Language of Opportunity: New CAPS ELP Program Helps WashU Subcontractors Improve English Skills and Build Community
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 […]
Dean’s Day at Your Desk: Exploring the transformative power of CAPS Prison Education Project
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 […]
CAPS gets gold for green initiatives
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 […]
Alumnus Jamie Kenyon featured as 2023 WashU Class Act
When Jamie Kenyon says sustainability matters, what he means is St. Louisans matter. “The planet is going to be fine. It’s the people who will suffer if we don’t take steps to make St. Louis a more sustainable place,” said Kenyon, who is scheduled to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis in May with […]
Program prepares employees for high-demand, high-paying nursing jobs
Pre-nursing program, in partnership with Goldfarb School of Nursing, meets needs of working adults with little or no college Erica Jenkins’ path to nursing started 19 years ago in the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. That’s where she spent day and night with her son Jaylon, a 26-week preemie who weighed less […]
Two International Affairs students report findings in NGA open source publication
Western sanctions targeting Russia have stalled Russian-Chinese energy projects in the Arctic and stymied China’s attempts to establish a foothold in the region, according to a new report by WashU former University College, now the School of Continuing & Professional Studies, students Matt Jones and Seth Stevenson, in partnership with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. Through the use […]
Armstrong Named Dean of School of Continuing & Professional Studies (formerly University College)
Asquith S. “Sean” Armstrong, executive director for continuing education at the University of Central Florida (UCF) in Orlando, has been named dean of the School of Continuing & Professional Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.
Washington University Joins the Osher Network of Lifelong Learning Institutes
The Bernard Osher Foundation has selected the Lifelong Learning Institute at Washington University in St. Louis to be a part of their national network of lifelong learning programs.