Daily Deac

Hit the Bricks is today! And it is one of the most fun days of the fall. It’s a day for the whole community to rally behind a common cause – supporting cancer research. There are very few of us, sadly, who have not been […]

The Major/Minor Fair is today. Sophomores have been getting messages all week about this, including one today, as major/minor declaration is typically open only to sophomores (and some juniors who had not declared previously). The formal declaration period typically happens at the end of […]

It always seems like we have a lot going on on Mondays, so today I am catching you up on some news. For P’25s and transfer families – your students got their issue of Letters So Dear yesterday. For any of you who have […]

Once again, we are in Meet A Deac Monday! Before we begin, an important program note: Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day and the Office of Civic and Community Engagement will be in the Tribble Courtyard from 12-5 p.m. tomorrow. Does your Deac need […]

Before we get to our Family Weekend update, I got late word of an event this coming Monday that your Deacs may wish to participate in: “On Monday, Sept. 27, from 4–5 p.m., Dr. Yusef Salaam will join Professor Kami Chavis, Vice Provost and the Director of […]

Today’s message is about the important – and challenging, and amazing – work of parenting college students. I saw this on one of my social media feeds the other day, and it resonated with me as I think of my own Class of ’27 Deac […]

Today is the first day of fall, and slowly but surely we are starting to see signs of fall emerging in Winston-Salem. Probably the first sign is that we are seeing much lower (and in my opinion, much nicer) temperatures: mostly in the mid- to […]

Today I am sharing a number of engagement opportunities for your Deacs. As with everything, take what’s useful and scroll past anything that doesn’t apply to you. Pizza with the Police, originally scheduled for tomorrow, is now rescheduled for Thursday given the rain that is […]

Happy Meet A Deac Monday! Today we are featuring one of my colleagues who works with one of the most popular student offerings on campus: intramural sports. Let’s meet Gregory Deverson! Many thanks, Gregory, for sharing your story today. Let’s get started. Please tell […]

Happy Friday! Today I have a bonus edition of Meet A Deac. I mentioned our Office Hours project yesterday (and note that we still have space available to register for the ZSR Library and the Office of Wellbeing sessions!). We will also be hosting […]