If your students have not discovered downtown Winston-Salem, they should. There are a ton of gems – hidden and public – food and drink, art, green spaces, and more. The area of Wake Downtown and Bailey Power Plant are especially fine places to start exploring. […]
My hair has a little more grey this morning following lastnight’s basketball game. We were playing Duke at Duke, which is always a really tough game. Our guys played their hearts out – and took the game literally down to the last seconds – but […]
Today I am bringing you an updated version of a Daily Deac from a few years ago. This has to do with fear of failure. Wake Forest is filled with high achieving students who have a long track record of success. Research on the current […]
I thought I had posted this yesterday before the deadline for it to be sent out – only to discover it was still in draft form. Oops. So bringing this to you a day late and a dollar short, as my P’92 dad was fond […]
We have great news from our new and dynamic department of Engineering. 43 students have declared a major in Engineering. What is more impressive is that, according to department chair Olga Pierrakos, the national averages show that engineering programs lose about 40-60% of their students […]
Today students got an email regarding the housing selection process for the next academic year. You can read it here. I get headlines every day from The Chronicle of Higher Education, which is one of the best-known sources for writing about all things higher […]
Happy Valentine’s Day, Deac families! It’s a nice sunny morning, as seen on the Quad Cam pic. Temps will get up to the low 60s today, which beats the cold of the last few days. Here is a little something from Deacon Greetings from […]
I am [kindasorta] back following a dreadful bout of influenza. It hit me last Wednesday, then Mr. Daily Deac a couple of days later, and finally Class of ’27 (I am working from home while he battles it). This is a terrible, draining flu and […]
The Daily Deac is going dark for a few days due to illness. We’ll try to get the blog up and running mid next week. Thank you for your patience.
Last night I was fortunate to be able to attend the Senior Orations. Each year, a select group of seniors are invited to write an oration that deals with “a reasoned critique of culture or higher education or an unusual insight learned, in or […]
