Mystery Scrabble
It’s Thursday – the home stretch for the week. And it is a lovely day today – cool in the morning, but sunny. It was cold enough to need a jacket, but if you stay outside long enough you can shed it. Was […]
Hello, gorgeous!
It is a picture-perfect day on campus today. Temps in the mid 70s, sunny, a light breeze that wafts some of the leaves out of the trees. Really couldn’t be nicer. Pics to prove it below 🙂 A few items of business: We need […]
Happy Family Weekend!!!!
Happy Family Weekend to all! Short message today, because I hope to see as many of you on campus as I can! Wear your P pins with pride! They will be at Family Weekend Registration in Benson today and tomorrow morning (while supplies […]
Fall Break ideas
Fall Break is this Thursday-Friday, and we are starting to see signs of students sneaking out early (fewer students walking around on campus, easier to find parking spaces). Important info for students who are staying on campus: know which dining facilities are open (and […]
Things one should learn in college
There are tons of things students should learn in college – certainly all the academic parts of college, but there are other things too. I thought about this today and came up with my list. You might have other ideas you wish to share with […]
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
As is often my practice, let’s begin by talking about the weather. It has been a warm week – mid to high 80s – and sunny. We are starting to see leaves turn brown and fall off the trees, so the sidewalks are starting to […]
Wake Network
I was at a dinner the other night with Wake Forest alumni and some current parents. It was a wide age range, spanning from graduating in the ’70s to the mid ’00s to having a senior on campus now. Though I did not know any […]
First hint of fall
I took a walk up on campus earlier today and saw my first true sign of fall. This is a lovely little tree outside Poteat Residence Hall. If you have not experienced a NC fall before, they can be pretty spectacular. Family Weekend is […]
Final update on the hurricane
This morning we had our final Crisis Management Team meeting on Hurricane Irma, as its path had shifted well west of campus. We put one last message on our Hurricane Irma page, or you can read it at the end of this post. In […]
NY Times article: The Real Campus Scourge
This article, The Real Campus Scourge, by Frank Bruni appeared in the New York Times this weekend and it is well worth your time to read it. It is about students coming to college and finding – to their surprise/dismay/horror – that they are […]