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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
I spent some time in the both the ZSR Starbucks and the North Campus Starbucks this morning (I had meetings in both buildings). And today is FDOC – the First Day of Classes. So it feels like the right time to do a Five Senses […]
Greetings from Move-In central! We’re embedded here all day in Benson 401 meeting and greeting parents and families. And honestly y’all, it is SO MUCH FUN. The happiest day on campus, other than Commencement day. So far it’s been a whirlwind of families coming and […]
One more pre-posted blog entry before Move-In :) This past Friday I went to the opening of the Georgia O’Keeffe – Living Modern exhibit at Reynolda House. If you are coming to campus to move your student in, please consider buying tickets and seeing […]
Warning: this is a pre-post, friends; I am off today and tomorrow to enjoy the last bit of time with ’27 Deac before he starts 7th grade. By the time you read this, the near-total eclipse will be over, and I hope it was a […]
Today we’re going to talk about the Declaration of Independence: your independence, and your Deacs’ independence. For those who are longtime Daily Deacers, you are familiar with me talking about the Stop, Drop, and Roll method for student problem-solving. In essence, it means when your Deac […]
