We continue our streak of cool weather. It was about 50 degrees when I let my Deac Dogs out on the deck this morning and it was quite crisp. Hope that our students will take advantage of the good weather and all the tents and […]
It was a glorious weekend here in Winston-Salem, friends: upper 60s, sunny, absolutely delightful to be outdoors. This week looks like it will be pretty darn good too. Having a bit of cooler weather is a treat, particularly when you consider the satirical 12 Seasons […]
Tonight begins Rosh Hashanah. Wishing L’Shanah Tovah to all who are celebrating. May you have a sweet New Year! Hope you have seen the video from Dr. Chris Ohl, who is an infectious disease specialist at our School of Medicine. He contextualizes our case […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]