PARENT & FAMILY WEEKEND OCTOBER 26–28, 2018 firstyear.wustl.edu Experience WashU | Explore St. Louis | Stay Connected 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from the Chancellor 4 Welcome from the First Year Center 5 2018 PARENT & FAMILY WEEKEND EVENTS Friday, October 26, 2018 7 Saturday, October 27, 2018 26 Sunday, October 28, 2018 35 St. Louis Highlights 40 Places to Eat 41 RESOURCES FOR FAMILIES Ways to stay informed, involved, connected 42 First Year Center Parents Programs Parents Annual Fund Alumni and Parents Admission Program First Year Center Washington University Campus Box 1136 Student Media, Inc. St. Louis, MO 63130 Campus Box 1039 (314) 935-5040 St. Louis, MO 63130 firstyear.wustl.edu (314) 935-6713 studlife.com 2 3 Welcome from the First Year Center We are thrilled to welcome you to Washington University’s Parent & Family Weekend! We look forward to hosting you on campus and we know your student is excited to see you and show you around their new home. Over the next couple of days, you will see how full your students’ lives have become and how they are getting connected to our Washington University community. There are a variety of events planned for your time on campus. Feel free to visit a classroom, take one of our tours, learn about the various academic and experiential opportunities available, or hear our outstanding a cappella groups. We also understand this is a chance for you to spend time with your student and their friends so we have provided recommendations for a few of our favorite St. Louis restaurants and attractions in this publication. To assist you with planning your weekend, we have marked the schedule with the following icons: SIGNATURE EVENT Signature Events are the highlights of Parent & Family Weekend you want to Welcome from the Chancellor make sure you catch while you’re on campus. Welcome to campus for Parent & Family or sit in on a course taught by one of EXPLORE ST. LOUIS Weekend 2018! The academic year is our internationally recognized faculty Interested in exploring the unique city of St. Louis? We are providing tours well underway, and we are over halfway members; or attend the Performing Arts of the city and a few of our favorite areas. Find those by looking for this icon through the fall semester. Students Department’s presentation of The Rocky in the schedule. have been diligently working on their Horror Show at the Edison Theatre. * Tours require pre-paid tickets which you may purchase in advance at coursework and other activities, and their It is great to have you here with us this firstyear.wustl.edu. Capacities are limited. energy and passion inspires all of us. weekend, and I hope you take advantage Parent & Family Weekend is a great time of the wide range of activities to do and Please visit us at the Parent & Family Weekend Welcome Center while you are here for us to share our community with you, see on our campus. I wish you all the on campus. We look forward to meeting you! our families. Our student organizations best for an exciting and rewarding visit. have been busy planning many Sincerely yours, The First Year Center interesting and diverse programs and events. We hope you will interact with the Rob Wild, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students people and places that have become so Katharine Pei, Director important to your student. Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton Reggie Gacad, Coordinator Perhaps you would like to cheer on our Miranda Kroeger, Administrative Coordinator student athletes at one of the many The First Year Center Executive Board scheduled home games this weekend; 4 5 Friday, October 26 PARENT & FAMILY WEEKEND CENTRAL WEST END WELCOME CENTER WALKING TOUR 8:30AM-5:00PM 10:00AM-12:00PM Mallinckrodt Center, Lobby Buses board on the south side of Please stop by to pick up your Simon Hall. registration packet including any The Central West End is a vibrant and pre-purchased tickets and a finalized sophisticated neighborhood combining schedule. Your student may check residential and commercial in for you. opportunities with splendid architecture and a lively walkable BACK TO THE CLASSROOM streetscape. Please note: This is a 2 8:30AM-5:00PM hour+ walking tour. **Requires a Various locations pre-paid ticket; may be purchased in Join your student in a class or visit a advance at firstyear.wustl.edu. variety of other Friday classes. Class listings are available at check-in. STL BUS TOUR 10:00AM-12:00PM CRITICAL ISSUES IN STUDENT Curious what your new Buses board in front of the LIFE AT WASHINGTON Campus Bookstore on the south side of WashU student is learning? UNIVERSITY Miss the joy of discovery in the Mallinckrodt Center. 