I am not at work today, and I suspect a lot of others are also taking PTO. The University’s administrative offices will be closed tomorrow and Friday. If your Deac is staying on campus and you need to know who to contact in case of […]
Campus is certainly thinning out in terms of population – I got to work today mid-morning and there were *lots* of parking spaces available, which normally does not happen on a Tuesday when class is in session. In continuing our thoughts on gratitude this week, […]
It’s a short week on campus due to the Thanksgiving holidays. And because of the spirit of what Thanksgiving means, this week’s Daily Deacs will be about gratitude – with a few other things thrown in for good measure. I am grateful for our motto […]
Another pre-post today, as I am scheduled to get back from my conference very late Thursday night and I suspect will be digging out of my inbox most of Friday (today). This one is about the power of connecting with someone on campus. Wake Forest’s culture […]
Today I am winding my way home, but thought I’d pre-post an activity that your Deacs may want to try (or you could do in your own home communities, maybe with a little modification). It’s a Bingo card. The goal is to get five spaces […]
Still at my parents and families conference. One of the subjects of the conference is parent communications, and this pre-post has to do with the delicate balance we walk with you in terms of talking about student behaviors. Some students choose to participate in a concerning […]
Since I am at a conference this week, I thought it might be fun to cast your memories back to what was happening this week when your Deacs were just babies and toddlers. So here’s a look at things that were happening on November 15th […]
The Daily Deac is en route to a conference, so this week’s posts will be pre-scheduled. This was something we originally published in 2013, and we got a ton of feedback from parents and families about how much they liked it. So here is an oldie-but-goodie, […]
It has been a crazy and hectic Friday – and a heads up, I will be at a conference most of next week so have tried to schedule some blog posts to run in my absence. Over the past two days, I have had the […]
Meant to post this picture on Monday. It was sent to me by a Deac mom who had been here for our football game on Saturday. She managed to get to the Quad and see it in all of its rolled glory (who knows, maybe […]