Today has all kinds of big news to report! After completing a national search, Eric Maguire has been appointed the University’s Vice President for Enrollment, effective July 1. He currently serves as vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid at Franklin & Marshall College […]
Today is Campus Day for Accepted Students – where we welcome students and families who had been accepted into the Class of 2023. Some of those students were Early Decision, and they are coming back to see their school and maybe make connections with their […]
Editor’s note: this was a pre-post, because I am traveling today. But I just found out that we named the Commencement and Baccalaureate speakers. Our 2019 commencement speaker will be Fred Ryan, publisher and chief executive officer of The Washington Post. Our Baccalaureate speaker will be […]
After that wild and wacky snow we got yesterday, today is a great day – sunny and nearly 70. I saw this on my social media lastnight and it very accurately summed up North Carolina weather. I also saw this online lastnight, and […]
Many thanks to those in the Daily Deacdom who took yesterday’s April Fool’s joke in the spirit that it was intended. In case you missed it, yesterday’s post was an April Fool’s prank, saying that I was going to start a life-coaching service […]
Happy Monday, Deac families! It was a beautiful weekend on campus – sunny, warm with a gentle breeze. On Friday night my social media feeds were filled with pictures of campus – specifically of flowers, mostly in the path leading between campus and Reynolda […]
Short Daily Deac today, with information from our Student Financial Services office: An email was sent to students and authorized payers on March 1st reminding them of the $500 non-refundable tuition deposit that is required for all returning undergraduate students. The deposit can be paid on DEAC using the “WFU […]
Many thanks to the Deac parents/family members who came to our event at the Wake Washington Center yesterday. This was my first trip the Wake Washington Center, and it was wonderful! For those of you who are not familiar, we have a ‘semester abroad […]
I’m still traveling, but wanted to reprise an oldie-but-goodie, my annual advice for Commencement. This is explicitly for parents and families of graduating seniors (P’19s), but our younger classes might want to read as well for future reference. This will be my 18th Commencement, so […]
Many thanks to all the lovely families who came out in the rain last night in Phili for our parent/family reception. It is always great to meet folks in the Daily Deacdom! Registration begins the week of April 1st. Students will select up to 8 […]
