More beautiful, sunny, warm weather today, which gives us ample reason to feel grateful. Speaking of gratitude, our Center for the Advancement of Teaching (CAT) has been hard at work on ways to recognize the extraordinary efforts of faculty and staff over the past […]
Moms, dads, grandparents, family members, and all loved ones – the ZSR needs your help! In preparation for finals, the ZSR is once again hosting the “words of encouragement” initiative to motivate students for exam week. They are asking faculty, staff, […]
Hard to believe it is almost the end of April and the end of the semester. But here we are, and since it’s Monday, it’s time for Meet A Deac. Before we get started, want to share this announcement that our emergency systems will […]
We’re closing out the week, and close to closing out the month. Countdown to finals is T minus 15 days, hard as that is to believe. There are a few items to share today. Did you know that Wake Forest is frequently in the news? […]
We had an unexpected situation last night: students received a series of Wake Alert messages about an armed robbery at the BP station near the Best Western Plus; the Best Western Plus is our COVID quarantine/isolation hotel. We sent this message to parents […]
I’m academic advising this week, so that is on my mind. Academic advising is a time for students to work with their lower division (i.e., pre-major) adviser or their major adviser (and minor adviser if applicable) to strategize about their fall schedule. Currently enrolled students […]
Mondays are Meet A Deac days, and it seems like there’s always a lot of news to catch up on every Tuesday, so here goes. Biggest news is that a message just went out to the campus community late this afternoon about the intent […]
It’s a brand new week, and it is time for another Meet A Deac. While we are all overjoyed to be in Yellow Operating Status right now, it was only a few short weeks ago where today’s guest was heavily involved in the surge. Let’s […]
Happy Friday, Deac families! It’s the end of a glorious week – it’s been sunny, upper 60s/low 70s – and I have had the good fortune to interact with a number of students this week, which was really wonderful. When I asked them how things […]
We had some big news yesterday: the University will establish the Maya Angelou Artist-in-Residence Award. Here is an excerpt, or you can read the full story here. The new award will honor world-renowned artists who reflect Maya Angelou’s passions for creating, performing and teaching. […]