I was talking to an administrator friend of mine the other day about how it seems like there is always someone walking a dog on campus, and frequently it is a student. Not sure if these dogs are pets owned by seniors living off campus, […]
Today is Hit the Bricks, one of my all-time favorite days on campus. I have been joking that we ought to call it Hot the Bricks, because it is a steamy 87 degrees. It is tough to get a really good look at the […]
With the opening of the Wake Washington Center and the Wake Washington program, I thought it would be fun to hear more about the experiences that our students are having in DC. Thankfully Emily Beeland of the Class of 2019 was willing to give us […]
Yesterday one of my colleagues who is part of what I refer to as the ‘Daily Deacdom’ of readers snapped this pic of the Streakin Deacon bus and a lovely cloudy sky as twilight approached. Tis a beautiful thing. Speaking of twilight, there is […]
This morning I put up this week’s Message for First Year Families, which is entitled Grade Expectations (get it? Remember, I was an English major twice over at Wake.) Grade expectations is about the transition from the kinds of grades our students had […]
As is often my practice, let’s begin by talking about the weather. It has been a warm week – mid to high 80s – and sunny. We are starting to see leaves turn brown and fall off the trees, so the sidewalks are starting to […]
This morning I was at a meeting with lots of staff from various areas of Campus Life, and wanted to give you a recap of some of the many, many opportunities that your students have in the coming days and weeks. Tomorrow Sept 22nd is […]
I was at a dinner the other night with Wake Forest alumni and some current parents. It was a wide age range, spanning from graduating in the ’70s to the mid ’00s to having a senior on campus now. Though I did not know any […]
I took a walk up on campus earlier today and saw my first true sign of fall. This is a lovely little tree outside Poteat Residence Hall. If you have not experienced a NC fall before, they can be pretty spectacular. Family Weekend is […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest blog from Allison McWilliams ’95, Assistant Vice President, Mentoring and Alumni Personal and Career Development College is an awesome, exciting, life-changing time of new experiences, new friends, new classes and interests. It’s also an overwhelming, challenging, and sometimes […]
