Wake Forest is closed today in observance of the 4th of July holiday. On behalf of the Office of Parent Programs, we hope you and your family are enjoying a day off and happy times with friends and family. Hope you get a chance to […]
As the first session of summer school closes down, there is a program that you may not know about that bears highlighting. It’s our Summer Management Program (affectionately referred to for years as ‘business boot camp for non-business majors’). It is a program for students […]
Happy New Year, Deac families! What’s that, you say? New Year’s in July? That’s right, we count today as the New Year because it is the first official day of the 2015-16 academic year (which coincides with the new fiscal year for our budget). So […]
Today I am in a meeting in the Benson Center. This piece of art is hanging right outside the meeting room door. It’s a Keith Haring, a well known name in the American art world. Bonus that it is close to our […]
With the 4th of July just around the corner, many of you probably have vacation on your minds. Vacations are on our minds too. But there’s another reason we are thinking about vacationing. With the new Class of 2019, we are receiving lots of
This week’s unseemly heat has been broken by an impressive rain shower, happening right now (3:45 pm). This is the kind of rain where the drops are just enormous. It has been so hot and dry of late, and the flowers on campus have been a bit […]
There’s been some chatter about a new book that was written by a former dean of freshmen at Stanford University. She has written a book called “How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid for Success,” and it […]
One of the many joys of being able to attend so many of our New Student Receptions is having the chance to talk to students (both incoming and upperclassmen/women) as well as their parents. It is always interesting to hear our students’ perspective, particularly because as […]
It’s technically barely the start of summer but we have already reached the dreaded 3 Hs: Hazy Hot and Humid. No lie, Deac families, it has been oppressively hot here. I have two degrees in English from WFU and I am starting to run out […]
Every now and again I rediscover a little nook and cranny of Wake Forest that I always knew was there, but isn’t necessarily on my day-to-day radar screen. Such it was last week with our men’s soccer team. As with many schools, the coaching staff of […]
