Before we get to the meat of today, I neglected to mention yesterday that the National Black Theatre Festival is happening this week August 1-6. Wake Forest is one of many locations in Winston-Salem hosting performances. Productions are being held at the Scales Fine Arts […]
August is here! Which means your students will be here soon. And there are a lot of things to do between now and their arrival. Since we are covering a lot today, I am calling it Mondo Monday 🙂 First up today, a reminder of […]
We just concluded one of the happiest summer occasions on our campus: Freedom School, a free six-week literacy-based summer program aimed at strengthening children’s reading skills and closing achievement gaps. Students from Wake Forest (as well as other universities) serve as teachers. There is […]
One quick news item before we begin today. We sent out messages to P’26 and transfer families yesterday about RSVPing for certain Orientation activities. Some of you who RSVPd right away ran into an issue trying to RSVP for the 8/18 What to Know Before […]
One quick note before we get to the main feature. Incoming students got a message today from the Office of Residence Life and Housing about suggested move-in times for Move-In Day, August 17. (For any of our families whose students are doing Pre-Orientation or […]
One of my campus colleagues was driving onto campus after lunch today and got an updated shot of the Davis Field Road construction. And that got me thinking about the many and varied things your Deacs might see over the course of a semester or […]
It’s a brand new week and a great deal to cover today – let’s get right to it. Parking registration is coming up soon for students who wish to bring cars to campus. You can find information specific to your student’s year on the Transportation […]
Today we are going to talk about a student entrepreneurial venture that may be of interest: Storage Scholars, who works with shipping items to school (or storing them over the summer once the school year ends). The following message was sent to me by […]
Today’s post, Tall Poppy Syndrome, is one that historically generates a lot of emails. I like to run it in the fall before the school year begins, just to help plant the seed (pardon the pun) of new students avoiding the compare-and-contrast game with their […]
I am out of the office today, so today’s message encouraging you to consider tuition insurance is a pre-post. Every year, I want to make sure that families consider tuition insurance and make an informed choice about whether this is right for your family. […]