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When Mark Franke talks with students in WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) Prison Education Project (PEP) about their plans for the future, he often hears big ideas. Some envision starting businesses. Others are thinking about opportunities they might create with family members or career paths outside a traditional 9-to-5 job. Franke wants to help […]

When Karen Novak began taking classes through University College, she could not have known that years later she would help lead the very school where she had once been a student. Novak, associate dean and chief of staff for WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS), retired Oct. 2 after 32 years of service to Washington […]

The CAPS Professional Development Series returns this fall with three virtual sessions focused on networking, career development and workplace communication. Offered by WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS), the fall series begins Oct. 22 and continues through Nov. 12. All three sessions will be held virtually from 6 to 7 p.m. For CAPS Dean Sean […]

For WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) students balancing classes with careers, families and other responsibilities, knowing where to turn when they need support can be especially important. New and returning students and their guests had an opportunity to build those connections face-to-face before classes started during the annual WashU CAPS New Student Orientation & […]

WashU Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) students, faculty, and community members celebrated a year of achievement at the annual CAPS Honors and Research Night in early May. The evening highlighted the interdisciplinary scholarship and professional inquiry taking place throughout CAPS and coincided with CAPS’ annual Alpha Sigma Lambda induction ceremony. The ceremony celebrated modern learners, including 35 […]