Prompts
One of the things I loved the most about my own time as a student at Wake Forest is that this was a place and space where you were prompted to think about Big Things. Certainly that meant big ideas in classes – notable theories, […]
Third Senior Oration
Some great news from campus that I hope you had already heard: our top-ranked men’s tennis team won its first-ever national championship on Monday afternoon, defeating No. 7 UCLA, 4-2, to win the 2018 ITA National Team Indoor Championship. This is an amazing accomplishment and worthy […]
Happy Lunar New Year!
There was a treat for your Deacs in the Pit today. The Deacon Dining, Chinese Studies Club, and Chinese Students and Scholars Association collaborated for the first time to celebrate the Chinese New Year in the Pit. Students could enjoy a Chinese buffet, wrap their own […]
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
“You can’t always get what you want. But if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need” – the Rolling Stones Today’s Daily Deac is about what some college students think they want vs. what they might need. Think they want: […]
Friday food for thought
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! Are you sporting black and gold (or WFU apparel) today? Thanks to all of you who show your WF spirit every Friday by donning our colors. It is cold and windy today, so rather than venture out of […]
Full Info Friday
I’m back from my event and it seems like this week has lasted a year. Let’s jump right into the tough stuff. We’ve tried to keep parents and families informed of the status of the shooting investigation as those details are released to us from […]
There Are No Good Words
I wrote the Daily Deac post below on Sunday. As most of you know by now, there was an incident on campus early Saturday morning which resulted in a student from Winston-Salem State, Najee Ali Baker, being shot; he later died from his injuries. There […]
Let It Snow
As you have probably heard from your students, we had a snow day yesterday. Despite a prediction of 1-3″, we got a whopping 6.5″ of snow at my house, and I am only 3 miles from campus so I assume it was the same there. […]
Lots of energy
The students are back, and there is a lot of energy back on campus with them. Today is Bid Day for sororities, which means at 3:45 pm, groups started gathering on the Quad (or at their lounges if at other residence halls off the Quad) […]
I Have A Dream
Administrative offices are closed today in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. It is a day that many people will spend in reflection and in service to others. So for today’s Daily Deac, thought it would be meaningful to reprint his entire […]