NOTE FROM BETSY: this was scheduled to mail on the afternoon of 3/25 (Wednesday), but for some reason our push service did not mail it out. I am trying again first thing Thursday. Also new: read the stay at home order. ——————- Each day […]
Each day when I publish the Daily Deac, our push-out service, Feedburner, grabs whatever is in the blog as of 5 pm and pushes it out to you sometime between 5-8 pm. After my content deadline yesterday, we received news that there is a […]
One of the semi-regular features in the Daily Deac is Where In the World Are Wake Foresters, where you send me a picture of you or your Deac in WFU gear somewhere in the world. Obviously at this point in time, no one is going […]
Happy FDORDOCM (First Day of Remote Delivery of Course Material) – or classes are back in session! This is no doubt a good thing for our Deacs, so they can get back in a routine and have some things to occupy their minds. Late Friday […]
I don’t know that I have ever started the Daily Deac with a picture, but I was on campus today taking some pictures and the sky here struck me as so beautiful that I wanted you all to see it. It is hard […]
Today a message went out to students, faculty, staff, and parents/families to announce that no later than March 30, Wake Forest will communicate decisions about plans to resume in-person classes, as well as plans for Commencement. Read the message here. I do not have […]
It’s Day 3 of telecommuting for virtually all faculty and staff, and we have a very, very small number of students on campus. I suspect that most of you reading this are also trying to figure out the “new normal,” whether that is working from […]
Today is what I am calling LDFRN – Last Day For Right Now. At noon today, all our Deacs need to leave campus, save for a very small number that were approved to stay because of exceptional hardships. Even though staff are working remotely, I […]
I described the coronavirus situation to someone as like riding the Space Shuttle on the outside – it is a crazy ride where you are going a bajillion miles an hour and hanging on for dear life :) We continued to work throughout the weekend. […]
First of all, I would like to thank all the Daily Deacdom for your patience as we navigate this uncharted territory together. Colleges typically have great playbooks for move-in, orientation, major events, etc. but this is a situation that none of us have gone through […]
