Ready or not, here we come! While some of our ’19s will be arriving early for Pre-Orientation programs, the full Class of 2019 will be moving in on Friday, August 21st. We can’t wait to meet all of our new Deacs and their parents and family […]
The Office of Personal and Career Development (OPCD) has a fantastic new personal and career development tool for students to use: Handshake. Handshake grants students access to jobs and internship opportunities tailored to their career interests. Students also can register for career education and networking […]
Hopefully our upperclassmen parents have already heard about Thrive, our campus efforts to promost holistic wellbeing (for all the freshmen parents, you can see the Thrive website and the 8 dimensions of wellbeing). I saw a very interesting article on wellbeing over […]
As students nationwide get ready for the start of college, we’re beginning to see all sorts of lists about advice for college, things your student should know, etc. Here’s one from the Washington Post that has some general advice. We have some advice for incoming […]
In the Sunday edition of the Winston-Salem Journal, there was a wonderful feature story on President Nathan O. Hatch and his ten years of service at Wake Forest. The article is “Dynamic Decade: Hatch Reshapes University with Eye Toward Future” and it is […]
Today I got my first look at the redesign of Starbucks, now blessedly open after what felt like a long long closure. The architecture of the place is the same, but the style of chairs and tables is new. Gone are the big banquette seats […]
Today we are giving you a peek behind closed doors to get the inside scoop on internal processes. Earlier in July, our incoming first year students self-registered for half of their fall class schedule. The second half of their schedule is selected for them using […]
We’re getting more and more excited about your students’ arrival on campus – now less than a month away. And because the Daily Deac has been traveling to New Student Receptions this week (thank you, Phili, for the warm welcome!) – thought it would be […]
Now that it is nearly August and we’re rolling towards the last of the summer hurrahs, maybe you are looking for something to read on the beach or the plane or in the car as you head to a vacation destination. Well, there is a great list […]
I spend a lot of time at a computer every day and a lot of time looking for WFU items of interest. Not sure how many Pinterest fans we have out there, but for those of you who are pinners, you are probably familiar with […]
