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Step Counts – How Far Away Is…

I am out this whole week and thought I’d reprise some oldies but goodies. This one is about distances from upperclassmen residence halls. Enjoy! One of the longstanding myths on campus is that Palmer and Piccolo residence halls are way, way, way farther out than […]


Amazing opportunities: mentoring and academics

Today’s Daily Deac is about opportunities. The first is from my colleagues in the Office of Alumni Engagement and it is meant for any Daily Deacers who are still with us even after their students graduated: We’ve launched the application for our Young […]


Blast from the past

Still on the road today (thanks to everyone from Larchmont for a wonderful New Student Reception!) While today isn’t Throwback Thursday, we’re still going to take a look at the past. There is a Digital Archive as part of the ZSR Library. If you […]


ZSR Did You Know?

UPDATED TO ADD: For parents and families of incoming first year students (P’22): the Orientation (aka New Deac Week) schedule is LIVE! Visit http://guidebook.com/app/newdeac17/guide/newdeacorientation18/ to download the WFU Orientation Programs guide (New Deac Orientation 2018). You will find the most up-to-date information, including schedules, […]


Important Family Weekend information

Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post by my colleagues on the Family Weekend committee/Office of the Dean of Students The Family Weekend 2018 committee is excited to invite you to Family Weekend 2018, September 28-30. Over the past few months, we’ve been working to […]


Faculty positivity

Happy Monday, Deac families! May it be a great, abbreviated holiday week. Wanted to start off with some faculty positivity. One of my faculty friends/Facebook friends posted this the other day and I really loved the spirit of it. In addition to inherently liking […]


THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Tomorrow is the end of our fiscal year – it runs July 1 through June 30 – and one of the things I always sweat is whether we will make our donor goal for the Parents’ Campaign of the Wake Forest Fund. This year we […]


Ooh la la

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 […]


FIFA Fever

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 […]


A few thoughts on academics from an adviser

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 […]


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