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Thursday News and Notes

Today is the second to last day of classes in the fall semester. On Sunday evening at 7 pm, we will be hosting the Lovefeast, which is a candlelight holiday service (broadly ecumenical) that was always one of my favorite nights of the year. It […]


Midweek Musings

I wanted to share a couple of announcements that came to me late yesterday from Transportation and Parking Services: they have posted information about parking/traveling for Winter Break, (including where to park your registered vehicle if you are not driving home). Their 


Tuesday Newsday

Your Deacs are back from Thanksgiving and grinding their way through the last week of classes (Friday is LDOC – Last Day of Classes, final exams begin on Monday, Dec. 5). Here’s some of the news items that have crossed my inbox over the last […]


Meet A Deac

It’s Monday – let’s jump right in to Meet A Deac! Today I am pleased to introduce you to another one of our faculty members, Jeff Solomon. Jeff, thank you for agreeing to be this week’s Meet A Deac. Let’s start by having […]


A Final Post before the Thanksgiving Break

It’s almost Thanksgiving, so I am catching you up on the last bits of news before I depart on PTO tomorrow. University offices will be closed Thursday and Friday (Nov. 24-25) for the Thanksgiving holiday. If your Deac is staying on campus, here are a […]


Meet A Deac

A new week means a new Meet A Deac. Today I am pleased to introduce you to one of my colleagues in the Dean of Students office, Jim Settle. Jim, thanks for agreeing to be our Meet A Deac this week. Can you […]


Chilly End to the Week

For the second day in a row, we woke up to frost on the ground and very chilly temperatures (it was 30 degrees at 7:30 am when I left the house). I have several news items for y’all today: Yesterday afternoon, President Wente gave her […]


Five Senses of the Start of Pitsgiving

HAPPY PITSGIVING! Today I am indebted to my friends at Harvest Table (aka the folks who run The Pit) for giving me a little inside baseball look at the lead up to the start of Pitsgiving, which opened at 11 am today for lunch. Here’s […]


Wednesday Newsday

I am out of the office today, so this is a pre-post. We had some phenomenal news over the weekend, and that is that we have a new Rhodes Scholar: “Philosophy major and refugee advocate Alice Hauser has been awarded a Rhodes […]


Campus Safety Update and Senior Fifth

Today we have two important safety topics to cover: a campus safety update, and Senior Fifth. Last night, a Campus Safety Update was shared with students, faculty, and staff to alert the community of additional information about an ongoing issue and provide safety reminders. […]


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