Author: Jessica Daues

Warren M. Shapleigh, a member of the Board of Trustees since 1966 and former president of Ralston Purina, died Nov. 1, 2009, at McKnight Place Extended Care in Ladue, Mo. He was 89.

A. Edward Nussbaum, Ph.D., professor emeritus of mathematics in Arts & Sciences, died Oct. 31, 2009, of congestive heart failure at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He was 84.

Thousands in the St. Louis community will benefit from the generosity of Washington University’s faculty, staff and retirees. The University has raised $601,468 in its United Way of Greater St. Louis campaign, surpassing its stated goal of $600,000.

Nathan A. Baker, Ph.D., Jonathan Breshears, Robert Criss, Ph.D., and more…

Beginning with tax year 2009, WUSTL employees can sign up to receive electronic delivery of W-2 forms. There are two significant advantages to electronic delivery of W-2 documents, according to Payroll Services. First, electronic W-2s will arrive approximately three weeks earlier than mailed W-2s. Second, there is no risk of employees’ forms being lost in the mail.

The following is among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space.

As of Dec. 1, the Washington University switchboard — which can be reached by calling the University’s main line at 935-5000 — is being staffed from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday instead of 7:30 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays.

Avoid waste plastic trash bags: Ask your maintenance representative not to empty your personal wastebasket until it is full.

Washington University Dining Services will only serve Florida tomatoes grown on farms that have agreed to a code of conduct for the ethical treatment of workers, announced Nadeem Siddiqui, dining services manager.

University College, the evening and summer program in Arts & Sciences, will host a Preview Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall.