Author: Rosalind Early

Cathy Raymond, assistant director of English Language Programs, doesn’t just help international students at WashU improve their English. She also works abroad building connections and helping improve lives through education.

After graduating from the Washington University–Fudan University joint Executive MBA, Paul Shao EMBA ’13, became the program’s managing director. Now he’s trying to grow the program’s reputation even further in China.

When Kevin Xu wanted to learn an American style of management in order to grow his company, RUIChem, he turned to the Olin Business School–Fudan University’s Executive MBA program.

After receiving a prestigious scholarship from his home country of Singapore, Public Service Commission Scholar Kenneth Sng was able to pursue his dreams of attending a top-flight school.

A look at the impact the 40-plus-year partnership between the Brown School and the Family Resource Center has had on the community.

Brittany Packnett’s commitment to social justice has taken her from the streets of Ferguson all the way to the White House, where she helped shape policy to make policing less racially biased.

Thanks to the alumni network at Washington University, Justin Au, Sam Fox School, Class of 2015, was able to spend his summer working on a music video for the popular band OK Go. The video ended up going viral.

Though he studies chemistry, graduate student Cole Pruitt has been interested in the game of Go since he was 6 years old. After playing Go in college, he decided to create a documentary about the popular Asian game. Working on it taught him new appreciation for the game.

Schael was hired in 1978. At the time, the athletics department was made up primarily of part-time staff. The facilities were 60 years old. “There were lots of naysayers,” Schael recalls. “They said things like, ‘You’ll never be able to change this department.’”

“The most important legacy for him is that the student-athletes have a great experience. It’s not the wins and losses, but the experience itself,” says Nancy Fahey, women’s basketball coach.