The doors to campus reopened officially this morning at 8:30 after a nice break for the Christmas holiday. In the life cycle of a university, it isn’t just the students who are feeling burned out at the end of finals, it’s equally our faculty (who […]
This week, Wake Forest women (mostly first-year students and sophomores) are registering for sorority recruitment, which will take place in January. The Parent Programs office sat down with Steve Hirst, Director of Student Leadership and Organizations, and Annie Carlson, Associate Director of Student Leadership and […]
Family Weekend 2012 is over, and hopefully those parents who came have found their way back home safe and sound. It was wonderful to see so many families on campus. Lots of smiling faces, happy parents, students who were showing off their campus with great […]
Took a pre-8 am stroll around campus and with classes having officially ended, there were almost no students milling about. I saw a couple of joggers making the loop around campus, and as I got closer to Poteat Field, I saw a group of maybe […]
On Tuesday I ventured across campus and found a lot of activity and many flyers. The most visible activity was A Day Without Shoes, where students could make a donation and walk a lap (or more) on the Quad barefoot to raise […]
It’s always good to talk to your children. As a parent myself, I feel that deeply in my heart. We all want to connect with our children and maintain the bonds of love, the channels of open communication, and warm feelings – even when they […]
For those of you with first year daughters who went through the recruitment process, you likely heard a lot about it over the past week. Bids went out over the weekend and for some it was a joyous process, for others a disappointment. I suspect […]
I was having dinner lastnight at a casual local place and ran into a gaggle of WFU women, one of whom is an advisee of mine. We chatted for a few minutes about the holidays and her family, and I asked her how recruitment was […]
For parents of female students who will be participating in the sorority rush/recruitment process, next week will begin an exciting, emotional, and/or possibly stressful time for your students. Having observed recruitment through the eyes of a niece and several cherished advisees of mine, let me […]
Yesterday on the Quad there were a lot of hand-painted signs on the campus with facts about young adults and cancer diagnoses, research and treatment. I am putting a sampling of the signs in this post. I am not sure if this is part […]
