WashU has launched a new partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri to support high school students in the organization’s Big Futures college readiness initiative.
This marks the second straight year that WashU has won the annual competition.
External dollars solve major challenges, spark local job growth, development
National Science Foundation grant is largest in McKelvey Engineering history
The STARS College Network, which helps students from small towns and rural communities succeed in college, is doubling its membership to 32 universities. WashU, a founding STARS member, is recruiting and enrolling more rural students since it joined the network.
Washington University in St. Louis will receive a $650,000 grant for a collaborative community project focused on improving economic mobility for Black youth in the St. Louis area.
Washington University in St. Louis has announced the 11th cohort of the College Prep Program, a free multi-year program that prepares first-generation, limited-income students for college. This summer, the new cohort of 37 rising high school sophomores will engage in two weeks of on-campus academic and social programming.
The School of Continuing & Professional Studies Prison Education Project held its first commencement May 16 at the Women’s Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, Mo. The ceremony followed a May 15 commencement, the project’s third, at the Missouri Eastern Correctional Center for men in Pacific.
University opens office in Delmar Divine and begins online outreach
A Q&A with J.D. Burton, vice chancellor for government relations, who leads the team responsible for representing the university at all levels of government.