For all our P’23s out there, this is the last night at home/in a hotel room with your new ’23 Deacs. Tomorrow is Move-In day! A few thoughts on the day: Be patient – with 1,300+ new students moving in on the same day, there […]
I’m out of the office today and tomorrow (last chance to be with Class of ’27 before Move-In/Orientation). So this is a prepost. A few years ago, I read an article that stuck with me. A mom had written a list of 17 things she […]
Move-In is just a few days away, and it is time for my annual cautionary tale. As our new first-year students go through New Deac Week, our upperclass students will also be returning to campus. That means our new students will start hearing about parties […]
Back when I was a student, families often chose a set day/time to have their student call home. With cell phones everywhere, that is no longer an issue, and you can text or IM your Deacs just about any time. I would argue that even […]
The people have spoken! Thanks to all those who took the poll on restaurant recommendations. I am listing them all below. Any numbers in parentheses represent the number of people who repeated that same answer. You can Google any of these places and look for […]
August 21st will be here before you know it, and everyone is brimming with excitement about our new ’23 students moving in! The Office of Family Engagement normally gets a lot of questions about move-in strategy, and while we think every family needs to make […]
There was a surprised masked visitor on campus – if you can call a raccoon a masked man :) Our very own Ken Bennett, photographer extraordinaire, captured this raccoon near the Byrum Welcome Center a few weeks ago. There are some lovely woods […]
Today is an audience participation kind of day. One of the members of the Daily Deacdom asked me to provide an updated list of restaurant recommendations. I know what I might say, but I also want to hear what our experienced Deac families might say. […]
Today is sort of Move-In and P’23 info heavy. Lots to cover for our new families. If you have not seen our Class of 2023 Move-In video, view it here. It gives you a sense of what to expect. P’23s (and your ’23 Deacs), […]
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 […]
