Today is a homework assignment, Deac families: to write a letter or a postcard (real paper mail, not a text or an email) to your Deacs, and to mail it the day before they move in for the fall semester. Here is a template to […]
With the start of classes being a few weeks away now, it’s a good time to share some etiquette on how students can put the best foot forward with faculty. A few years ago, a faculty friend of mine emailed me this article, U […]
Here are a few bits and pieces to start off your Monday: For P’23s, an email went out to your Deacs this morning; you can read it here, along with all their past messages from the Office of Academic Advising. John Currie (’93), our […]
Still on the road (thank you, Charleston, for your very warm welcome!) The Office of Academic Advising sent a message to all P’23 families today – read it here. They also sent a message to the ’23 students – read it here. This […]
This is a pre-posted message, as I am traveling for New Student Receptions. Even though it is summer (and the majority of our students are not here), it is still vitally important for students to be aware of issues of safety and how best to […]
Tomorrow it will be August, which means we’ll officially be in Move-In month. Very exciting to think that our new students will be here for Orientation in 20 days, and that our returning upperclass students shortly thereafter. If you have not seen the Orientation countdown clock, […]
These are perhaps more geared towards our incoming P’23s, but hopefully still some things to note for future trips. We get a lot of questions from incoming families whose students are doing a Pre-Orientation program, but the one we get most of all is ‘when […]
Happy Monday, Deac families! Am back in the office (and grateful for the wonderfully warm welcome from our new Deac families in the Bay Area last week at our New Student Reception). Here is some practical, tactical info on our campus post office. This is […]
This Wake Forester is on the road for a New Student Reception (thank you, Atherton, for the warm welcome!) Want to remind all families of vehicle registration, which starts next week. Please be sure your Deac knows when they need to log on to […]
I am traveling for a New Student Reception, so am taking the opportunity to pre-post some content while I am away. Today is about pronouns. One of the things your students might see while in college is a line in people’s email signature that specifies […]