Last Thursday, there was a special premiere of the movie “The 5th Quarter,” which covered the story of WFU football player Jon Abbate and a family tragedy where his younger brother Luke was killed in a car accident. The movie, much of which was filmed […]
One of the great joys of working in the Parent Programs office comes when we have the opportunity to meet prospective families visiting campus. Right now it’s spring break for a lot of high schools, and campus tour traffic is high. I happened to meet […]
One of the long-held traditions on campus is Springfest. It is a week-long celebration and includes a variety of events which range from the ever-popular Battle of the Bands to Student Government’s Carnival to Shag on the Mag, a campus-wide semi-formal dance. Shag on […]
It’s always fun to look at the flyers that are posted around campus and in The Pit, just to see what sorts of activities are taking place on campus this week. This morning, I saw the following flyer for DESK. If your students are […]
Career Services sends out periodic emails to students who have registered with DeaconSource in their office. If your student isn’t registered with the Career Services Office – even if he/she is just a first year student – your student is missing out on opportunities to […]
Good morning, parents! Spring break is over, and hopefully your sons and daughters had a good one. It was very quiet on campus without them. There was no trace of any students on campus this morning when I arrived, about 7:45 am, which is not […]
On campus this morning, most of our colleagues have been glued to the internet as news unfolds about the tragic earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami warnings. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Wake Foresters in affected areas. We hope you are safe […]
Wake Forest is one of six schools to qualify three teams to the National Debate Tournament, which will be held later this month in Dallas. Juniors Michael Carlotti and Andrew McCarty led the way by finishing third at the district tournament on Feb. 27 at […]
It’s the middle of Spring Break week and it is very, very quiet on campus. Today is gray and overcast, and the air has the peculiar ‘drying tobacco’ smell that we sometimes get in Winston-Salem. For many years, Winston-Salem was home to a couple […]
Next week when your students are back from spring break, there is an event on campus that might be of interest to them: Benjamin Todd Jealous, NAACP President and CEO, will present a lecture entitled “Beyond Jim Crow: Civil Rights, Human Rights, and America’s Ongoing […]
