Campus Perspectives

Campus Perspectives provides you with the opportunity to hear from members of the campus community. You can also learn about WU happenings and chart the flow of the year through excerpts of Letting Go: A Parents Guide To Understanding the College Years.

  • But We Didn’t Know It Was Hazing - Serious issues are discussed at campuses nation-wide. One of these issues is hazing. At Washington University, a new hazing prevention brochure was recently designed to be used as an educational resource for students, faculty, and staff. We thought you might be interested in seeing one of the newest University’s tools for addressing student safety.
  • The Engineering Cooperative Education Program - Practical experience is an important part of education. Learn how the Engineering School helps students learn outside of the classroom.
  • The Letter of Application - Writing in Invisible Ink - May 14, 2004 - Dan Shea, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of English in Arts and Sciences, presented this address to students during Junior Weekend. Junior Weekend is designed to help students make post-graduation plans.

Letting Go

Letting Go: A Parents Guide To Understanding the College Years (Quill Press, 2003) is authored by Washington University Assistant Vice Chancellor for Students/Associate Dean for the Freshman transition Karen Levin Coburn and Madge Lawrence Treeger, a former member of the Washington University Counseling Service.

Seasonal excerpts from Letting Go provide information on ways you can support and understand your student’s first year of college and beyond.

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