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Malcolm Foley, who will receive degrees in religious studies and finance May 18, has a charisma that draws people to him, whether as an RA in Danforth House, conducting bible study classes on campus, or as an actor on the WUSTL stage at Edison and Hotchner. An Outstanding Graduate in the College of Arts & Sciences, Foley will take that charisma to his next adventure: Yale Divinity School.

Children at Washington Unversity in St. Louis’ Family Learning Center parade around the grounds April 27 as the finale for the celebration of the Week of the Young Child. The parade focused on the cultures of the children at the center. The Week of the Young Child is an annual celebration that focuses on the needs of young children and their families and recognizes the childhood programs and services that meet those needs.

A meeting to help Danforth Campus employers learn the process and benefits of hiring Federal Work-Study Program students as employees next fall will be held at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at Wilson Hall, Room 214. The meeting is being hosted by Student Financial Services and is geared toward WUSTL employers and/or departments. 

At its spring meeting May 4, the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis elected seven new members to the board, re-elected seven members and elected officers, among other actions, according to Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton.

Five Arts & Sciences faculty nominated by undergraduate students in the College of Arts & Sciences were honored at the annual ArtSci Council faculty awards recognition ceremony on April 16 in the Women’s Building Formal Lounge. The ArtSci Council changed the name of the award to the James E. McLeod Faculty Recognition Award to honor the beloved dean of the college and vice chancellor for students, who died Sept. 6, 2011.

Some 80 area high school students will launch gliders they designed across WUSTL’s Field House as part of the Boeing Engineering Challenge to determine which has the farthest flight, the straightest path, the longest hang time, and highest quality of flight. The students created the planes out of balsa wood with consultation from engineers with The Boeing Company. The competition helps the students learn important concepts in physics and aerospace engineering.

A week after transferring into WUSTL as an undergraduate, Todd Coady found himself in a chapter meeting of Engineers Without Borders. As a result, a school for the blind in Ethiopia has a five-year commitment from WUSTL students to help build a water tower. Coady, who will graduate May 18 with a bachelor’s of science degree in mechanical engineering, is the Record‘s Outstanding Graduate from the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Members of the Class of 2015 enjoy pizza and Ted Drewes frozen custard April 25 outside Danforth University Center, as part of this year’s Freshman Finale. The Freshman Class Council and First Year Center sponsored this signature celebration in Graham Chapel. During the event, awards are presented to people who have had a positive impact on the freshman experience this year.

A new gift of $5,350,000 from Wells Fargo Advisors to Washington University in St. Louis will support initiatives in the university’s Olin Business School and the Brown School that are designed to enhance and strengthen teaching and research, to apply new knowledge to affect positive societal change and to create pathways for the exchange of ideas between business and academia.

The Women’s Society of Washington University honored the legacy of two of the university’s most revered women at its annual meeting April 26. The society honored four exemplary college students with the Harriet K. Switzer Leadership Award and the Elizabeth Gray Danforth Scholarship at the Women’s Building Formal Lounge.