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 […]
Today is the day before LDOC (the Last Day of Classes). One more day of formal classes, and then it is off to the races towards final exams. Is it just me, or did the semester breeze by in a flash?? It is unseasonably warm […]
I’m at an all-day staff meeting today, so this is a pre-posted blog with content from my friends in the Office of Sustainability. Updated to add: We had two broadcast emails go to students, faculty, and staff on Sunday and Monday. The first was to […]
Happy LFOC (Last Friday of Classes) to all. No doubt this is going to be a busybusybusy weekend for our Deacs as they finish classes and prep for finals, which start May 3rd. But first, let me say a hale and hearty THANK YOU to […]
There is a great opportunity out there today: today is our Day of Giving (or as we are calling it this year, Matchstravaganza. A lot is at stake here – if we get 1,000 gifts, an anonymous donor will provide a $50,000 match. That is […]