From time to time, I like to add a short survey here in the Daily Deac. These help us understand how families and students are experiencing Wake Forest, trends in behavior, etc. Today we have a very short survey on family-student communications in 2020-21 […]
Campus feels a lot emptier with the majority of our students home for the summer. But it does open up some great opportunities to get pictures of campus where you can really see the buildings and other architectural elements. Here are some shots that Ken […]
How is it possible that it is already June? And yet here we are. Summer Session I started on May 24th, so we do have some Deacs here for summer school, as well as others taking classes online at home. For those living on campus, […]
We’re at the start of a 3-day weekend, Deac families (the university will be closed on Monday in observance of Memorial Day, though I have pre-scheduled our Monday Meet A Deac). For much of my early life, Memorial Day was sort of an abstract concept. […]
Each day, I put the Daily Deac content to bed around 4-5 pm Eastern. After our publication deadline yesterday, a message went out to students and families about our decision to pause the implementation of our plan to rename Wingate Hall as May 7, […]
I have been thinking a lot about going back to normal times on campus. One of the things I love most during a normal academic year is walking across our beautiful campus and stumbling on the unexpected. Sometimes in my wanderings, I would find something […]
One of the academic lessons we try to teach our students is the importance of using reliable sources in research and papers. By reliable, I mean primary sources: places that have a proven track record of verifiably true content because it was generated by the […]
Even in non-pandemic years, the Student Health Service is one of our most critical areas on campus: they specialize in college student health, serve as your student’s primary care physician while they are here, help students with everything from chronic conditions to urgent care needs, […]
I will be out of the office this week following the passing of my P’92 mother. The Daily Deac will be dark the rest of the week; this message was pre-scheduled. Part of what makes Wake Forest special is having a vibrant on-campus community. The […]
All hands are on deck prepping for Commencement. Our Commencement office has asked me to share some final information with you: A message was sent to gradutes and their families today about Governor Cooper’s press conference, which outlined public health measures. Read the full message […]