This weekend, we lost a Wake Forest student, junior Jordan Bayer of Brookline, MA, in a tragic car accident. He was a member of the DKE fraternity and a student in the Business School. Information about the funeral was sent to campus today. There […]
There are a number of new faces in the Office of the Dean of Students, and because that office touches (directly or indirectly) so many of our students, I thought it might be good to sit down with some of them and interview them for […]
Happy Friday to all our Deac parents and families. It’s felt like a long week on campus. Our first-year students and sophomores have been in the process of meeting with their academic advisers to plan their spring 2016 schedules; juniors and seniors meet with major advisers. […]
It is a very, very cold day today. The high is only supposed to reach 50, and there has been rain (or threat of rain) all day, which makes the cold feel that much more biting. Had business in the main part of campus today […]
We try to talk about (and live out) our Pro Humanitate motto in many different ways on campus. We also try to expose our students to national and international thought leaders on a variety of topics. Having access to big ideas from recognized leaders can […]
I was sent a link to an article yesterday about one of our alumnae, Lindsay Schneider (’13, MAEd ’16). She had been a Wake Forest Fellow in the Office of the Dean of the College. I knew her by face, and probably from some […]
I had a very different blog post ready to go for today – one of those ‘your Deacs should take advantage of this opportunity’ posts – but I got an email over the weekend that made me rethink it. This email was about someone facing adversity with […]
My office has fielded some inquiries about the weather for this Family Weekend and the uncertainty of Hurricane Joaquin churning out in the Atlantic. For reassurance’s sake, I can tell you that we have staff whose jobs it is to do emergency planning. The University’s […]
We just closed out on the rainiest Homecoming weekend that I can recall in my 16+ years as a staffer. It started raining late last week and it continued virtually uninterrupted all weekend. The rain puttered into a fine mist at points, but we hadn’t […]
Had some early meetings at the center of campus today. Here’s what I was seeing: – very grey skies; it’s blustery and cool, with a little bit of mist from time to time – sign outside the ZSR Library advertising Mr. Wake Forest […]
