I had a very different blog post ready to go for today – one of those ‘your Deacs should take advantage of this opportunity’ posts – but I got an email over the weekend that made me rethink it. This email was about someone facing adversity with […]
Today was a warm day, but there was a breeze. The leaves have started falling to the ground and when the wind blows them across the concrete sidewalks or pavement, you hear the telltale scratchy sounds of fall. It is a good sound. […]
It’s Throwback Thursday, and here are some pics from the archive back in 1999. Some fun facts: – Our Commencement speaker was Cardinal Francis Arinze – The Student Health Service moved from its former home in Kitchin Hall to its present location in […]
Our University Photographer, Ken Bennett, does a much better job getting around to all the hot spots on campus than I do. Here’s a few moments that he captured during the past week or so. Davis Chapel has a beautiful new stained glass window that […]
The sun is out today and it was a cool and lovely fall morning as I walked to Benson to get my flu shot. Speaking of flu shots, the on-campus clinic for students is tomorrow; details here. The maples near Reynolda Hall […]
We had a wet and wild Family Weekend. Hurricane Joaquin never did make it our way, but rain from the west kept us soaked for most of the weekend. Still, our Deac families didn’t let the rain get them down, and we had a wonderful […]
We want to wish all our Deac families a wonderful weekend on campus for Family Weekend! A few thoughts on making the most of the weekend: Keep your plans fluid. Your students might waffle until the last minute in terms of deciding what they […]
My office has fielded some inquiries about the weather for this Family Weekend and the uncertainty of Hurricane Joaquin churning out in the Atlantic. For reassurance’s sake, I can tell you that we have staff whose jobs it is to do emergency planning. The University’s […]
It’s still a soggy one here, Deac families. Rather than me going out and trying to take some shots in the rain to give you a sense of campus, I am relying on the great work of our University Photographer, Ken Bennett, to give you […]
We just closed out on the rainiest Homecoming weekend that I can recall in my 16+ years as a staffer. It started raining late last week and it continued virtually uninterrupted all weekend. The rain puttered into a fine mist at points, but we hadn’t […]
