In this Issue: how to help your student build strength and resilience One of the greatest parts about going to school at Wake Forest (or working here) is that you are surrounded by very smart, very talented people, who are high achievers. But being surrounded […]
In this Issue Today’s message has mostly info for our P’29s, but I also wanted to say this to our families of students who have already traveled abroad as part of their studies: My hat is off to you. It’s one thing to send your […]
In this Issue: June is here – and even if I didn’t have a calendar to tell me it is June, I’d know the month by the condition of the Quad grass at the front of Wait Chapel. See all the brown parts? That’s dead […]
In this Issue: Happy end of the week, Daily Deac-ers! I am finally reunited with my phone (though it is not exactly synched the way it needs to be), so I am playing catch up on news. Here’s what I have for you today: Test […]
In this Issue: today we talk about things one should ideally learn in college I am still on PTO so this is a lightly-edited pre-post. I run this column most summers in case it may be good fodder for conversations with your Deac. College learning […]
In this Issue: I am closing out the last of my pre-posted Daily Deacs with Tall Poppy Syndrome (since I am just returning from France and I love the fields of French poppies). Today I want to talk about poppies, and take a moment to […]
I am coming towards the end of my PTO, so this is a pre-post. In this Issue Because we are about to enter hurricane season in the Atlantic, and because my late mother panicked any time she heard the words “hurricane” and “the Carolinas” in […]
In this Issue: a reflection on why it is important to encourage your students to problem-solve at college and how you can help them grow needed independence skills I am on PTO still, and we will be dark Monday for Memorial Day, so this is […]
In this Issue: Today I am sharing The Worry Letter, a post that encourages you to help your student know what to worry about (and what not to). This is a pre-post, as I am out of the office this week If you knew me in […]
In this Issue: I am on vacation for the next week plus, so I have pre-posted Daily Deacs with some timely content. Enjoy! Weekly messages for new students and families Assuming everything goes to plan while I am gone, we will have sent a weekly […]