Pic of the Day: the sky
Belated Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who are celebrating! Today’s pic of the day is an amazing orange sky, seen with the ZSR Library cupola. Is this heaven? No, it’s Wake Forest!
Pic of the Day: Pros vs. Joes
Hope you are enjoying having your Deacs home! As we continue our own winter break, today’s pic of the day is from the Pros vs. Joes event at Orientation, where teams of students take on pros in a variety of sporting contests. There’s always a […]
Winter break for us too!
All the residence halls closed on Sunday the 18th, and with the students gone it means that faculty and staff can have a winter break too. Wake is officially closed for the holidays December 26-January 2, but yours truly is headed out in advance of […]
I only do this a couple times a year, y’all
All, I’m getting ready to head out for winter break myself, and with the cold here, I thought it might be time for a warm and fuzzy. Part of the job of our office is to communicate with parents and families as best we can, […]
Sorority Recruitment – unofficial advice
Today’s Daily Deac offers some advice for parents of female students who will be participating in the sorority recruitment process (formerly called “rush”) the first week of January. The Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life did a webinar about the recruitment process (for both men […]
What it’s like when your Deacs aren’t here
When 3,000-4,000 people who’d been here a few days ago suddenly are all gone, it is noticeable. Campus is very still, and very quiet. The stillness manifests in the student parking lots (empty but for a parked few cars), the sidewalks (no one on their […]
A peek behind the curtain
Yesterday I was fortunate to receive an email from an intrepid Daily Deac reader with a picture taken by her Deac. This is a picture of the Farrell Hall Living Room at 2:02 am, when senior Colton Bina (’17) realized he was the last […]
It’s very quiet
Today is an unusually cold day – highs in the mid 30s (I know it is colder in many of the places where Daily Deac readers live, but this cold for us). This morning I had the pleasure of driving down to the Benson Center […]
Hump Day, finals edition
It’s Wednesday – the hump in the middle of the week – and your Deacs who are still here are hard at work on their final exams and projects. Stay strong, Deacs! It’s almost over! There are all sorts of practical matters to cover today […]
Helping students prep for finals with food, costumes, and compassion
Late Night Breakfast was lastnight – free food in the Pit from 10-midnight. My shift was not until 11, but I am told that there was an enormous line at 10 and the place was packed. We served breakfast foods – french toast (which went fast […]