‘Class of 2012, you are Superman,’ Peters tells graduates
Do what you love, and you will find success, said Mike Peters, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, during the 151st Commencement ceremony at WUSTL. “Last night, all of the people who are getting honorary degrees, the thing that we all have together is we love what we do,” he told the crowd of approximately 15,000 gathered at Brookings Quadrangle May 18. Includes a video of Peters’ speech to the Class of 2012.
Commencement 2012: An ending sparks a new beginning
Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton will confer degrees at the 151st Commencement ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 18, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. The 2,760 candidates will receive 2,878 degrees, of which 1,450 are undergraduate and 1,428 are graduate and professional.
Cooper will urge classmates to continue to grow, to ‘question everything’
Senior class president Alex Cooper views his time at
Washington University in St. Louis as truly “transformative.” When he
takes the podium during the 151st Commencement ceremony May 18, he will
urge fellow graduating seniors to reflect back on their time at the
university, paying special attention to the key relationships that have
fostered growth.
MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University Commencement is 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 18
Washington University’s 151st Commencement will begin at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May, 18, in Brooking Quadrangle. Mike Peters, the 1981 Pulitzer Prize winner for
editorial cartooning and creator of the award-winning cartoon strip
Mother Goose & Grimm, will deliver the 2012 Commencement address. The university will bestow academic degrees on more than 2,700 undergraduate, graduate and professional students and six individuals, including Peters and Gloria Steinem, will receive honorary degrees.
Media advisory: WUSTL Commencement traffic
Commuters who normally drive near Washington University in the morning may want to consider an alternative route or take Metro on Friday, May 18. Traffic around the university will be very heavy Friday morning due to the university’s annual Commencement ceremony, which begins at 8:30 a.m. Traffic backups should be anticipated on streets near the university, especially Forsyth, Big Bend, Forest Park Parkway and Skinker.
Campus Circulator rerouted this summer due to construction
Due to the closure of Forsyth Boulevard and Throop Drive this summer for construction, the WUSTL Campus Circulator will follow a revised route on the Danforth Campus beginning Tuesday, May 22.
Portion of Throop Drive to close for construction of Knight, Bauer halls May 28
A section of Throop Drive that runs in front of Eliot Hall on the north side of the Danforth Campus will close beginning Monday, May 28, for the construction of Knight and Bauer halls for the Olin Business School. Throop will remain closed to both vehicular and pedestrian traffic until construction is completed in early March 2014.
Marion Crain named vice provost
Marion G. Crain, JD, the Wiley B. Rutledge Professor of Law and a Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Provost at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named vice provost, announced Edward S. Macias, PhD, provost, executive vice chancellor for academic affairs and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.
Professional development conference offered to entire staff
This year, for the first time, a free Student Services
Professional Development Conference is being offered to the entire
WUSTL staff. The response to past conferences has been overwhelmingly positive, and topics have broad
appeal. Breakout sessions will focus on local, national and international university initiatives. The conference is Thursday, May 24.
Outstanding Graduate Addie Smith: School of Law
Adrian “Addie” Smith, the Record‘s Outstanding Graduate from the School of Law, has spent much of her life searching for just the right spot to focus her enthusiasm on building a brighter future for disadvantaged children. And she appears to have found it. After graduation May 18, she will become a lobbyist for Native American children.
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