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84th Annual Fashion Design Show Sunday

Fashion design is both a singular practice and a series of interrelated skills, from sketching and patternmaking to tailoring and construction. But for WUSTL fashion majors, the puzzle pieces all come together Sunday, May 5, when the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts presents its 84th Annual Fashion Design Show.

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Forum to highlight medical faculty flexibility benefits

To highlight career flexibility benefits, the Office of Faculty Affairs at the School of Medicine is hosting forums on family resources, work-life fit and career paths from noon-1 p.m. May 6-8 in Schwarz Auditorium. The lunch program is free for medical school faculty. Shown, Bess Marshall, MD, associate professor of pediatrics, used the benefit to work part time after a relative suffered a heart attack.

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Women’s Society presents Switzer leadership awards, Danforth scholarship

The Women’s Society of Washington University handed out awards at its annual meeting April 17. Harriet Switzer, center, visits with the two seniors who received a leadership award named in her honor. They are Jennifer Head, left, and Melany Lopez.

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Freshmen celebrate ‘finale’ of first year

Freshman Finale was held April 23 in College Hall on the South 40. The event included remarks from College of Arts & Sciences Dean Jennifer R. Smith, PhD, and a representative of the freshman class, as well as student performances. Awards were presented to WUSTL community members who have had a positive impact on students in their first year.

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Olin alum Maj. Stuart Wolfer memorialized at North Campus

Stuart Wolfer, an Olin Business School 1993 alumnus, was an Army reservist who was killed during a mortar attack in Iraq in 2008. The ROTC celebrated Wolfer’s life and commitment to his country with the unveiling and dedication of the Maj. Stuart Adam Wolfer Hall at North Campus.

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8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30

Dept. of Music concert

Chamber String Ensembles Extravaganza, directed by Elizabeth Macdonald. Free and open to the public. Event details. Danforth University Center, Goldberg Formal Lounge. daniels@wustl.edu or
(314) 935-5566.

4 p.m. Wednesday, May 1

19th-century Reading Group public lecture

“‘There Ought To Be Some Melody in Poetry’: Tennyson’s Salon Readings,” Phyllis Weliver, assoc. prof. of English, Saint Louis U. Free and open to the public. Event details. Duncker Hall, Hurst Lounge.
(314) 935-5190 or c19readinggroup@gmail.com.

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Four student projects win Social Change Grants

The Community Service Office of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service recently announced winners of four social change grants for student projects pursuing innovative ideas and serving the common good.

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