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 […]
Today’s post is a guest message from the Office of the Dean of Students (who plans and facilitates Family Weekend). Before we get there, want to share links to a message for 2020 graduates who registered for Commencement, and the WFU Should Know […]
Today feels like fall weather – it’s a bit overcast and the high today is around 75. Muuuuch better than the low- to mid 90s. For those of you keeping track, this is what we call “False Fall” in the 12 seasons of NC […]
Today we’ll hit on a couple of upcoming events, but first want to share that a Community Tips Update went to resident students; it covers how to report laundry issues, request work orders, and had fire alarm/emergency information. The 2021-22 schedule for the […]
Yesterday was a day off for administrative offices, so today we’ll share some catch up news. I was talking with some upperclass (i.e., not first year) students last week, and one of the common themes they were sharing is that they are adjusting to being […]
It’s Monday, which means it is Meet A Deac day! We all know that the core purpose of college is to get a great education, and I have been trying to feature more of our terrific teacher-scholars in Meet A Deac. Today I am pleased […]
As we come to the end of the week, sharing several news items of note about the following: our new African American Studies program, a Residence Life and Housing update, the Office of Wellbeing e-newsletter, a Community Safety Advisory that went out in the wee […]
Before we get to what I originally planned to cover in today’s Daily Deac, we want to make a mention of the shooting yesterday at Mount Tabor High School, where my Class of ‘27 is a junior (he is safe, though we are all shaken […]
