Author: Neil Schoenherr

She comes to the public affairs office from the National Public Radio station in Cleveland, where she had been a reporter and producer.

Stephanie Kurtzman knows a few things about volunteering. She also knows about olives. She can’t stand them. Kurtzman, director of community service, spent two months after college graduation working on an Israeli kibbutz, a communal living environment. She studied Hebrew and worked on the assembly line in an olive factory. “I hate olives!” Kurtzman said. […]

Women’s track & field wins Rose-Hulman Quad The women’s track and field team opened the 2005 season Jan. 22 by winning the Rose-Hulman Quad in Terre Haute, Ind. The team registered 128 points, just ahead of host Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The WUSTL men placed third with 107 points, while Rose-Hulman won the meet with […]

Photo by Mary ButkusVashon High School drummers perform during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Celebration in Graham Chapel.

Hoffner, formerly assistant vice chancellor for students and director of operations, will continue to be employed by the University.

NeumanShula Neuman, an award-winning National Public Radio journalist, has been appointed director of News and Information for the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, effective Jan. 10. As a member of the university’s Public Affairs staff, she will develop and execute public information strategies for the Olin School and other business-related programs. Neuman comes to Washington University from WCPN-FM, a National Public Radio station in Cleveland, Ohio, where she had been a reporter and producer since May 2002.

There is no Campus Watch section for this issue of the Record.

Baugh will hold a named professorship that honors prominent civil rights attorney and emerita trustee Margaret Bush Wilson.

The Community Service Program is seeking nominations for the second annual Sesquicentennial Ethic of Service Award. The award recognizes a select group of University community members, past or present, who: reside in the St. Louis area and have inspired compassion in others; have dedicated themselves to community involvement; or are passionate about a social, cultural […]

Forty-five students and several administrators will meet Jan. 22-23 to discuss issues facing the University community and to develop an action plan for making meaningful change on campus. The seminar, titled “Redefining Community Experience,” is sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and was planned in conjunction with a student steering committee. Organizers hope the […]