I saw this the other day and it struck me that it might be a very useful reminder for your Deacs, particularly our newest Deacs. It’s the idea that you can take yourself out of social situations where you feel uncomfortable. You don’t have to […]
It’s Tuesday Newsday, so I am bringing a variety of news items from campus and beyond. Here goes: Several hundred students still have not either enrolled in our health insurance program or completed a waiver form showing they are adequately covered with health insurance. This […]
It’s FDOC (First Day of Class), and I wish your Deacs a wonderful day. Before we get to today’s Meet A Deac, I want to share a few updates. A message went out yesterday to remind students of the need to wear masks indoors […]
Many thanks to our new families who attended our Flourish in the Forest sessions on Wednesday and Thursday nights this week. As soon as we have the recording from those sessions, I will share it on our Orientation videos page. Also of note, part […]
Since I am working move-in and our Family Welcome Center, I am dusting off a post that I do most years as school begins. Now that new student move-in is underway, and our upperclass students will be arriving later this weekend, it is worth offering […]
HAPPY MOVE-IN!!! It’s a happy, happy day for us. We are so excited about our new Deacs moving in today and tomorrow, and our older students through the weekend. We look forward to seeing our P’25s and transfer families for Flourish in the Forest at […]
Before we get to the meat of today, want to share something for families about move-in, which will take place tomorrow through Sunday. Per an email sent to resident students last night, we are monitoring for the possibility of inclement weather during our move-in […]
It’s Meet A Deac Monday! But before we get there, President Wente has a video message for parents and families about our approach to the fall and the next phase of the pandemic, which I hope you will watch here. She stresses that […]
I am out of the office today, so this is a pre-post. At the start of every semester, we ask parents and families to help us reinforce a message we want new students to hear: read everything. Some examples of what we want students to […]
Today, a message went to the campus community (and we shared it with parents and families as well) about expectations for the fall semester. The big takeaway from this is that for the start of the semester, we are asking everyone, regardless of vaccination […]