Hey there, Deac families! Did you miss me last week? I’m back in the office and happy to report that Class of ’27 is well on the road to recovery following removal of tonsils and adenoids. Felt strange to be a full week without blogging, […]
This article was making the rounds this morning on my Facebook feed and among some of my friends in higher education. It’s The Ethos of the Overinvolved Parent, from The Atlantic. It is an interesting read and one about which many reasonable people might […]
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post from Rebecca Alexander, Professor of Chemistry, Director of Academic Programming for Wake Downtown, and F.M. Kirby Family Faculty Fellow. —————- We have just completed our first semester at Wake Downtown! Eighteen classes met each week, including History 366 “Historic Preservation,” Education […]
It feels very different on campus now that all the students are gone and no families are here. You can see what his happening on the Quad via the Quad Cam – as of lunchtime Tuesday, the 13,000 chairs are off the grass and […]
Today was Commencement, and it was a beautiful one from start to finish. As we so often do at the Daily Deac, we’ll start with the weather. It was gorgeous. A cool 60 degrees when I arrived at 5:30 in the morning – here is […]