Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

Elouise Burrell (standing), a member of the Cultural Heritage Choir, leads members of WUSTL’s Visions Gospel Choir during a rehearsal last Friday. The student group performed with the professional vocal/percussion ensemble at the 560 Music Center April 10 as part of the “Celebration of Women and Diversity,” presented by the Woman’s Club of Washington University.

WUSTL students prepare materials with Admissions Officer Gina Golliday (right) for the university’s Multicultural Celebration Weekend, which begins Thursday, April 15.

The Graduate Professional Council’s 2010 Bridging GAPS Awards were announced during a ceremony April 7 in the Jane Goldberg Formal Lounge in the Danforth University Center.

Visitors to the annual Pow Wow Apri 10 at the Field House enjoyed a daylong celebration of dancing, singing, drumming, arts, crafts and food. Sponsored by the Brown School’s Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies, it is the only Pow Wow within 100 miles of St. Louis.  

Community Counts was one of the featured projects at Faces of Hope, an annual celebration of civic engagement and community service April 8 at Whitaker Hall.

Sports updates for the week of April 12, 2010.

Senior Zach Greenberg was selected Mr. Wash U April 1 at Edison Theatre. He beat out 16 contestants in the yearlong, annual event that raises money for the charity City Faces.

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton and Olin Dean Mahendra Gupta, PhD, welcome Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon (center) to campus April 7. WUSTL was the third and last stop on the governor’s tour through the state to promote his budget.

Eric Greitens (left) works with volunteers to prepare care packages for U.S. troops serving overseas following his Assembly Series presentation March 30. The former Navy SEAL and Rhodes Scholar was on campus to speak about The Mission Continues, the organization he founded that provides career service opportunities for wounded and injured veterans.

The week in sports, March 29-April 4