Author: Leslie Gibson McCarthy

Before watching other champions on television Super Bowl Sunday, come celebrate our champions at 3 p.m. at the WU Athletic Complex. The 2009 NCAA Division III women’s volleyball national championship team will be honored, along with the 2009 NCAA Division III national runner-up women’s soccer team.

Sports update for the week of Feb. 1

Robert Freling, executive director of the Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF), will discuss his work at 5 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 4, in Graham Chapel. This Assembly Series program is being co-sponsored by Engineers Without Borders student organization, the Skandalaris Center for Entrepreneurship, and the African Public Interest Law and Conflict Initiative.

Entrepreneurs with business plans to make the world a better place will have 90 seconds to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges at 6 p.m. tonight in the next-to-final round of the annual YouthBridge SEIC (Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation Competition) in May Auditorium, Simon Hall, on the Danforth Campus.

Dancer and choreographer Nejla Yatkin (forefront), in residence as the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences’ 2010 Marcus Artist, leads a master class in modern dance for intermediate and advanced students last Monday, Jan. 25.

Kindbom receives ‘Breaking the Silence’ award Head football coach Larry Kindbom was presented the 2009 Grant Teaff “Breaking the Silence” Award at the 2010 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Convention in Orlando, Fla. The award was given because of his dedication to the prevention of youth suicide. In January 2009, Kindbom kicked off a seven-month […]

The Assembly Series annually serves up topics for almost every appetite, and this spring the series offers speakers from A to Z. Representing the broad interests of the Washington University community, the Assembly Series begins Wednesday, Jan. 27, with environmentalist Amory Lovins and concludes April 21 with playwright and director Mary Zimmerman.

In remembrance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Society of Black Student Social Workers at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work will host the fourth annual “Financial Freedom Seminar: Tying Loose Ends—Becoming Financially Secure,” from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in Brown Hall, Room 100.

The Woman’s Club of Washington University marks its centennial in 2010, and the club will celebrate by offering special meals, lectures, exhibitions and gifts and creating a new endowed scholarship for undergraduate students. The centennial celebration kicks off Jan. 29 with “Honoring the Past,” a 1910-style luncheon featuring opera star Ann Hoyt, at 11:30 a.m. at the Saint Louis Woman’s Club.

A series of forums are being held to seek suggestions, comments and guidance in formulating the final sustainability strategic plan for Washington University.