Lavender Recognition Ceremony May 15
The third annual Lavender Recognition Ceremony will
take place at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 15, in College Hall in the South 40
House. Co-hosted by LGBT Student Involvement and Leadership and
the Social Justice Center, the ceremony honors the achievements and
contributions of graduating lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer students and their allies. To register for the ceremony, visit getinvolved.wustl.edu/LGBT/Pages/RSVP-Form.aspx.
Student Life wins 23 Missouri college newspaper awards
Student Life, the independent newspaper of Washington University, won 23 awards in the Missouri College Media Association 2013 Newspaper contest, the Missouri Press Association recently announced.
Two WUSTL scholars named 2013 Guggenheim Fellows
Susan Rotroff, PhD, a classical archaeologist, and Leigh Schmidt, PhD, historian of American religion, are the latest Washington University scholars to be selected for prestigious fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Rotroff and Schmidt were among 175 Guggenheim Fellows chosen in 2013 from almost 3,000 scholars, artists and scientists in the United States and Canada. The Guggenheim fellowship is awarded on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise.
Four student projects win Gephardt Institute Social Change Grants
The Community Service Office of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service recently announced the awarding of four social change grants for student projects pursuing innovative ideas and serving the common good in the spirit of social entrepreneurship.
Women’s Society presents Switzer leadership awards, Danforth scholarship
The Women’s Society of Washington University handed out awards at its annual meeting April 17. Harriet Switzer, center, visits with the two seniors who received a leadership award named in her honor. They are Jennifer Head, far left, and Melany Lopez.
Freshmen celebrate ‘finale’ of first year
The annual Freshman Finale celebration was held on Tuesday, April 23 in College Hall on the South 40. Sponsored by the First Year Center and Freshman Class Council, the event included remarks from College of Arts & Sciences Dean Jennifer R. Smith, PhD, and a representative of the freshman class, as well as student performances. Awards were presented to outstanding members of the Washington University community who have had a positive impact on new students in their first year.
Washington People: Ross Brownson
Ross Brownson, PhD, professor in WUSTL’s Brown School and School of Medicine, is one of the country’s leading experts in chronic disease prevention.
School of Engineering announces 2013 distinguished alumni
The School of Engineering & Applied Science celebrated five of its top alumni during the 2013 Alumni Achievement Awards dinner April 18 at the Coronado Ballroom in St. Louis. The school presented four Alumni Achievement Awards, one Young Alumni Award and the Dean’s Award.
Olin alum Maj. Wolfer memorialized at North Campus
Stuart Wolfer, an Olin Business School 1993 BSBA alumnus, was an Army reservist who was killed during a mortar attack in Iraq in 2008. The ROTC celebrated Wolfer’s life and commitment to his country with the unveiling and dedication of Major Stuart Adam Wolfer Hall at North Campus.
Book idea gets boost from awards, faculty fellowship
Rebecca Messbarger, PhD, professor of Italian, has a great start to her next book. Not only did she win two awards for an article summarizing her book idea, next fall she will have more time and resources to devote to writing thanks to her faculty fellowship in the Center for Humanities.
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