Happy Black and Gold Friday – and a hot one here, high 70s. Definitely strangely warm weather for November. One of our faculty members, Professor Barry Trachtenberg of the History department, is going to testify before the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary next week. Committee Chair […]
With Thanksgiving just a few weeks away (HOW DID THAT HAPPEN???), many people’s thoughts are turning to gratitude. My division of Wake, University Advancement, created a calendar of suggested activities for our staff, which encourages gratitude and kindness , and I modified slightly to share […]
For the P’18s in the Daily Deacdom – and perhaps other parent years too – there is a webinar coming up that might be of interest to you: Support Their Five: Setting up Young Adults for Success after College In this 45 minute webinar […]
And it is one of my very favorite weekends of the year! Can’t wait to see all the families on campus and watching your pride as you discover how much your Deacs have been blossoming since last you saw them. Because it is a […]
Today is Project Pumpkin, one of the best days of the year. Student volunteers have planned and organized a ton of carnival games, they are decorating the Quad as I type, and will be welcoming a ton of kids (1,000 is not uncommon in past […]
Today is an all-day crisis management training class for me, so this Daily Deac will be brief. A Deac parent sent me a link to this article – and the even better video – about the adjustment to college and making new friends, and […]
Today’s Daily Deac is from Emily Beeland (’19), our guest blogger from the Wake Washington program. ——————————– On October 12, 600+ people gathered in the Newseum in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the official opening of the Wake Washington Center at 1 Dupont Circle. Since I […]
My good friends in the Office of the Dean of Students – who are the ones who expertly plan and facilitate the major event that is Family Weekend – have sent me some information that they want the Daily Deacdom to know. So if you […]
Happy post-Fall Break from Mother So Dear! We start the week with cool weather and a program note – Dr. Brown of the Education department sent this message with information about an upcoming event I want to share with you the following information in hopes […]
Today’s Daily Deac shares some information from the Pro Humanitate Institute. Whether your students want to get involved in the Student Hub, or just want to hear some of the speakers, this looks like a wonderful opportunity to be engaged with some of the […]
