Student Affairs team members earn national recognitions from NASPA
Jennifer Alanis, director of the Taylor Family Center for Student Success, and Victoria Ruiz, assistant director of the Kessler and Taylor Scholar Programs, received the NASPA Region IV-West Impact in Action Award.
Commencement vlog: Simone, smiles and flying mortar boards
First profiled as first-year students, four seniors captured the sights and sounds of WashU’s Commencement for a graduation day vlog.
Student Affairs launches financial wellness initiative
Students learn how to budget, invest, pay taxes; one-on-one coaching available.
Program Launch: Success Center for First-Gen, Limited-Income StudentsWashU joins Thrive Scholars College Collaborative
Washington University in St. Louis is strengthening its partnership with Thrive Scholars, a national nonprofit that prepares high-achieving students from communities with limited resources to succeed at the nation’s top universities.
Figueroa recognized by NASPA
Mark Figueroa, assistant director of the WashU Taylor Family Center for Student Success, has been recognized as an “emerging new professional” by NASPA, the nation’s leading organization for student affairs administrators
Professional clothing donations for students sought
The Taylor Family Center for Student Success, along with the Center for Career Engagement at WashU, are expanding the Professional Clothes Closet to offer more free business attire to students.
First-gen students support the next generation of peers
The path to WashU is different for every first-generation student, said Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs. But they all share the same qualities — talent, grit and a commitment to give back.
Opening Doors
This spring saw the graduation of the first cohort of the WashU Pledge, the bold scholarship initiative for Pell-eligible students from Missouri and southern Illinois set into motion by Chancellor Andrew Martin at his 2019 inauguration.
Pledge drive
Chancellor Andrew D. Martin sits down with one of the first graduates of the WashU Pledge, Julia Blanchard, to talk about its impact on her, her cohort and future generations of students.