9:30AM-10:30AM St. Louis is a city rich in tradition and the classroom? Tune in to Danforth University Center, Room 276 committed to progress. Enjoy the Hold That Thought , the Arts & Join Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs architecture, history and stories of St. Sciences podcast: Dr. Lori S. White for an interactive Louis while hearing about plans for presentation and discussion about the redevelopment. **Requires a pre-paid artsci.wustl.edu/podcast critical issues facing students of this ticket; may be purchased in advance at current generation and for Washington firstyear.wustl.edu. University students in particular. Learn Episodes include: about how the University, through STUDENT ENTREPRENEURIAL The Many Lives of Michelangelo programs and services that are part of PROGRAM PANEL The Philosophy of Cancer the Division of Student Affairs, supports 10:30AM-11:30AM students. Come prepared with any Your Brain on Movies Mallinckrodt Center, room 128, the questions you have been wanting to ask! Skandalaris Center Coffee and a light breakfast will be served. The Student Entrepreneurial Program (StEP) will present a panel discussion led by representatives from Washington 6 7 Friday, October 26 University’s student-run businesses. The Center, will share information on discussion will cover a number of topics, services and resources available as well including the challenge of balancing as provide advice for families. school and business responsibilities, the knowledge and skills gained from FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: running a business, and how UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE SEE prospective student-entrepreneurs can 10:45AM-11:45AM get involved with a business of their Seigle Hall, Room L006 own. After the presentation we will open Professor Bob Hansman presents on the floor for questions from the North St. Louis. For those interested in audience. “The Real St. Louis” and Bob’s tour. OVERCOMING ACADEMIC COMMON READING PROGRAM CHALLENGES AT WASHU RECAP AND DISCUSSION FOR 10:30AM-11:45AM PARENTS AND FAMILIES Mallinckrodt Center, Room 305 11:00AM-12:00PM Cornerstone: The Learning Center works Danforth University Center, closely with academic departments and Goldberg Formal Lounge other campus partners to support In Balzac and the Little Chinese students in their academic transition to Seamstress, Dai Sijie takes us into the Washington University. It’s not painful experiences of re-education uncommon for first-year students’ following the Cultural Revolution in academic performance to fall short of China. The experience of reading and their expectations. Learn how discussing this transformational novel Cornerstone and its campus partners allows us to put ourselves in the place of help students overcome common the characters in the book. One of the academic challenges at Washington principle goals of the humanities is to University. cultivate empathy and immersing ourselves in the characters of the novel EVERYTHING YOU EVER will give us a glimpse into the life of CENTRAL WEST END WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE those who lived through the harsh NAMED ONE OF THE NATION’S TOP 10 NEIGHBORHOODS CAREER CENTER BUT WERE world that the book describes. A faculty AFRAID TO ASK YOUR STUDENT: member who participated in Common LOOKING TO GET OFF CAMPUS? COME SHOP, WWW.CWESCENE.COM ADVICE FOR FAMILIES Reading Program discussions will DINE & EXPLORE IN THE CENTRAL WEST END, 10:45AM-11:45AM provide parents and families with an LOCATED JUST MINUTES FROM WASH U! CWESCENE STLCWESCENE Danforth University Center, room 276 inside view of what transpired during Mark Smith, Director of the Career the discussions with students. Please 8 9 Friday, October 26 join in the conversation even if you have this display of artworks and artifacts not had the opportunity to read the that speak to the book’s setting and book! themes. In the Kemper Art Museum’s Study TOUR AND PRESENTATION OF Room, several artworks from the EAST END PROJECT Museum’s collection will be on view, 11:00AM-12:00PM including selections from The East Is Brookings Hall, Outdoor Porch Red (c. 1966–72), a series of paper-cut Learn about the future of Washington prints based on the lyrics of China’s University. The East End Transformation unofficial national anthem during the is setting the course for the next era of Cultural Revolution, and contemporary our university. This innovative project artist Thomas Bayrle’s silkscreened helps us continue to create a sense of construction Sun Yat-sen (Sign for community, an inclusive and welcoming Moon) (2005), a meditation on the first environment, and a unique president of the Republic of China. The infrastructure for learning, working and Kranzberg Art & Architecture Library will visiting campus. Discover the future of feature examples of the Western novels, the university through a conversation by the main characters, read in secret with James Kolker, Associate Vice that inspire their life-changing actions. Chancellor and University Architect while overlooking the East End site from JOHN B. ERVIN SCHOLARS in front of Brookings Hall. In the event of PARENT AND FAMILY LUNCHEON rain, please join us for a presentation in 12:00PM-1:30PM Busch Hall, room 100.