Since today is still a superbusy one with new student and family Orientation, this is a pre-post. Today I want to talk about two things: the drop/add process for classes, and my top 5 tips for new families. But a quick note: some of you […]
Today is the day! It’s New Student Move-In, and I could not be more excited. The two happiest days in a college’s year are always move-in and Commencement. They feel different – one is a beginning, the other an ending – but they share the […]
One of the things we urge students to do at the start of each year is to find meaningful engagement in campus activities. There is an opportunity for a select group of students to be involved with CLAC – the Campus Life Advisory Committee. Here’s […]
We have made it to Move-In Week, so it’s go time! A loooooot of things going on right now in prep for our students’ arrival, so today will be brief. P’26s and transfer families: we sent out our final Weekly Update for Incoming Families today; […]
It’s the end of the week, and I am sharing a variety of odds and ends, jambalaya style. Move-in began today for new students participating in certain Pre-Orientation programs. Two items of note: first, a message went out to all Wilderness to Wake Pre-Orientation participants […]
Today’s Daily Deac is borrowing some terrific language from Adam Goldstein, Associate Vice President and Dean of Students, that he shared with members of his team a week or so ago. With his permission, I’ve adapted this a bit for the family perspective: We all […]
Yesterday, a message went out to incoming students who are still not in compliance with our immunization requirements. Those students will not be allowed to come to campus, move in, or attend classes. If your student received that message (and I can’t tell you […]
I am a big fan of planning ahead, so today is all about thinking through contingencies of what your students might need to have on hand in their rooms this fall, and a clarification for our P’26s and transfer families about Orientation. First, Orientation. Some […]
I hope that our P’26 and transfer families had a chance to look at our Move-In Guide, which we sent out this past Friday. A couple of questions have come up since then that I wanted to clear up here: For families moving in […]
Happy Friday, Deac families! Three main topics today: our Move-In Guide for Incoming Families, Family Weekend football tickets (and tailgate opportunities) and our Face to Face speaker series. We have published a Move-In Guide for Incoming Families, which is available here. We are […]