Our office had a meeting yesterday and we were discussing some of the conversations we have had at New Student Receptions this year. The topic of failure came up, and it bears mentioning here. The very word “failure” makes a lot of us tense and […]
Deac families, we have been busy at the University installing a new alumni and parent records system. This is an essential part of the work we do, because having a database to store our parent and alumni addresses, emails, etc. allows us to be able […]
It’s Friday, Deac families – and we hope that you are not sweltering wherever you are. It’s hot at Mother So Dear, but some of y’all are in the upper 90s with heat indices in the low 100s. Stay cool, friends. It’s been hot enough […]
Normally when you get to early or mid-July in North Carolina, it is sunny, hot, and humid every day. Like much of the country, we had an extremely wet end of June/beginning of July – so much so that many of us despaired of ever […]
Family Weekend will be held October 4-6, and this is a wonderful weekend for Wake Forest students and families. The full schedule of events is online. The Daily Deac wanted to copy some of the information about registration, especially for those new parents […]
The Parent Programs office is in the midst of New Student Receptions – parties where we gather together the incoming Class of 2017 students and their parents or family members so they can meet each other and begin forming relationships prior to Orientation. There […]
Today is the final day of looking at some of the ‘best of’s in articles talking about the value of a liberal arts education. This is from the Wall Street Journal, October 2012. Hope you have enjoyed thinking about the complexities of the […]
The Daily Deac is continuing its look at the value of a liberal arts education in part two of what will be a three part series. This is an oldie but goodie, the reflections of A.G. Lafley, former chairman of Proctor and Gamble. This was […]
A week or two ago the Daily Deac had featured a column about The Decline and Fall of the English Major. It was an interesting read and a compelling one, at least from my perspective as holding two degrees in English (both from WFU). […]
We are just shy of one week from the 7/15 application deadline for some of our Pre-Orientation programs (SPARC and Deacon Camp) and for the Pre-School Retreat, the application extends to 7/31. I have heard from some colleagues in Campus Life, who sponsor these […]