It has rained on and off for several days. So much so that Poteat Field, usually a place for intramural or pick-up soccer games or football games, has huge puddles on it. My sense of the feeling on campus is everyone is sick of this […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! Yesterday I got my first peek at the lineup for the annual TEDx conference. This is a student-run event and always a big hit. If you find you’ll be in Winston-Salem on Saturday, February 18th, you want to […]
Three quick things today. 1. Got my first glimpse (not live, in photo form) of students in class at Wake Downtown. This is Dr. King teaching Organic Chemistry (a tough class, or so I hear.) Great to see Wake Downtown in action! 2. A […]
Happy warm Wednesday, Deac families. We’re close to 60 degrees and sunny today, which certainly makes me feel good. For those of you with younger students at home, today’s Daily Deac is just for you. First up – the Summer Immersion program: “The Wake […]
Since it is the start of a new semester, this seems like an appropriate time to put a plug in for the notion of building resilience. Your students are building their academic skills during their time in college, and so often we think of the […]
Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! It’s Friday the 13th – but I hope your students are experiencing nothing but good luck! With it being only the fourth day of classes, it’s not likely that your students are already having big tests or projects […]
And by that I mean, we had snow a week ago and today was about 45 degrees this morning and nearly 70 degrees this afternoon. You never know what Mother Nature has planned for winter in the south, but you can count on some dramatic […]
Here is a feel-good story for you. It’s about our Professor and Chair of Communication Allan Louden and his Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever, Glacier, aka the Campus Wonderdog. This comes to us from a website called The Tab and was written by […]
It’s FDOC (First Day of Classes), so the semester is officially on with academics. It’s also the first day of classes and events being held at Wake Downtown. You can read more about Wake Downtown in this news article. The Provost’s office also sent […]
I’m working today from my couch, as the public schools are closed and Class of ’27 is home. Today’s remote Daily Deac will cover the three S’s: news of snow, soccer, and sororities. It’s probably an understatement to say that our snow event was a […]
