As we gear up for Commencement, I am bringing you the ABCs of Commencement, Daily Deac style. A – Apply sunscreen. Commencement is outdoors, and it is sunny. Don’t get burned. B – Bells. The carillon chimes for a long time after the Commencement ceremony […]
Most of our students have departed campus (save for some seniors perhaps who did not go to post-exams at the beach). It feels empty without them, but in a week we will be celebrating one of the best days of the WFU year: Commencement. Dr. […]
It was cloudy yesterday, and has been drizzly at times today. Here are a few pictures to give you a sense of it. Looks like tomorrow will be real and proper rain – and let’s get it all out of […]
We received the sad news last night that one of our WFU law students has passed away: “Ozioma (Ozi) Obi-Onuoha, a first-year law student from Raleigh, N.C., has died. We extend our heartfelt condolences to their family, fellow law students, faculty and staff who knew […]
It’s a beautiful day at Wake today. Sunny and low 80s. I had a bunch of meetings in the center of campus today and saw some students (and parents/families) who looked like they were in the process of moving out – carrying bags and boxes. […]
Today I am dusting off an oldie-but-goodie. This is for our P’19s and is about the pictures you want to make sure you take during Commencement. Your students have called this place home for 4 years – or 5 – and are getting ready to […]
You can always tell when it is finals on campus. Beyond the normal visuals of student dress (yoga pants/ponytails/minimal makeup for ladies, hats and stubble for men), you start to see the parking lots begin to empty of the cars. The great dwindling has started. […]
Finals are always a harrowing time on campus. We have such high-achieving students, and they tend to be perfectionistic people-pleasers. They want to get good grades, they want to make sure they don’t disappoint you. Grades are perhaps the most obvious yardstick to measure what […]
Administrators get the end-of-the-semester-crazies too: yesterday I listed the wrong last name for our wonderful guest blogger. She is Emily Beeland (’19) and she deserves credit for some great blogging over the last few semesters. Wet noodle for me. One of the traditions of finals […]
Today is LDOC – the Last Day of Class. While normally this would be a day that is fun and lighthearted (the end of classes! hooray!), I cannot help but have a heavy, heavy heart. Our friends to the south at UNC-Charlotte had a campus […]
