WUSTL sets 2005-06 tuition, fees, room and board

Undergraduate tuition at Washington University in St. Louis will total $31,100 for the 2005-06 academic year — a $1,400 (4.7 percent) increase over the 2004-05 academic year. The required student activity fee will total $311, and the student health fee will be $631. The announcement was made by Barbara A. Feiner, vice chancellor for finance. Room-and-board charges for 2005-06 will be $10,754, an increase of $462 (4.5 percent) over the current year’s charges of $10,292 for the full meal plan and newer student housing.

Service award nominations sought

The Community Service Program is seeking nominations for the second annual Sesquicentennial Ethic of Service Award. The award recognizes a select group of University community members, past or present, who: reside in the St. Louis area and have inspired compassion in others; have dedicated themselves to community involvement; or are passionate about a social, cultural […]

Student, administrator seminar to focus on leadership, community

Forty-five students and several administrators will meet Jan. 22-23 to discuss issues facing the University community and to develop an action plan for making meaningful change on campus. The seminar, titled “Redefining Community Experience,” is sponsored by the Office of Student Activities and was planned in conjunction with a student steering committee. Organizers hope the […]

Overcoming incredible odds

In August 1991 — on the same day that an attempted coup by communist hardliners ushered the collapse of the Soviet Union — Dmitriy Yablonskiy, Ph.D., took the biggest gamble of his life. He put himself and his family on a plane to America from Kharkov, their home in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Ukraine. […]
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