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New Year’s Resolutions

A brand new year is here!  And so many of us are making resolutions.  Resolutions are so hard, aren’t they?  Sometimes we have the best of intentions but try to make a Big Hairy Audacious Goal that is nearly impossible to reach. A person I […]


Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all our Deac families!  My wish for your family is that you and your students are all safe, healthy, and happy, and that 2015 brings you all the very best. — by Betsy Chapman    PS – for all my families […]


New Year’s Eve

It’s New Year’s Eve and a time for celebration, reflection on the past year, and looking ahead to the new one.  This might be a great day to have a conversation with your Deac and ask some or all of the following questions.  They can be rhetorical, […]


Luminaries

The Quad is always beautiful.  But it is especially beautiful at night, and never more than when the lighting is spectacular. When the Quad is lined with luminaries, it makes for one of the prettiest scenes imaginable.  Enjoy it. — by Betsy Chapman


Love Is in the Air

From the Lighting of the Quad this year.  I don’t know who they are, but I am a romantic at heart and to me this is a sweet, sweet photo. Is it love?  Friendship?  Who’s to say? But love is a wonderful thing.  May […]


Photo of the Day Continues

As we continue winter break, enjoy this picture of the office of Imam Khalid Griggs.  It was filled with flowers by students, faculty, and staff – a gesture of love and affection following an act of intolerance toward him.   — by Betsy Chapman


Merry Christmas

For those who are celebrating Christmas, this is a tree from the President’s Home. Merry Christmas to all!   — by Betsy Chapman


Ending of Hanukkah

As we continue our winter break hiatus, we’re bringing you pictures from campus this semester. Hanukkah is on its last night tonight, so we give you this lovely shot of the menorah from the Lighting of the Quad. Mazel tov to all our Jewish […]


Dreary

Today is a dreary, dreary day.  It has been gray and rainy all morning continuing through lunchtime.  As of the moment I am writing this, the Quad Cam is showing consistently miserable outdoor conditions.  Occasionally I have seen a Facilities or Landscaping truck driving […]


Post-Holiday Readers’ Choice Recipes

Your Deacs are back and today they get to enjoy a wonderfully warm and sunny day.  It’s nearly 70, sunny, and gorgeous.  And tomorrow it’s supposed to be in the low 40s.  That’s way too much weather zigging and zagging for my taste. Speaking of […]


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