Happy Black and Gold Friday, Deac families! As you prepare for what I hope will be a good weekend (and I am en route back to Mother So Dear from Boston), I thought I would share some updates from campus. Our president, Nathan O. Hatch, has been […]
The first of our New Student Receptions is tonight in Weston, MA, a Boston suburb. I’ll be there to help staff that event, so am doing a little pre-blogging for the time I’ll be traveling. On the Newstudents.wfu.edu website, we have a section called
Our New Student Reception season is kicking off tomorrow in Weston, MA. These gatherings allow incoming freshmen and their parents/family members to meet each other, build their WFU networks, and hear advice from upperclassmen/women (and sometimes their parents). If you are the parent […]
Yesterday at a large staff meeting I had the opportunity to hear from someone I’ve known a long time, but who is approaching a new role as the Dean of the College effective July 1: Michele Gillespie. She was named Dean of the College […]
Happy June, Deac families! We’re starting to get into some important deadlines and details for the fall semester, as crazy as that sounds. The first one is about our student health insurance requirement. I was sent the following information from our Student Insurance Administrator to […]
It’s the end of a short work week, Deac families. Hope that you might have joined in on what we like to call Black and Gold Friday, which means wearing black and gold (or even better, WFU apparel) wherever you live so you can show […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a public service announcement about spam. Not the hilarious Monty Python Spam, but the kind of spam that ends up in your junk mail folder. When Wake (like other organizations) sends out emails, we can’t control how that email is […]
There are lots of wonderful nooks and crannies on campus where students can go to study, hang out, enjoy the atmosphere, eat lunch or have a coffee. Students will find their favorite spots over time – maybe through trial and error. If your students have […]
Summer is the time for construction projects, and there is a big one going on in Kitchin Residence Hall right now. The windows of most of the building have been removed for a major refurbishment that will take place in two phases – part this […]
Today is Memorial Day and the university is closed for the holiday. Wherever you are, I hope you will join me in taking a few moments to reflect on the men and women who have served our country in the armed forces, as well as […]
