Welcome Back!
Spring Break seemed to go by in a flash for us – did it for you and your Deacs? Happily, they are coming back to a campus where spring has sprung. If you drive in the main entrance off of Silas Creek Parkway and Reynolda […]
Senior Orations – Alexa Erb (’16)
Today is the last weekday of Spring Break – so our empty-feeling campus will be populated with your students very soon. Hope you enjoy one last Senior Oration, this one by Alexa Erb (’16). Here is “Lessons from My Mother…So Dear.” ————- In 182 years, […]
Senior Oration – Camry Wilborn (’16)
Today’s Spring Break coverage of Senior Orations features the work of Camry Wilborn (’16). ———— On the Wake Forest Admissions page there is a section referring to Pro Humanitate. It reads: It’s not about you. It’s about us, and the greater meaning of what it […]
Senior Oration – Leah Haynes (’16)
Today’s Senior Oration is entitled “Islands, Trees, and the Self-Directed Life,” by Leah Haynes. —————————– College can make you feel lonely. And so, when you first arrive, there’s a lot of emphasis put on finding your “place” here: clubs, organizations, the student-involvement fair, etc. This is […]
Senior Oration – Tori Tschantz (’16)
Hope you are having a great Spring Break (maybe with your Deac home with you, along with his/her friends?). Since it is quiet on campus, we’re continuing our feature series on Senior Orations. Today we hear from Tori Tschantz (’16). ——————– It’s 5 o’clock-ish Somewhere […]
Senior Oration – Darius Williams (’16)
During Spring Break, we conclude our coverage of our Senior Orations. Today we have Pro Humanitate and the Rhetorical Importance of our Interpretation by Darius Williams (’16). —————- Pro Humanitate. For Humanity. A wondrous motto; a simple phrase. We are privileged, as heirs of Mother So […]
Busier Than Expected
I had expected that on the Friday before Spring Break that campus would be a ghost town. While there certainly seem to be fewer students here, there was traffic on the Mag Quad during the 11 am class change as well as in the Benson […]
Spring Break Fever
Slogging through midterms is no fun. And it had been so beautiful and warm at the start of the week, but yesterday and today have been cold by comparison (high 40s instead of the high 60s/low 70s we’d had). So your Deacs are probably more […]
Senior Orations – Part II
We continue our look at the Senior Orations read during Founder’s Day Convocation in late February. Today we have two that were read in Wait Chapel: “The Case for Generalism”, by Robert “Tripp” Maloney (’16) Even as I approach the end of my time […]
Spring Break Safety
Spring Break is next week. The break comes right after midterms, and students will be ready for a break. Some of them might come home to you to visit, others might go to the beach (either in the US or the Caribbean). Some will go on […]