ken Bennett managed to capture it as it rose in the sky near Wait Chapel. Hope you enjoy it. We have had a couple of questions from Deac families about the Student […]
Tonight there is a Secrest Artist Series event – Jenny Lin, pianist, will be performing at 7:30 pm in Brendle Recital Hall. Once again this is a situation where I’d ask how many times in the future will your students have access to free, […]
Happy Hump Day, Deac families. We’re at the midpoint of the week, so let’s coast gently down to the weekend, shall we? Today is a beautiful fall day, and we haven’t featured a Five Senses post lately, so I thought I’d give something new […]
The big national story for the day of course is Hurricane Michael, which is about to make landfall even as I type this (around 1 pm Eastern). We know this one looks to be Big and Bad for the Florida panhandle and the Gulf Coast. […]
Today is absolutely glorious. The temperature has dropped (thankfully) and it is just shy of 80 degrees. The sun is out, but the sky is peppered with some clouds so that helps to keep it feeling good. You can visit the Quad Cam and […]
Happy Friday, Deac families. Hope your Deacs enjoyed the [beastly hot and sweaty] Hit the Bricks yesterday! Fall Break is next Thursday and Friday (Oct. 11-12). An important consideration for Deacs staying on campus is the Fall Break Dining Hours of operation. Dining schedules […]
