There has now been two full weeks of classes at Wake Forest. Students are settling in to the rhythm of academics and hopefully are getting comfortable with their coursework. All first year students are required to take English 111 (the Writing Seminar) unless they opted […]
For an administrator or faculty member, the end of the day Friday represents the end of the work week, time to go home and relax. For students, it hopefully represents the beginning of a nice weekend with friends and fun. As I was leaving work […]
Class has been in session for a week and a half, and normally this is the time when first year students start assessing how the first few classes have gone. Are they feeling good about their classes? Are they in over their heads on any given […]
Today is a game day. First football game of the season at 6:30 at BB&T Field at Groves Stadium. Students are always pumped for the first game. Dress for football games varies widely. For those students who are a part of the Screamin Demons group, […]
Opportunities abound at Wake Forest. The University has a tradition of bringing world class speakers, artists, and thinkers to the campus, and we hope students will take advantage of these events. One that is coming up in September is an appearance by noted author and […]
It is a beautiful sunny day on campus. Warm, maybe in the low 80s. Picture perfect. Looking out the back windows of the top floor of Reynolda Hall, you can see big rings of rented tables for the Student Activities Fair today. This is […]
The Pit has been the nickname for the Reynolda Hall cafeteria for as long as I have known it. While my colleagues in Campus Dining would like us to call it The Fresh Food Company, it will always be The Pit to me.
Registration for new students was held yesterday and today. First year students could select up to half their classes on Monday, and the 2nd half today. Their registration times are assigned at random, and if you got an early time on Monday, you had a […]
Orientation is meant to be a time of bonding with the new students, and there are many planned activities to help them get to know each other, particularly within their advising groups. On Sunday, all new students were asked to participate in a visit to […]
Every new student at Wake Forest is issued an academic adviser to help them learn how to navigate course requirements and understand how to proceed with course selection for the first two years before they declare a major. Normally academic advisers are faculty members, but […]
