the daily deac Archive

It’s Meet A Deac Monday! But before we get there, President Wente has a video message for parents and families about our approach to the fall and the next phase of the pandemic, which I hope you will watch here. She stresses that […]

I am out of the office today, so this is a pre-post. At the start of every semester, we ask parents and families to help us reinforce a message we want new students to hear: read everything. Some examples of what we want students to […]

Today, a message went to the campus community (and we shared it with parents and families as well) about expectations for the fall semester. The big takeaway from this is that for the start of the semester, we are asking everyone, regardless of vaccination […]

As we get ready for the start of school, I wanted to share some logistical information with new families (P’25s and transfers) about what to expect for new student move-in days, August 18-19. We have some tips for all families too, don’t worry! Your student […]

Today I will share some news from various parts of campus. This morning, President Wente shared a message with the campus community. In that message, Dr. Wente provided an update on the building formerly known as Wingate Hall: it will be referred to as […]

EDITOR’S NOTE: at the time of the original publication of this interview, Warrenetta Mann was the Director of the University Counseling Center. She was subsequently named Assistant Vice President for Health and Wellbeing in August 2023. One quick news item today before we get […]

As we get close to the start of the fall semester, I like to share some of the unspoken norms of college life. Sometimes a parent or family member will ask me how to get in touch with their student’s faculty member, because they want […]

Today’s Daily Deac is primarily geared to families of our new students (P’25s and transfer students). But first, a quick note for our P’24s. Some P’24s had asked me about any special events for sophomore families who missed Orientation last year due to the pandemic. […]

As we look to the start of school, our new students will discover – and our returning students will rediscover – all the dining locations on campus. And every year, we make some tweaks to menus and venues, so there will be new things to […]

Happy Tuesday, Deac families. Want to start right off the bat with a question I got from some families right after yesterday’s COVID guidance went out to everyone. Some asked what “visitors to campus” meant when we said all visitors must mask. Here is […]