Author: Neil Schoenherr

The main role of the residential peer mentors is to provide resources to help create a successful academic community in the South 40.

Photo by Kevin LowderThe Give Thanks Give Back program hopes to adopt 185 families this year; it held a gift-wrapping party Nov. 13.

Hilltop Campus Phase IVA Housing Construction has begun on the Phase IVA Housing project, in the South 40 just east of Liggett House. The foundations are being formed and poured. The project is on schedule and will be completed and ready for occupancy in August 2005 as originally scheduled. Fox Arts Center The construction fencing […]

Business experts from all over the world are visiting the Olin School of Business at Washington University to participate in a three-day conference on corporate governance “Key Issues in Corporate Governance,” co-sponsored by the Olin School, the Center for Research in Economics and Strategy (CRES), and the Journal of Financial Intermediation, is being held at the Charles F. Knight Executive Education Center Nov. 11 to 13. The conference features two days of academic presentations and a third day devoted to panel discussions among senior corporate executives, policymakers and academics. Topics include financial markets and corporate governance regulation in the United States and similar issues in the European Union.

It aims to enhance students’ experiences by connecting them with host families from the University community and surrounding areas.

Photo by Kevin LowderA networking reception sponsored allowed students to meet with alumni and discuss job-searching and career opportunities.

Photo by Mary ButkusMore than 350 students attended the annual Dance Marathon, helping raise more than $45,000 for charity.

BundersonWhy do the challenges and tasks taken on by the teams on the popular reality shows “Survivor” and “The Apprentice” so often result in failure or disaster? Perhaps these short-term work groups are assigning responsibilities based on superficial assumptions of expertise. A recent study by J. Stuart Bunderson, Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, shows that work groups perform better when they rely on valid cues, such as education and experience, rather than superficial characteristics such as race and gender.

One in three college students is depressed.The numbers are startling. National studies have shown that one in three college students is depressed and one in four contemplates suicide. Why are young people so much more anxious and stressed than previous generations? What can be done to solve this problem? Alan Glass, M.D., director of Student Health and Counseling at Washington University in St. Louis, says recognizing the signs of depression and suicidal tendencies and keeping the lines of communication open are key to diverting a tragedy.

Photo by Mary ButkusThe Career Center’s annual Etiquette Dinner was Oct. 27; students learned how to conduct themselves during a business meal.