Reading Day
Today is Reading Day, which is the day after classes have ended and before final exams begin. Typically this is a day where you see not a ton of foot traffic on campus – none of the usual crowds of people during times when […]
The Weather
Our thoughts are with all of the Wake Forest families who have been in range of the terrible storms of this week. We hope that you have not been directly affected and are sending our positive thoughts your way. Winston-Salem did not experience any particularly […]
Help Get Your Senior Prepared for Graduation
We have a challenge for you, parents of graduating seniors. We need your help. There are two critical pieces of information that we need from your students after they graduate. The first is their updated email address and physical address. We need their address […]
Summer Reading
For several years, our “Information for First-Year Parents” weekly message page would end the academic year with a “Summer Reading” entry, where we offered some picks for potential books parents and families (and students!) could read over the summer. We’ve changed the format of the […]
Campus Day Part 2
Today is the second Campus Day for Accepted Students, which is bringing about 400 families to campus on this grey and overcast day. Our Parent Programs office had a table set up with a display showcasing the Parents’ Page and other things, and we had […]
President Hatch Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
A colleague of mine shared some pretty big news from campus today. President Hatch has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. I will confess I did not know the particulars of this organization, but it is described as follows: “One of […]
Gmail for Alumni
You may or may not know that your students’ WFU email addresses are run through Google and their Gmail system. One of the tough things we have faced after students graduating is that their WFU emails would expire, and unless they told us their new […]
Thoughts on Commencement
Commencement 2014 is just a few weeks away. It is a time of great celebration and joy for graduates and their families. It’s also time when we get a lot of questions in the Parent Programs office about Commencement. So I thought I’d […]
Earth Day Celebration – Tuesday 4/22
Last week’s Message for First Year Families was about Sustainability. Tomorrow (Tuesday, April 22) there will be an Earth Day Fair for campus, and I hope your students will plan to attend. The Earth Day Fair is being organized by the
Five Senses of Farrell Living Room
Tomorrow is an academic and administrative holiday. If you have a concern about a student (either after normal business hours or on a holiday), University Police is our 24/7 contact. You can call them at 336-758-5591 (non-emergencies) or 336-758-5911 (emergencies) and they will contact the appropriate on-call […]