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For Dean Sean Armstrong, providing educational opportunities to support students is more than a career—it’s a lifelong mission. This commitment was celebrated by the St. Louis American Foundation, which honored Armstrong with an Excellence in Education Award at the 37th Annual Salute to Excellence in Education Scholarship and Awards Gala on Oct. 12. A native […]

Simply surviving the first few weeks of a new semester is an achievement for many in education. But for Joe Cruz, Academic Director of Management & Organizational Change for WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS), reaching this milestone is an energizing beginning. Cruz’s focus is always on how to make CAPS courses even better for […]

A small but mighty team of WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) staff were in New Orleans recently sharing how the CAPS English Language Programs (ELP) Empower program is changing lives for new Americans – immigrants and refugees – in St. Louis. ELP Director Katie Brown, ELP Student Success Navigator Andre Mayers and CAPS Director […]

Washington University Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) English Language Programs (ELP) Director Katie Brown has a desk in January Hall, but her job frequently takes her out of the office to several locations across WashU’s campus and throughout the St. Louis community. The ELP program, initially designed to help strengthen and advance the English language […]

“OLLI truly is a pathway to successful, productive, vital, aging. This organization deserves to be celebrated and I’m proud that it’s a part of WashU’s presence in this community.” That was the message Harvey A. Friedman Center on Aging Co-Director Nancy Morrow-Howell, MSW, PhD, brought to the 30th Anniversary celebration of the Osher Lifelong Learning […]

Students, staff, and faculty honored during CAPS recognition ceremony The smiling faces of graduates in the Washington University in St. Louis School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) could not be darkened by threatening storms as they celebrated earning WashU degrees and certificates with friends and family during the 163rd Commencement celebrations on Monday, May […]

Master’s Degree students share research on democracy in Africa and possible correlations between declining faith participation and rising deaths of despair The historic Umrath Lounge was filled with joy and smiles as family and friends gathered to honor some of the top School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) students during the annual CAPS Honors […]

Eight members of the WashU community were recognized in late April for completing a first-of-its-kind program aimed at creating greater equity on campus. The program, provided through the School of Continuing & Professional Studies English Language Program, offers Washington University subcontractors access to a 20-week immersive English Language program through a sub-contractor scholarship fund that […]

If you head west on Interstate 70 to Wentzville, then north on Route 61, you will pass through rolling hills and wide-open farm land. When you get to Bowling Green, hang a left on Route 54 and you will eventually end up at a facility filled with large pink buildings surrounded by an intricate fencing […]

The School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) Danforth Campus offices have earned the second highest WashU award for office sustainability. Receiving a Green Office Program Gold Seal is an honor that has been eight years in the making. CAPS started participating in the Green Office Program in 2016 when Amanda Mueller discovered the program […]