Throughout the fall semester, weekly messages for parents and families of students in the Class of 2028 will be posted here and shared in the opt-in Daily Deac blog. We hope these will be a helpful resource.
Latest Messages
Navigating Residential Life
We’re in the third week of school, and this week’s theme is about Students and Community. Your Deacs are making a new home in their residential communities. Here are some tips on how your Deacs ...
Adjusting to the academic workload and homesickness
This week’s message for first-year families pairs up with the students’ weekly theme of Campus Resources: we will discuss adjusting to the academic workload – and utilizing our many campus resources – and homesickness. In ...
We've Got Spirit, Yes We Do!
For the first six weeks of our new students’ time at Wake Forest, there will be activities and programming related to a particular topic: the Spirit of Wake Forest; Campus Resources; Students and Community; Inclusive ...
If I do it, what is my student learning?
Your new Deacs will be navigating a lot right at the start of college: academics, social lives, figuring out everything from when and where to eat, to how much studying they need to do, to ...
College is almost here!
College is almost ready to start, which means it’s time for us to begin our Weekly Messages for First-Year Families, which will be shared in the Daily Deac each week. Whether this is your first ...
Contact
To contact the Office of Family Engagement or Family Communications, please visit our contact page.
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