Today’s Daily Deac is going to focus on academics – the heart of why your students are here. For those with incoming first-year students, this message might be especially important. Wake Forest is a rigorous academic environment. Our students come to Wake Forest as high […]
The Daily Deac is out this week for one last hurrah with the Class of ’27 Deac before school begins for both of us. So this week, we’re trying to share some hopefully useful information for the fall semester. Today’s topic: campus dining. Your students […]
The countdown is on for the arrival of the Class of 2018, and everyone is getting really excited. And our good friends who work with social media on campus have a fantastic way for you to share in the excitement and be part of the […]
Today was a day that involved a lot of walking to and fro on campus and beyond. Lots of good things to see. For those of you who remember the famous line from Gone with the Wind about “the red […]
Today marks the 1,000th entry in the Daily Deac blog. It has been a blessing to be able to write this blog every day, and I am grateful to everyone who reads it. I cherish your emails and your feedback and am thrilled whenever I […]
Today’s Daily Deac is taking a look at some of the highlights on the WFU web site. Whenever you see a beautiful picture of campus, there’s a 99% chance that it was taken by Ken Bennett, our University Photographer. Most of you see Ken’s work […]
When I got to work this morning, there were tents and trailers and all sorts of hullaballoo in the large parking lot between Poteat Field and the Worrell Professional Center. This looks like Ground Zero for operations on the movie The Longest […]
We have some seriously crazy weather for the first day of August. It is gray, cold – low 70s – and has rained steadily all day. This is no where near the norm. If you have been following our coverage of Emily James (’14) and […]
There was a blog post forwarded to me yesterday by a friend. It’s by Marshall P. Duke, Candler Professor of Psychology, Emory University; Editor, Journal of Family Life. The article is entitled “Starting College: A Guide for Parents.” It’s got some very good advice for […]
Last night was our St. David’s, PA (Phili area) New Student Reception and it was a blast. We had so many great new families, as well as some wonderfully poised upperclassmen and even some current parents too. It was a lovely, convivial gathering, as I […]
