As many of you know, Reynolda Village is a short and delightful walk from campus. From the parking lot that is down the hill from the Porter Byrum Welcome Center and before you get up to Winston Hall (bio building), there is a wonderful […]
The FIFA World Cup is taking place right now, and seems to have captured the attention of much of the world. (As I type this midday, I will tell you that I’m rooting for Spain). Rooting for your favorite sports team can be a great […]
UPDATED JUNE 20TH: the Daily Deac below was written days ago, before we got the tragic news of the death of Zachary Zhang (see news release here). Please join me in offering your thoughts and prayers to Zachary’s family, friends, and loved ones. Today […]
I am traveling this week, so this is one of many pre-posted Daily Deacs. Many years ago, I was in a meeting where our Dean of Residence Life, Donna McGalliard, was discussing the intentionality of our campus design and the fact that our residence hall […]
Wandered down to the ZSR Library midday with my hopeful Class of ’27 Deac, who wanted to wander around to every floor and examine every nook and cranny. We stumbled upon a couple of little-known places and spaces and thought it might be fun for […]
As we round out the week, thought it would be fun to close with something seasonally-inappropriate. I happened to see this in the photo archives and while we are (thankfully) well past winter, I just loved the jubilation on the faces of these students. There […]
I’m starting my travel for New Student Reception season – looking forward to Alexandria, VA tonight and Richmond on Sunday! Because I’ll be on the road, wanted to share a pic of the day. Our Ken Bennett is an amazing talent. This mirror image of […]
I hope by now that many of our P’22s have discovered the New Students website – this is the place where all the critical information for incoming students is stored. Yesterday, your students received an email (read full version here). Part of it […]
OK y’all, it’s that time of year again. You know that as a general rule, I like to keep money talk out of the Daily Deac, but we are getting to the end of our fiscal year and our year-end goals are very much on […]
Today begins the enrollment/waiver process for health insurance. **Every** year, you must either enroll your Deac in our student health insurance program or request a waiver (or you will be automatically billed for our insurance). If you intend to waive coverage, we have to make […]
