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Study Abroad Fair on Tuesday 9/24
An enormous number of Wake Forest students have an abroad experience during their tenure at the University. Last time I looked, it was over 60%. Studying abroad can be a life-changing event and can...
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Center for Global Programs and Studies
Today’s Daily Deac is a guest post from Kline Harrison, Associate Provost of Global Affairs. Dr. Harrison is a wonderful person I’ve known for many years. When I first came to Wake Forest, he was a...
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Decisions, Decisions
This morning it is very much colder – only in the teens, but with the wind chill it feels like single digits. For NC, this is *cold*. All eyes are turned to the forecast to see if it will snow. It...
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Flow House in Vienna
Today’s Daily Deac is guest authored by David Taylor, Director of Global Abroad Programs (with some collaboration from students and colleagues). But before we get to David’s comments about the Flow...
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I received word late last week that there are still a few spots available at the Flow House in Vienna for the upcoming fall semester. Here is a little bit of info about the Flow House that we ran...
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Guest Blogger on Study Abroad
Daily Deac fans, today I have the great joy of passing along an essay written by sophomore Ashley Laughlin (’17) about her experience in Dijon, France. Ashley chronicled her semester abroad and was...
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Anyone Else Wishing for Spring? Or Summer?
Though February is a short month, it can seem like it lasts forever if you are sick of winter and cold and jackets and the risk of snow. So if you are in the throes of the Winter Blahs, take a deep...
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Big News Today! Stephen Colbert!!!
This might be the biggest Commencement speaker news Wake Forest has seen since we announced then Secretary of State, Colin Powell. Today at 10 am, we announced that the 2015 Commencement speaker will...
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Good News Thursday
Have to admit, campus feels very strange without the students here. While we hope they are all having a good time with you or with friends if they made a trip together, we are going to be happy to...
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Today is the final Tues-Thurs class of the spring semester. Not a cloud in the sky. Beautiful blue sky, around 65 degrees. Totally perfect. Unless of course you are trying to finish projects and...
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Sweater Weather
Today is the first day this semester that you could rightly refer to as Sweater Weather. The day started out in the low 70s and the temperature has dropped into the mid 60s. It’s overcast and grey...
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Deacs Abroad Newsletter
This message came to my inbox yesterday from our Center for Global Programs and Studies. There are opportunities to apply to our WFU Houses in London, Venice, and Vienna – and some reflections from...
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Campus is opening at 10 am today, largely due to the fact that while main roads in Winston are mostly clear and in good shape, neighborhood roads are barely touched by plows (if at all) and can remain...
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Welcome Back!
Spring Break seemed to go by in a flash for us – did it for you and your Deacs? Happily, they are coming back to a campus where spring has sprung. If you drive in the main entrance off of Silas Creek...
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Much To Say – Even More to DO!
You are probably all tiring of the descriptions of the superb weather we are having here, but it bears repeating. It. Is. Glorious. Lots on the docket to talk about today, most of it coming in the vein...
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Study Abroad – Part I
Today’s frequently asked question is about study abroad. There is a wonderful Center for Global Progams and Studies website, which allows students to search potential abroad options. Deacs thinking...
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(The Daily Deac is on vacation and will return Tuesday, June 21. The following covers a frequently discussed topic.) Today we pick up our conversation about study abroad, this time to discuss timing....
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Whole lotta stuff today
Today’s Daily Deac is going to be like a good jambalaya – lots of stuff in it all blending together. First up: the Move-in Parking Pass for incoming first-year families is now available online. Please...
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Wake Washington
Today starts our Homecoming weekend, and it’s my 25th reunion (and I have lifelong friends coming) so this is a pre-post Don’t know if parents and families are aware of this yet, but we have a...
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Transition issues
This morning I put up this week’s Message for First Year Families, which is entitled Grade Expectations (get it? Remember, I was an English major twice over at Wake.) Grade expectations is about the...
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