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Dining Services staff recently collaborated to create a festive gingerbread Graham Chapel, now on view in Danforth University Center. The finished product took a little more than a week to complete, using an estimated 40 lbs. of royal icing to hold the chapel together.

Nominations now are being accepted for the annual Gerry & Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award, which honors members of the WUSTL community who exemplify a character of service and giving to the St. Louis region.

The book collection essay competition sponsored by Washington University Libraries is celebrating its 26th year this winter, offering four cash prizes to students who submit short essays about their personal book collections. The entry deadline for the 2013 contest has been set for Thursday, Feb. 28.

Pulitzer Prize-winning political journalist and author George F. Will visited campus Tuesday, Dec. 4, to deliver the fall 2012 keynote speech for the John C. Danforth Center on Religion & Politics in Graham Chapel. While on campus, Will visited with students and faculty members, along with Sen. John C. Danforth.

WUSTL has been named a Truman Foundation Honor Institution because of its two Truman Scholarship winners this year and its sustained success in helping students win Truman Scholarships to pursue careers in public service. The highly competitive federal scholarship is awarded based on academic performance, leadership and dedication to public service.

Frances “Fran” (nee Maric) Winker, a patient-service representative in orthopedic surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, died Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in an accident on Interstate 44 in Oakland. She was 49.

University College — the professional and continuing education division in Arts & Sciences — is hosting Preview Night for the spring 2013 semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, in Holmes Lounge, Ridgley Hall. The program will provide information on tuition, transferring college credits, financial aid, academic advising, and the professional and continuing education programs. Spring classes begin Jan. 14, 2013.

At the December meeting of the Washington University Board of Trustees Dec. 6 and 7, trustees discussed the future of Washington University and the challenges it faces, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton. The board also elected a new trustee, William P. Wiesmann, president, CEO and founder of BioSTAR Group of Germantown, Md.

A variety of events and opportunities are happening until Dec. 9 to raise money to aid those affected by hurricane Sandy in New York and New Jersey. Monetary donation sites are located at various points around the Danforth Campus, including Grounds for Change on the main level of Goldfarb Hall. Funds will be donated to […]

The past two summers, a group of 15 Washington University students and faculty members have taken part in Tsinghua University’s annual English summer camp in Beijing, and applications are now being accepted for this coming summer’s camp, which will be held from July 1 to July 19.