Hawthorn Leadership School for Girls, a charter school sponsored by Washington University, opened its doors to 150 sixth- and seventh-grade girls this fall.

Meet St. Louis, a new freshman community engagement program sponsored by the newly created Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement, will take place over the upcoming weekends and replace the tradition of Service First.

In an effort to consolidate resources and increase efficiency, the current community service and civic service offices known as the Community Service Office and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service will be joining forces.

While Washington University will not be playing the same role in the national political stage that it has for several election cycles, campus organizations are continuing to try and engage students for Nov. 6.

Barack Obama no longer excites us, and Mitt Romney simply bores us. That is what talking heads on cable news networks and opinion writers for newspapers have been saying about us, the youth vote. They think that we will just sit in our dorms playing N64 instead of taking a few minutes to vote. I don’t buy it.

Students looking to do service projects may be eligible for a grant from the Gephardt Institute’s Civic Engagement Fund.

This year’s Faces of Hope event not only highlights community service and civic engagement on campus, but also Washington University’s community partnerships.

The Gephardt Institute for Public Service showcased government jobs in an event on Nov. 10, as students look to government jobs in a tough economic climate.

Despite an unprecedented level of political programming from groups around campus, informal discussion remains the most common form of political engagement by students. Such students often want to participate in the election, but are pressed for time.

With voter registration closed since Oct. 8, many Washington University students are wondering whether their registration forms will be processed in time.