Anna “Dr. G” Gonzalez 

Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

The Student Affairs eNewsletter is sent out on the first Tuesday of each month. To have content featured in the eNewsletter, please submit information at least a week in advance. To submit items, please use this form. 

The submission form can be found on the newly launched Student Affairs Marketing and Communications Resources webpage. Along with the eNewsletter submission form, you can also access tools to help market your department as well as a project request form for assistance with website edits, photography, campaign strategy and copywriting. To access these resources, click the link below.

WashU had 156 student-athletes named to the 2023 University Athletic Association (UAA) Winter Academic All-Conference team.

To earn the distinction of being named an All-Academic in the UAA, a student-athlete must have completed one full year of college study at their present institution and carry a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.3.

WashU led the conference in Academic All-UAA honors in both women's and men's track and field. Overall, the Bears finished second among UAA schools, but first when UAA wrestling (which WashU does not have) is not factored in.

Click here to see the Bears named to the UAA Winter All-Academic Team.

WashU is offering two free, evidence-based suicide prevention trainings, QPR and Kognito, for faculty, staff and students. All Student Affairs staff members are required to complete the training by April 3, 2023.

Suicide prevention training:  

For more information on Suicide Prevention Training and to begin your online Kognito and QPR trainings, click here.

Campus Life will be hosting the Excellence in Leadership Awards on April 23 at 2 p.m. in the Tisch Commons, Danforth University Center. The Excellence in Leadership Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of WashU students and their co-curricular experience. Please consider nominating an individual and/or group no later than April 2, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Campus Life encourages you to join them for the awards ceremony to help celebrate our students who go above and beyond within our campus community.

Disability Resources invites Student Affairs staff members to participate in a group viewing and conversation of the Ken Campbell Lecture on Disability Policy and Law on March 20 from 3-4:30 p.m (location TBD). Approximately 12% of college students across the U.S. disclose a disability which has generated support structures, policies and a rich literature on student access. However, there is little research documenting how many disabled faculty and staff work in higher education, let alone what their experiences might be. First-person accounts, and the few studies that have been conducted, indicate that disabled faculty and staff feel isolated, often unsure of where to go to seek accommodations, and report difficulty implementing accommodations even when they have them.

Building on their lived experiences and scholarship, this panel of disabled faculty (who were once disabled students) will explore the other side of the desk. What are the barriers and facilitators for faculty access?

To RSVP to attend the virtual viewing and conversation afterwards, click here.

The Division of Student Affairs is launching Dialogue Across Difference (DxD), an eight-week course that teaches undergraduate students how to explore difficult topics such as politics, religion, race, gender and socioeconomic identity in a positive and productive way. This Spring semester, DxD is piloting three courses on race, gender and politics. The Division also welcomes Jacob Chacko as the director of the program. Chacko formerly served as director of the Asian American Cultural Center at Rutgers University and earned his doctorate in education policy studies from the University of Illinois. For more information on the program, read the article published in The Source.

The Division of Student Affairs is currently accepting applications for two non-voting undergraduate student representative positions to the Washington University Board of Trustees. The position will provide a distinctive and significant opportunity for direct student participation in the governance of the university. Representatives are appointed to a one-year term and actively participate in meetings and other board-related events. Please send the link below to any undergraduate students you feel would be a good fit for these positions.

Applications are due March 20.

Click here for more information. 

8:30-9:30 a.m. | Zetcher House, Risa Commons

3-4:30 p.m. | Location to be communicated in advance to those participating.

Building on their lived experiences and scholarship, a panel of disabled faculty will explore the other side of the desk. RSVP here.

4-6 p.m. | Olin Library, Ginkgo Room

Hear from speaker Vanessa Grigoriadis on Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus. Free and open to all, registration requested.

To register and for more information, visit the website.

Save the Date! Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Monday, July 31, 2023. Details TBD.

The first student to earn a doctoral degree at WashU was Anna Isabel Mulford in 1895. She was a Botany student in the Henry Shaw School of Botany and led the way for many more women to break barriers and succeed at WashU. You can read more about Dr. Mulford and her groundbreaking work in botany and for the Missouri Botanical Gardens here.

The Division of Student Affairs | Danforth University Center, Suite 200

studentaffairs@wustl.edu | 314.935.4526