We are a couple of weeks away from Move-In, and at this time of year I usually run a Daily Deac on an annual occurrence that is never a fun one. As our new first-year students go through Orientation, our upperclassmen/women will also be returning […]
I am traveling today and tomorrow for our last New Student Reception (hello, Nashville!), so I am sharing some information from my colleague in the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. ———————- Fall fraternity and sorority recruitment events are just around the corner! Because first-year […]
ICYMI (in case you missed it), there was a fantastic story yesterday about our basketball star and local hero Chris Paul making a $2.5 million gift to the basketball program. It is a feel-good story through and through, and you can read it here. […]
I saw this picture and shared it on our Wake Forest Parents and Families Facebook the other day. It seems like a good reminder as we look to the start of the semester – how to start strong, things to keep in mind. […]
We’re three-ish weeks from Move-In, so it’s time to start thinking about packing up your Deac’s things and getting ready to make the trek to Winston-Salem! The best tip I can offer to our students – particularly incoming first-years – about how to pack for […]
As I prep to head to the Wilmington, NC New Student Reception, I am preposting the second article on parenting that might be of interest. I should say as a disclaimer a couple of things: 1) this is from the New York Times, so you […]
It has been raining on and off for days, and it is getting tiresome to be sure. We started this morning with what my late P’92 would have called a ‘frog choker’ and we’ve vacillated between sunny (and HUMID) and rain the rest of the […]
News you can use, Deac families: this fall, there will be a new clear bag policy for our football stadium and the Joel. You and your Deacs should read the full story, but here are some highlights: “Wake Forest University will institute a […]
I’m off tonight to the Raleigh New Student Reception, and to the Wilmington, NC reception on Saturday. Hope I see some Daily Deacers there! One of the things we like to do at the Daily Deac is share articles about topics that might be of […]
Happy Monday, Deac families! I am back from my road trip week. (For any of our Deac families who live in southwest South Dakota or northeast Wyoming, let me just say you live in amazing country and we loved visiting). Let’s keep with the travel […]
