Before we get to our Family Weekend update, I got late word of an event this coming Monday that your Deacs may wish to participate in: “On Monday, Sept. 27, from 4–5 p.m., Dr. Yusef Salaam will join Professor Kami Chavis, Vice Provost and the Director of […]
Today’s message is about the important – and challenging, and amazing – work of parenting college students. I saw this on one of my social media feeds the other day, and it resonated with me as I think of my own Class of ’27 Deac […]
Today is the first day of fall, and slowly but surely we are starting to see signs of fall emerging in Winston-Salem. Probably the first sign is that we are seeing much lower (and in my opinion, much nicer) temperatures: mostly in the mid- to […]
Today I am sharing a number of engagement opportunities for your Deacs. As with everything, take what’s useful and scroll past anything that doesn’t apply to you. Pizza with the Police, originally scheduled for tomorrow, is now rescheduled for Thursday given the rain that is […]
Happy Meet A Deac Monday! Today we are featuring one of my colleagues who works with one of the most popular student offerings on campus: intramural sports. Let’s meet Gregory Deverson! Many thanks, Gregory, for sharing your story today. Let’s get started. Please tell […]
Happy Friday! Today I have a bonus edition of Meet A Deac. I mentioned our Office Hours project yesterday (and note that we still have space available to register for the ZSR Library and the Office of Wellbeing sessions!). We will also be hosting […]
I’m on PTO this afternoon, so this is a pre-post. My friends in Global Programs and Studies have let me know the our Study Abroad Fair will be held on September 21st: “Explore the many study away opportunities Wake Forest University has to offer […]
Before we get to the meat of today’s blog, two quick items: First, many thanks to all the families who supported our Deacs Day of Giving yesterday. I looked at the website this morning and it shows we got 3,062 gifts, surpassing the 3,000 […]
Exciting day today! Malcolm Gladwell is here for our Face to Face event. Students have the opportunity to see him (for free!) at 5:15 pm in Wait Chapel and then the event for the public is 7:30 at Joel Coliseum. I can’t wait!
It’s a new week. That means it’s time for Meet A Deac! But first, a few quick news hits. First, the annual US News and World Report college rankings came out today, and Wake is ranked 28th; read more (fun facts: we’ve been ranked […]
