The Scene staff shares the top items on our bucket list of what Wrighton ought to do before retiring.

Mark Wrighton will retire as chancellor of Washington University no later than July 1, 2019, he announced in a statement to the University community Friday.

With Chancellor Mark Wrighton’s retirement announcement, the University begins the search for his successor.

In a statement emailed to Washington University faculty and students, Chancellor Mark Wrighton publicly condemned the Aug. 11-12 “Unite the Right” rally and ensuing violence that crossed through the University of Virginia’s campus in Charlottesville, Va.

Let me repeat the title in case you skipped over it: Chancellor Mark Wrighton must retire. I don’t mean retire within a few years or when the massive construction in front of Brookings Hall is completed in 2020. I mean that he must retire before the end of the calendar year.

Administrators discussed plans to increase need-based financial aid while remaining need-aware at Monday night’s Student Union tuition forum. Upper-level administrators presented information about tuition increases and socioeconomic diversity efforts before a question-and-answer session.

On Wednesday afternoon, Chancellor Mark Wrighton sent out a campus-wide email. And unlike in previous emails that have largely ignored the issues surrounding this semester’s events in Ferguson in favor of concern for the on-campus safety of students, Wrighton finally took a stance.

Chancellor Mark Wrighton pledged to admit more low-income students each year to increase student body diversity while also defending Washington University’s use of need-conscious admissions at the school’s annual tuition forum Monday.

Over the past month, Chancellor Mark Wrighton and his wife Risa Zwerling have enjoyed the company of Dodger, a six-month-old puppy they have been fostering. Wrighton and Zwerling were connected to Dodger through the Open Door Animal Sanctuary.

As the federal government looks to rebound from a 16-day shutdown, Washington University officials remain anxious over how the crisis may continue to affect research funding. While the U.S.