student groups
Medical brigades troop to Honduras
Thirty-one students and 11 professionals, including physicians and physical therapists, journeyed to a village in Honduras this January to assist locals with their health care and public health.
The group, called the Washington University Medical Brigades, set up medical clinics in three villages.
Each clinic was divided into several sections. The Medical Brigades first set up a [...]
Lower funding percentage challenges some groups to raise enough money
Due to a 16-percent drop in the funding percentage the determines their budget, Category I student groups will need to do a little more fundraising this semester. The groups will receive 77 percent of the budgets they were allocated.
Although that number is higher than the 68 percent that was expected earlier this year because of [...]
Student Union groups to transition to Google Apps
Student Union is planning to transition from its current Unix-based e-mail system to Google Apps this semester in order to make logistics more intuitive for student groups.
Student Union (SU) groups will now each have a Gmail e-mail account, while at the same time retaining their @su.wustl.edu address.
The Google Apps suites offers Gmail, Google Calendar, Talk, [...]
Fees begin for DUC usage
Beginning this semester, Washington University will charge fees for the use of spaces in the Danforth University Center.
Not all student groups, however, will have to pay to use the space in the Danforth University Center (DUC).
“Any student group recognized by Student Union would not have to pay. There are a couple of regular, credit-bearing classes [...]
In praise of student groups’ contribution to community
There are many student groups on campus that make valuable contributions to the University and St. Louis communities—far more than we have space to praise in a short editorial. Still, we would like to commend two groups in particular that have been extremely active in the past week, beneficial to the campus and which often [...]
Post-election, politicos aim to keep stride
Two weeks after the election circus, with the balloons deflated and the champagne bubbles settled, students may expect to find a dearth of political activity from student groups on campus.
Event Services needs change
This year ought to have been an exciting one for student groups looking to utilize Washington University’s new space.
SU to amend budget implementation process
The Student Union budget failed in the Senate and the Treasury last spring, spurring controversy and discontent regarding the budget proposal and implementation process. Now, Student Union (SU) is working on plans to safeguard against such failure in the futue.
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