Every year, I try to provide some unofficial tips for our P’16 parents and families coming for Commencement. I am assuming, of course, that everyone has referenced the Commencement web site, looked at the FAQ for parents, etc. So here is my […]
We are saddened to announce that Richard Heard, professor of music, died May 8 in Winston-Salem after a long illness. Dr. Heard joined Wake Forest’s faculty in 1996. He was an accomplished concert singer who had performed many years across the country and in Europe. […]
This picture was taken several years ago during finals. It is from the library, and was one student’s list of things to do to prep for the exam. It reads: – read over notes again – read over descriptions of articles – […]
This appeared in my Facebook feed via the Washington Post: “The 7 things new college students don’t know that drive professors crazy.” Written by a former high school teacher turned college professor, this outlines some of the DON’Ts of interacting with college professors, at […]
Today’s Daily Deac takes a look at an innovative class. Mary Dalton, Professor of Communication and Media and Film Studies, taught a seminar this semester on Deadwood and the Western. Mary is a member of the Class of 1983 and her teaching interests within the […]
Today is the second (and final) Campus Day for Accepted Students. I have been perched in Zick’s all morning because it is raining. Had Campus Day been *any other day* this week, the weather would have been beautiful. We got a bad roll of the […]
Time to talk about the smorgasbord of options at Wake Forest. My party line is that one ought to sample plentifully at the buffet of things offered here, and taste a little bit of everything. Especially new things. You would think at the end of […]
I am doing a talk tomorrow with some parents of high school seniors. In prepping for that, I was trying to think of some of the most critical pieces of advice – and I came back to the idea of letting go, and letting students learn […]
This news should go live on the WFU website by 4:30 pm today, but the powers that be gave me permission to put it in the Daily Deac a few minutes ahead of the official release so it could go out to you today. Stephen Colbert, former […]
Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day, making it two in a row for stunners. It was sunny, it was cool in the morning then warmed up to a nice low-70s range, and there was a light breeze. It was a day made for being outside, […]
