Here’s a “minute from Wake Forest” today. It was a chilly morning, so I was hoofing it as fast as I could across the Quad to Reynolda, where I had a meeting. As I scurried by, I saw all these tags hanging from […]
I am doing a talk tomorrow with some parents of high school seniors. In prepping for that, I was trying to think of some of the most critical pieces of advice – and I came back to the idea of letting go, and letting students learn […]
This past Friday was Campus Day for Accepted Students (the first of two, the other will be Friday, April 22nd). There were 400ish prospective families with us, and of those I talked to during the registration period, it seemed pretty evenly split between students who […]
We’re coming down to the final part of the semester, and I am already seeing some of the drain and the strain on students’ faces as they think about finals and papers and projects that will be due within the next 20 days or so. When […]
I’m headed to Raleigh tonight for the Wake Will event there – and I hope to meet a lot of our Raleigh area parents! I will be looking for people with P’ years on their nametags, but you can look for me too (I’m sporting […]
I received a message yesterday from one of our History faculty members about an upcoming panel discussion this Thursday that might be of interest to current students, but also to any families who might be visiting for this Friday’s Campus Day. Here are some details: […]
Happy Monday, Deac families – and it’s a beautiful one here at Mother So Dear. Saturday night I had the pleasure of attending a reception in honor of Harold Tedford, Professor Emeritus of Theatre, and for whom the Main Stage Theatre has been named. It […]
This news should go live on the WFU website by 4:30 pm today, but the powers that be gave me permission to put it in the Daily Deac a few minutes ahead of the official release so it could go out to you today. Stephen Colbert, former […]
Shag on the Mag happens tomorrow night, and the SOTM tent is going up today. This is always a terrific event, with students dressing up and doing shag dancing to beach music, which is a delightful North Carolinian kind of tradition. You can see […]
Yesterday was an absolutely gorgeous day, making it two in a row for stunners. It was sunny, it was cool in the morning then warmed up to a nice low-70s range, and there was a light breeze. It was a day made for being outside, […]
