Fast Facts about the Class of 2021
I don’t know if we have any La La Land fans out there, but their opening song “Another Day of Sun” has been running through my head all week, because it has been day after day of sun here. There will come a […]
Pics So Far
Today’s Daily Deac is a peek into master photographer Ken Bennett’s archives to see some of the things that have been happening on campus since the semester began. Here we have: a prayer vigil after Charlottesville, the Demon Deacon making a confetti angel during Homecoming, […]
More on Flu Shots
Well, Wake played a hard-fought game against Florida State on Saturday night and lost within the last couple of minutes. Still, it was some great football and a loud crowd, which bodes well. Few announcements to make you aware of: In addition to the flu […]
Dogs on campus – and Flu shots
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, […]
HIT THE BRICKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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 […]
Guest blogger – Emily Beeland ’19
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 […]
Skyline
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 […]
Transition issues
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 […]
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood
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 […]
Opportunities
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 […]