This afternoon is Arrive and Thrive from 4-6 pm on the Mag Quad (aka Manchester Plaza). Hope to see your students there. Today doesn’t feel like a day for a normal blog, so I will simply share this message from Dr. Hatch, which went to […]
Wake is one of thousands of organizations worldwide who will be participating in the annual Character Day tomorrow. No, it isn’t about dressing up as your favorite character – it is an effort to raise awareness about character development and character strengths. Character strengths, as defined […]
Very quick Daily Deac today. I had a midday meeting and had to walk to the Quad, and when I arrived I saw a giant bouncy house being inflated on the Quad. There were other stations that were being set up – one was giant […]
One of the things that most students face at some point or another is test anxiety. That could come because it is a subject with which the student is not comfortable, or because he/she fears that the professor will be a ‘hard tester’, etc. For […]
It’s the end of the week, and I bet your students are happy to have a couple of days off. There is always a special kind of happy energy on a Friday afternoon, when the weather is good like today (sunny and a bit warmer […]
Today has been an absolutely glorious weather day. It was nice and cool in the morning, still sunny, but not too hot. Yesterday I got my first glimpse of the leaves on the campus trees starting to change colors (and some were even falling in […]
I typically get to work pretty early, and today I had to park far away and walk across most of the campus to my building. In the spirit of our “Five Senses” posts, I thought you might like a peek at what you see on […]
Let’s start with a couple of mea culpas. Yesterday I blogged about some of the sports victories over the weekend, and as I did, I remember thinking “I hope I don’t leave anyone out” – which of course means I left someone out :( (inadvertantly, […]
It was a great sports weekend for our Deacs. On Friday evening, the women’s soccer team took on Davidson and beat them 1-0. On Saturday, men’s football was at Duke and they delivered a hearty 24-14 victory. Also on Saturday, men’s golf won the […]
Frequently in the Daily Deac I pre-post content to be published later that day or that week. Today I had planned to have the info below go. In the interim, there was a crime off campus. Students have received emails about it, as have
