Let It Snow
As you have probably heard from your students, we had a snow day yesterday. Despite a prediction of 1-3″, we got a whopping 6.5″ of snow at my house, and I am only 3 miles from campus so I assume it was the same there. […]
Lots of energy
The students are back, and there is a lot of energy back on campus with them. Today is Bid Day for sororities, which means at 3:45 pm, groups started gathering on the Quad (or at their lounges if at other residence halls off the Quad) […]
I Have A Dream
Administrative offices are closed today in observance of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. It is a day that many people will spend in reflection and in service to others. So for today’s Daily Deac, thought it would be meaningful to reprint his entire […]
Ed Wilson’s ideal bookshelf
Provost Emeritus and Professor of English Edwin G. Wilson (‘43), known affectionately to all as “Mr. Wake Forest,” is a legendary name on the Wake Forest campus. He retired before he could teach your students, but for our alumni families, I’m not sure there is […]
Spotlight on mental health
I know that students are trickling back on to campus. How, you ask? As I drove off campus last night, I saw a handful of young people jogging. Normally when school is in session, there are a ton of students jogging on campus and on […]
Wake Downtown is one year old!
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest blog from Rebecca Alexander, Professor of Chemistry and Director of Academic Programming for Wake Downtown. ———- Just a year ago we were still unpacking boxes and eager to welcome the first students to this great new space. We had an […]
Coats off!
Hallelujah, the frozen tundra of Winston-Salem has finally thawed! Today it is a downright warm 62 degrees, and the increase in the temperature has made our moods sunny as well. For the first time in what seems like a month or more, I see people […]
Monday Roundup
Happy Monday, Deac families. Today’s Daily Deac is going to be like buckshot – a little bit of everything all over the place. Weather: know that there are many parts of the country dealing with frigid weather – and Winston-Salem had been among them until […]
Meet a Deac – Bill Wells (’74)
You all know by now that I am a huge fangirl for our soccer team. Tonight at 7:30 is the MAC Hermann Trophy presentation, and our own Jon Bakero is one of the three finalists. You can watch a livestream of the event; […]
Reentry is hard
We’re gearing up for the return of our students. First it will be the young ladies who are participating in sorority recruitment (what we called “rush” when I was in college), then the rest of the student body. The start of the spring semester brings […]