A Farewell of the Finest: An Ode to the Streakin’ Deacon
We are still in mourning over here in the office of Alumni Engagement as our beloved Streakin’ Deacon has driven off into the eternal highway in the sky. Oh, but the good memories it has left ...
Categories: Connected, Informed, Streakin' Deacon Tour
Runnin' in the Desert
That’s desert with one “s.” There’s nothing decadent about the landscape we are moving through – no Mag trees to shade us, no grass to run barefoot in. Something deeply terrifying and also ...
Categories: Streakin' Deacon Tour
Hope in the Trees
“This park is going to be so pretty one day,” Jane Cage (’78) says with a steady gaze. We are strolling by a row of saplings in Mercy Park – the unofficial ground zero for the EF5 tornado that ...
Categories: Streakin' Deacon Tour
They Left Me
The Streakin’ Deacon just left for Cincinnati yesterday and I must admit, I am having a bit of separation anxiety. I know she is in good hands – Chelsea and Kathleen are both great drivers – it’s ...
Categories: Streakin' Deacon Tour
Pro Humanitate Day 2017
After the fight song has been played, the Deacon has come by with a signature fist bump, and the students have filed into the library for a long week of studying before finals, we are reminded ...
Categories: Streakin' Deacon Tour
