Rainy Thursday
I was on campus early this morning. It was raining and there were not a lot of students up yet. We are getting the remnants of what had been Hurricane Sally – just a good bit of rain, no real wind to speak of. But […]
Hit the Bricks
One of our campus’ most beloved traditions is called Hit the Bricks, which is a day-long relay race where students, faculty, and staff run laps around the Quad all day and raise funds and awareness for cancer research in honor of our alumnus Brian Piccolo […]
Comparison is the thief of joy
Today I am trying to go a little COVID light, just to give us all a breather. It is hard to be pandemic focused all the time. Two quick COVID hits: 1) there is a new September 15 Campus Health Update on the dashboard, […]
Monday news
So it was a drizzly day, and it wasn’t the ending we wanted for the Wake-Clemson game, but we still made it the best weekend we could. Hope you got a chance to watch College GameDay on Saturday. Class of ’27 and I drove by […]
Rounding out the week
There is a new Campus Health Update on the dashboard page: “During consultations with public health experts before the start of the semester, they predicted that we could see an increase in positive cases of COVID-19 two to four weeks after the start of […]
Random testing is in full swing
Our random testing is taking place this week, and we expect to test around 500 students weekly, as mentioned on our dashboard. With random testing, we may find students who test positive for COVID. In those cases, the Student Health Service will provide guidance […]
Study Spaces
Happy Wednesday, Deac families. Starting today off with some good news: to support students looking for a quiet place to study or sit in on an online class, the College has opened up a pool of smaller, lightly scheduled or unscheduled classrooms for student use […]
ESPN College Gameday
Big news came out at the end of the week, and that is for the first time ever, ESPN’s College Gameday will be broadcasting from Truist Field, but without a crowd (because in accordance with NC Department of Health and Human Services COVID-19 Phase […]
News from many corners of campus
Want to acknowledge there have been some hiccups in the send-out time of the Daily Deac. Our third-party push service is supposed to send it each weekday between 5-7 pm. Twice this week, it has not gone out on time and has only gone out […]
Thursday 2.5 update
As you know from yesterday, our state is moving to a Phase 2.5 status, which brings with it some good news: beginning Tuesday, we will gradually open our wellbeing center and gym facilities for lower-risk activities (outdoor recreational activities will still remain available). In addition, […]