Fall Break will be held on Friday, October 19th. For students who live within reasonable driving distance, they may elect to go home to see their families (maybe taking a friend or two with them), or head out on a road trip to see friends […]
Today is Hit the Bricks, one of the most fun days on campus. Starting at 11 am, students, faculty, and staff will be walking and/or running around the Quad to raise money for cancer research. Teams of seven to 15 participants compete to raise […]
Today’s Daily Deac entry comes to us from Mike Ford, Associate Dean of Campus Life, about one of our campus’ finest traditions, Hit the Bricks. Deac families, please encourage your students to get involved. It’s fun, it’s for a good cause, and there are […]
Another opportunity for your students to hear from someone with a very interesting story. Jessica Jackley is a leading female entrepreneur. She co-founded Kiva.org, the first peer to peer micro-lending organization. In 2009 she was a finalist for Time’s 100 most influential people […]
Today’s Daily Deac was written by Jennifer Richwine (’93), Assistant Vice President of University Events Last fall, Mark Shriver came to Wake Forest to speak about the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps, to celebrate the organization his father (Sargent Shriver) founded, and to […]
The Wake Forest motto is Pro Humanitate or ‘for humanity.’ While students hear and see that phrase a lot, I am not sure how much it really sinks in to their minds. In the early part of your college years, you are so busy immersing […]
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 […]
Happy Valentine’s Day to all our Deac families! I hope wherever you are, your day is full of love and joy. And we’d be remiss if we didn’t remind you to check in with your students today and wish them a happy day too. […]
One of the things that I feel pretty strongly about is the importance of students finding their niche on campus – some sort of identity or friend group that provides a social outlet, sense of belonging, etc. When I talk to my own advisees, or […]
Deac families, there is something going on today for a very good cause. The campus is having a silent auction (as well as a few live auction items) for our campus’ United Way campaign. There are about 100 items up for sale today – […]
