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Student organizers of “Give Thanks Give Back” — Washington University’s annual holiday gift drive in support of the 100 Neediest Cases — set a goal of adopting 125 families this year. Now, halfway to their goal and in the final week of the campaign, they are asking more members of the WUSTL community to adopt a family in need.

To be a great university, WUSTL needs to be a good neighbor. That’s the policy that guides Rose Windmiller and her colleagues in the Office of Government and Community Relations. “It’s important that we maintain good relationships with our neighbors and those in the St. Louis area,” says Windmiller, assistant vice chancellor. “The long-term health of the area is vitally important to the university. Faculty and staff live here. Our students live here.”

Safe Trick or Treat was held Oct. 27 on the South 40 for more than 260 local children. Offered by the Campus Y and co-sponsored by Student Union and Congress of the South 40, the event offers a safe alternative to Halloween trick-or-treating.

The U.S. Government Printing Office honored Olin Library for excellence as a Federal Depository Library. The library received praise for training other librarians.

At the annual Founders Day gala Saturday, Nov. 3, six outstanding alumni and two exceptional supporters will be honored for their dedication to Washington University.

At the Oct. 5 Board of Trustees meeting, faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure. The appointments were effective Oct. 5, 2012.

The Women’s Society of Washington University, sponsors of the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship that enables select St. Louis Community College graduates to attend Washington University, held a special breakfast for St. Louis Community College faculty and staff and their former students at Washington University on Monday, Oct. 22.

The WUSTL Police Department is once again teaming up with the Kurt Warner First Things First Foundation and Operation Food Search for the 12th annual Warners’ Warm-up Winter Coat Drive. The coat drive takes place from Thursday, Nov. 1, through Wednesday, Nov. 14. The WUSTL police station will serve as a drop-off location for new or gently used winter coats for disadvantaged men, women and children.

The university will celebrate its 1853 founding during the Founders Day gala Nov. 3 at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel. The keynote speaker is Robert Gates, former U.S. defense secretary. At the event, WUSTL will honor distinguished faculty, alumni and Robert S. Brookings award recipients.

Former U.S. Rep. Richard A. “Dick” Gephardt (D-Mo.) will discuss the 2012 presidential and congressional elections from 4 to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, in the Danforth University Center (DUC), Room 234. Gephardt’s talk, “A Political Insider’s Guide to the 2012 Election,” is free and open to the public.