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Lots of info today

In COVID news, undergraduates received a message today about what will look new for spring, and what remains the same. There are important changes to quarantine procedures, so please read the message (it was sent to undergrad families too). To give a little […]


Getting closer

It’s a short work week but a lot is going on as we prep for our students’ return. Today will be accordingly brief. Two news items: Residence Life and Housing sent an email to students who are moving in for the first time, or who […]


Closing Out the Week

Several more updates and FYIs today: Student Health Service has some important updates on SneezSafe that might be helpful to your students. Longtime readers know I am a big believer in the Koru Mindfulness classes offered by the Chaplain’s office; having a calm mind […]


Quick hits

I have been in non-stop meetings and semester-opening prep, so today I am going to focus on just a couple of quick hit items. This is from Student Health related to pre-arrival testing: As students submit their pre-arrival COVID tests in the Student Health Portal, […]


Many communications

Yesterday afternoon, President Hatch sent a COVID update to students, faculty, and staff; this message was also shared with families. Here is an excerpt: Our goal is to begin the spring semester on campus in late January. Given continued consultation with public health officials […]


Lots of miscellany today

Lots of miscellaneous updates and opportunities to share today. As always, read the bits of interest, scroll past others if they do not apply. Some of you have asked about a webinar for fraternity recruitment. Our Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life has scheduled a […]


Meet A Deac Monday

On Saturday, we sent the following message to students (and parents and families) about the pre-arrival testing requirements. The testing window for the majority of our undergraduate students (minus RAs or any approved to be here earlier) is January 9-15. Off-campus undergraduate students are […]


Snow false alarm?

Well, we did not wake up to an inch or two of snow (as had been predicted earlier this week). We have had periods of big, chunky snow flurries, but so far nothing sticking. As I look out of my dining room windows, I can […]


Thursday questions

Yesterday’s Daily Deac was written and ready to go before the events that transpired in the Capitol yesterday. Last night, Dr. Hatch sent a message to students, faculty, and staff about those events; you can read it here. We’ve received this question about pre-arrival […]


Snow?

There is a chance we will see our first snow of the year on Friday. Here is the National Weather Service snow forecast out of Raleigh. Also feels like a good time to share a funny about snow in the South, as viewed from […]


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