Campus & Community

As construction continues on the new Sumers Recreation Center, WUSTL students, employees and visitors are asked to note changes to area walkways and roadways. The new center will debut in August 2016.

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.

The stats that show how former athletics director John Schael changed the department over his 30-year tenure.

In November 2013, Joshua Aiken, AB ’14, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to study at the University of Oxford in England. He intends to earn two master’s degrees there, one in U.S. history and one in forced migration studies.

Alumnae Jessica Mayo and Nicole Cortes founded the Migrant and Immigrant Community Action Project, a nonprofit that provides legal ­services and community education for ­low-income immigrants in the St. Louis region.

Benedict Tranel, AIA, AB ’97 (architecture), senior associate for Gensler, was named to Building Design+Construction’s “40 Under 40” class of 2014 in April 2014. Earlier in 2014, Tranel was also named to ENR California’s “Top 20 Under 40” list. “I am humbled to receive these recognitions for my contributions to the built environment,” Tranel says. […]

Over the past 35 years, the Bridgewaters have put down strong roots in St. Louis. In the process, they have left an indelible mark on the community and the university, helping educate capable and talented people.

One year after walking across the Commencement stage, these three alumni are charting their own path to success.

As of June 1, 2014, Leading Together: The ­Campaign for Washington University had raised $1.547 billion toward a minimum goal of $2.2 billion.