Today is LDOC – the Last Day of Class. While normally this would be a day that is fun and lighthearted (the end of classes! hooray!), I cannot help but have a heavy, heavy heart. Our friends to the south at UNC-Charlotte had a campus […]
Today is the day before LDOC (the Last Day of Classes). One more day of formal classes, and then it is off to the races towards final exams. Is it just me, or did the semester breeze by in a flash?? It is unseasonably warm […]
Happy LFOC (Last Friday of Classes) to all. No doubt this is going to be a busybusybusy weekend for our Deacs as they finish classes and prep for finals, which start May 3rd. But first, let me say a hale and hearty THANK YOU to […]
Today the campus community received a message announcing the new Dean of the School of Law. It reads, in part: It is my pleasure to inform you that Wake Forest University has chosen Jane Aiken to become the next Dean of the School of […]
It’s that time of year – when students are looking their various syllabi for their classes and are anticipating what feels like a mountain of work: final projects, the last big paper of the class, and of course final exams. Students at this point in […]
A final thought this week for our end-of-semester bucket list: have a deep conversation with friends over a late night food run. Back in my time at Wake, we did this by going to Krispy Kreme around 11 at night, getting a dozen donuts, and […]
Today’s end-of-semester bucket list might be more of a challenge – because it involves getting up early, which is generally not our Deacs’ forte. It is about seeing one good sunrise, and one good sunset. The sunset part is easy. Park yourself out in a […]
Since I am out all week, we are featuring some things your Deac might want to check off his or her bucket list. Up today: indulge your inner child and swing on the swings on Davis Field. There are a few swings at the […]
I am on PTO this week, so the post below was pre-scheduled. However, need to make a brief mention of the tornado warning last night. First up, everything is fine – no tornado hit campus (and at my house – 3 miles from campus – it was […]
A couple of weeks ago, I got a message from a Deac mom that was so powerful, I wanted to be able to share it. Said Deac mom gave her permission. Here goes: You probably realize this even more than I do, but there is […]
