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WUSTL has announced an historic, multi-year initiative, Leading Together: The Campaign for Washington University, to build on its strong foundation and further evolve the university’s global leadership. Leading Together will focus on strengthening the university’s impact in four key areas: preparing the leaders of tomorrow, advancing human health, inspiring innovation and entrepreneurship, and enhancing the quality of life. Reflecting the priorities in the university’s strategic plan, the goal is to raise a minimum of $2.2 billion.
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At its fall meeting Oct. 5, the Board of Trustees elected trustee Craig D. Schnuck, chair of the executive committee of St. Louis-based Schnuck Markets, to a newly created additional vice chair role and heard a report on the endowment by Kimberly G. Walker, chief investment officer. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton also updated the trustees on campus activities and accomplishments.
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A newly renovated Umrath Hall opened for the fall semester on the Danforth Campus. Built in 1902 as a men’s dormitory, Umrath Hall had small rooms, narrow hallways and limited entrances and exits. The yearlong renovation retained Umrath’s historic exterior but included a complete reconstruction of the building’s interior and a new roof.
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Senior Andrew Dowd visited coffee farms in Nicaragua before creating Bloom Coffee, WUSTL’s new student-run coffee café. Bloom Coffee specializes in hand-brewed, single-origin coffees and handcrafted espresso and tea concoctions. The cafe is open from 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Thursday and Friday nights at Ursa’s Café on the South 40.
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