Happy Family Weekend!
Welcome to campus, Deac families! We are delighted to have you here this weekend and hope you have a wonderful time with your students. Student Union has put a lot of time and effort into planning fun events for you […]
Parents’ Toolkit: Deacon Development 101
Some of the upperclassmen parents may recall that last fall we rolled out an online class (MOOC – Massive Open Online Course) for Wake Forest parents and families. The ZSR Library was a critical partner in getting the course materials aligned and organized into a […]
To Get You Ready For Fall’s Beauty
We are getting excited about having 1,000+ families here for Family Weekend. To give you a taste of the beauty of Wake Forest in the fall, here’s a few shots from our University Photographer, Ken Bennett. – by Betsy Chapman
Top 10 Things to Do While Your Deac is Sleeping In on Family Weekend
For all our parents and families coming to campus for Family Weekend, you might discover that your idea of an ‘early morning’ is vastly different than your student’s. So for any of our Deac families who have some time to kill in the morning while […]
Pumpkin Painting Contest
It’s going to be a bit of a light week at the Daily Deac because everyone is in mad rush prep for all the events associated with Family Weekend. Here’s something your students might want to do – and it’s a quick turnaround, deadline tomorrow! […]
Fall Break Friday
Happy Fall Break, Deac families! It’s a beautiful, cool, sunny fall day here on campus. If your students are here, they were not out and about in the 8-10 am timeframe when I was making my way around campus. As often happens when class is […]
National Day on Writing
Fall Break is tomorrow, and judging by the parking lots some of our students have already headed off someplace special for the long weekend. I was in a meeting today and heard about a project taking place this coming Monday, October 20th – the National […]
A Road with a View
As Family Weekend is approaching, let me recommend one of my favorite fall traditions: viewing the glorious fall leaves on Reynolda Road. This is something you will want to see when you are here, and you can encourage your students to take a walk or […]
Cheering Up with Deacon Greetings
Today is a better day on campus. Quite windy but not as beastly rainy and foggy as it has been. And in times like these – bad weather, midterms, papers, projects, other associated malaise – what your students might want is a bit of cheering […]
Dreary
It was a dreary weekend, particularly yesterday. And today it is still dreary. Not necessarily cold, but a near constant mist and you can feel the damp. There was enough fog this morning that you could hardly see the outline of the spire of Wait […]