During my last Daily Deac before spring break, I ended with this: “We’ll take the week off from the Daily Deac next week, since your students are gone, unless there is some sort of Big News that can’t wait.” As if on cue, there was […]
Spring Break officially starts about the time the Daily Deac hits your inboxes, but there are no doubt some students who have departed early. I am hopeful that we have good weather on campus next week while the bulk of the students are gone. I […]
If your students have not discovered downtown Winston-Salem, they should. There are a ton of gems – hidden and public – food and drink, art, green spaces, and more. The area of Wake Downtown and Bailey Power Plant are especially fine places to start exploring. […]
My hair has a little more grey this morning following lastnight’s basketball game. We were playing Duke at Duke, which is always a really tough game. Our guys played their hearts out – and took the game literally down to the last seconds – but […]
Today I am bringing you an updated version of a Daily Deac from a few years ago. This has to do with fear of failure. Wake Forest is filled with high achieving students who have a long track record of success. Research on the current […]
I thought I had posted this yesterday before the deadline for it to be sent out – only to discover it was still in draft form. Oops. So bringing this to you a day late and a dollar short, as my P’92 dad was fond […]
We have great news from our new and dynamic department of Engineering. 43 students have declared a major in Engineering. What is more impressive is that, according to department chair Olga Pierrakos, the national averages show that engineering programs lose about 40-60% of their students […]
Today students got an email regarding the housing selection process for the next academic year. You can read it here. I get headlines every day from The Chronicle of Higher Education, which is one of the best-known sources for writing about all things higher […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, Deac families! It’s a nice sunny morning, as seen on the Quad Cam pic. Temps will get up to the low 60s today, which beats the cold of the last few days. Here is a little something from Deacon Greetings from […]
I am [kindasorta] back following a dreadful bout of influenza. It hit me last Wednesday, then Mr. Daily Deac a couple of days later, and finally Class of ’27 (I am working from home while he battles it). This is a terrible, draining flu and […]
