Even though I am just this side of 50, my P’92 is a world-class worrier, so every time she hears the words “hurricane” combined with “the Carolinas,” she starts getting antsy. Because we had a number of hurricane threats last year, combined with Dorian right […]
Our thoughts sure are with the Deac families in the Bahamas and in the FL/GA/SC/NC coasts. Hurricane Dorian is no joke. We hope you are all safe and sound and that the storm dissolves quickly. It’s a hot one here in W-S: high 80s-low 90s […]
Administrative offices are closed today because of the Labor Day weekend (your Deacs had class today), so this is a pre-post. Today’s edition of Letters So Dear (advice from upperclass students to the first-years) is available here. Today’s Weekly Message for First Year families […]
Tonight is our first home football game. We are playing Utah State at 8 pm and I hope that if you can’t be at the game, you are watching it on the ACC Network wherever you live. Football games are a lot of fun (as […]
Working on a college campus is an amazing gift. Wake Forest is a place filled with physical beauty, a lot of green spaces, and tons of very smart and talented people (students, faculty, and staff). There are days when I feel a smidge of jealousy […]
It’s the midway point in the first week of classes. Yesterday we had what our hilarious NC weather meme calls False Fall (cool temps – low 70s and overcast) and today we are back up in the mid 80s (or Second Summer on the […]
In the hurry scurry of FDOC, I was not able to include President Hatch’s message to the campus community. At the start of every semester, he typically sends a message to our campus with his thoughts and aspirations. Yesterday’s message was – in part – […]
Today is FDOC (First Day of Classes). And at the start of every semester, we direct your attention to an important website about our Family Communications Philosophy. While we hope you will look through the whole website, I will also briefly summarize here. From […]
Our upperclass students can begin to arrive tomorrow. Today, our new students had individual appointments with their academic advisers and student adviser. One of the classes that first year students can take is called FYE (for First Year Experience). It is a class about the […]
New Deac Week is in full swing – activities wrapping up this afternoon for parents and families of the new ’23s and transfer students. And not long after new families head home, it will be time for our ’22s, ’21s, and ’20s to arrive! This […]