Finals continue
In this Issue: Today is cold – a projected high of only 36 – but no rain, sleet or snow in the forecast and the rest of the week will be in the mid-40s to mid-50s, so hopefully no more weather drama until after our […]
Finals are here!
In this Issue: UPDATE 2:30 p.m. – A Wake Alert was just issued suspending campus operations after 5 p.m.; read the full message here. Final exams began this morning. For me at least, the anticipation of finals was generally worse than the actual finals, […]
Snow Day!
In this Issue: Today was supposed to be LDOC (Last Day of Classes). But given the precarious weather forecast, we all woke up around 5:30 a.m. to a Wake Alert voicemail telling us that campus is closed today. At my house at least, I do […]
Thursday Thoughts
In this Issue: We’re almost to the end of the last week of classes. Hard to believe that the semester is nearly finished. And we are all keeping an eye on the weather, as there is a chance we get snow tomorrow (at least this […]
Prepping to return home for Winter Break
In this Issue: we talk about some ways you can help your Deac think about returning home for an extended period Before we get to the meat of today’s blog, I do want to share the schedule for something really fun that happens in the […]
Goodbye Gloomy Tuesday
In this Issue: Depending on which weather forecast you looked at yesterday, you may have thought today might bring some snow, or just very cold rain. Turns out it is just very cold rain. A gloomy Tuesday (in my head I am singing Goodbye […]
Back to Campus
In this Issue: I hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving and made some wonderful family memories. We’re now in that spring to the finish: classes run through Friday of this week, and then finals begin (see item below). It’s also noticeably colder, and we […]
Bonus Edition
In this Issue: So I told everyone that we’d be dark today, and then I remembered that there are a couple of upcoming events I forgot to mention, so I am bringing you this bonus edition. Lighting of the Quad – Monday, Dec. 1 One […]
Almost to break!
In this Issue: Campus is quiet, y’all. A lot of our students took an early leave, and a good number of my colleagues are taking PTO this week. I have a few things to share today. I especially commend the first item, the video about […]
Several Opportunities to Share Today
In this Issue: I suspect many of our students have already made the trip home for Thanksgiving – and if yours is already home, please let them sleep in, cook their favorite meals, and shower them in TLC. College is a lot of mental work […]