Final exams start today! Now is the time for your Deacs to make that last final push to scale the mountaintop and plant their flag on a semester well-done. Be dauntless, my Deacs! You can do it! One of the great finals week traditions is Late […]
LDOC today, my Deac families! That means Last Day of Classes – and having just had my LDOC for grad school, I can attest to the fact that it feels like a joyous day indeed. Your students will power through today, and then they will […]
There are so many amazing people at Wake Forest – some with names and faces that are very public, others that you might not know but who may have a profound impact on your students. Several years ago, we did a “Meet a Deac” series in […]
Before we get to our guest blog, wanted to make families aware of a program note from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Upcoming Webinars: The recruitment processes for the fraternity and sorority community can be a fun and exciting time – and it can […]
It is a gray and overcast morning on campus. Feels like completely appropriate weather for the last week of classes. For our P’21s, we have a new Weekly Message for First Year Families, this one on final exams. Today we have an opportunity […]
I’m back from my unexpected break to tend to P’92 following a fall she took on Thanksgiving; many thanks for your well wishes and prayers (wish I could have responded to everyone personally but I couldn’t). Lots of things happened in my absence, so this […]
As finals approach, our Deacs start to get more and more twitchy about exams and the pressure they feel. Sometimes it feels like if students just study, study, STUDY NONSTOP they will be best prepared for those exams. Others might argue that you need to […]
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and that you got to spend some time with your Deacs. I am unexpectedly out this week with my P’92 mom, who had a little accident over Thanksgiving. I had one Daily Deac preposted for Weds., and some […]
Before I leave for the week, wanted to give you the Alphabet of Gratitude, Wake Forest style. Here are 26 reasons I am grateful to be a Wake Forester. What are your reasons? A – Abroad. Studying abroad was the best semester I ever had, […]
It’s a short week here, with many students soon to depart for Thanksgiving. (Short week for me too, so no Daily Deacs this Wednesday through Friday.) The biggest stories my colleagues were talking about this morning were the two huge games for our Deacs: football […]
