Students explore the parallels between Challenger disaster and Ferguson crisis during a unique class.
In the News: Civic Engagement Fund Supports Engineering Ethics Course
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Danforth Scholars Reflect on Spring Break Immersion in St. Louis
Danforth Scholars asked for a new model for spring break service, one that would teach them about St. Louis and provide an anchor for their studies at WashU.
WashU Selected to Host 2017 Impact Conference
WashU has been selected as host of the 2017 IMPACT National Conference, which will gather national student leaders in civic engagement and service.
In the News: Getting College Students to Vote
Prof. Moore McBride shares her perspectives on how universities should engage students in the voting process in a WashU Expert article.
Institute to Host Higher Education Civic Engagement Leaders
The Research University Civic Engagement Network will focus on civic engagement practices in higher education.
In the News: Fail Better: Kierstan Carter
A new series titled “Fail Better” showcases Washington University faculty, staff and students who have failed big, sometimes in very public, humiliating ways. And yet, their so-called failure has brought surprising rewards. The latest interview in the series profiles Gephardt Institute Civic Scholar Kierstan Carter, who wanted to change St. Louis by connecting high school students with […]
Goldman Fellows Program Deepens Understanding of St. Louis
Applications for the program are now being accepted.
Understanding What We See
Through a series of tours, Community Engagement Faculty Fellow Prof. Bob Hansman reveals the complexities of St. Louis to faculty, staff, and students.
In the News: From Charity to Change
The new university homepage features Civic Scholars Program alumni and the 10-year anniversary of the institute.
Global Summer Service Program Offers $2500 for Projects in Cambodia and China
The institute has partnered with Hong Kong Polytechnic University to offer three slots and $2500 in funding to serve on a cross-cultural project in early summer of 2016.
Revamped Fund Helps Build Strong Communities
The WashU campus is teeming with students, faculty, and staff who have the ideas, knowledge, and drive to make an impact in the community. The Civic Engagement Fund, now reinvigorated with additional funding and new categories, is the institute’s vehicle to help catalyze these efforts to strengthen communities in St. Louis and beyond. Now in […]
In the News: Bob Hansman Tells Us to Walk Side by Side With Others
WashU’s Student Life sat down with Gephardt Institute Community Engagement Faculty Fellow to discuss inequity in the St. Louis region and his life’s work in the community. Read the full article in Student Life.
Greeks Give Back in Day of Service
This post is brought to you by Katy Przybylski, vice president of campus and community outreach at the WashU Women’s Panhellenic Association. A staggering thirty percent of Washington University in St. Louis’s undergraduate population is a member of a fraternity or sorority. And there is strength in those numbers. On Saturday, September 26th, 250 volunteers […]
First-Year Students “Meet St. Louis” in New Program
With Meet St. Louis, a new program for first-year undergraduates, small groups of students set out across the city on half-day experiences focused on discovery of local issues, service, and reflection. Led by faculty, staff, and student group leaders who have a specific and deep connection with a variety of local issues and neighborhoods, nearly 400 students took the first step in an important dialogue about what it means to be an engaged member of the St. Louis community.
Ten-Year Anniversary Celebrates Profiles in Community Impact
President Harry Truman once said that “Men and women make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.” An anniversary is a time to reflect on and celebrate the past and […]
In the News: Gephardt Turns Ten
WashU’s Record features the Gephardt Institute and previews new initiatives such as Meet St. Louis, the Civic Engagement Fund, and Community-Based Teaching and Learning. Read the full article.
Welcome to the New Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement
Executive Director Amanda Moore McBride shares the Gephardt Institute’s renewed vision for engaged citizens and strong communities.
Senior Seiko Shastri Applies Leadership Lessons toward Improving the Community
Shastri, a Civic Scholar and Gerry and Bob Virgil Ethic of Service Award honoree, has led a number of high-profile campus initiatives and organizations, including the Mosaic Project and the Social Justice Center. Read WUSTL Commencement’s full article here.
In the News: Tori Bawel Committed to Serving Society’s Most Vulnerable
Tori Bawel, who is an Annika Rodriguez Scholar and a Gephardt Institute Civic Scholar, plans to attend Stanford University School of Medicine in the fall. She said “I recognized how I could help both individual patients and vulnerable populations through medicine, research and advocacy.” Read WUSTL Commencement’s full article here.
In the News: Senior Honorary Mortar Board Inspires Young Writers
Campus performance groups acted out stories written by Buder Elementary students at the second annual Young Storytellers Festival, hosted by Washington University senior honorary Mortar Board. Read WUSTL Commencement’s full article here.
In the News: Reuben Riggs, Student Protest Leader Marches for a Better St. Louis
Riggs, both an Ervin Scholar and a Cantor Family Civic Scholar, helped form St. Louis Students in Solidarity, a group of concerned college students from across the region. He joined protests in St. Louis and Ferguson, Missouri, and organized demonstrations on the Danforth Campus. Read WUSTL Commencement’s full article here.
In the News: Senior David Dwight Crowned Mr. WashU
The annual event raised $27,000 for urban arts program City Faces. Senior David Dwight IV beat out 15 candidates for the title of Mr. WashU. Read the Record’s full article here.
In the News: Relay for Life Raises Over $150,000 for American Cancer Society
Relay for Life is the second largest event held on campus, after WILD. The event runs from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. to parallel how cancer never sleeps, thus neither do the participants during the time of the event. Read Student Life’s full article here.
In the News: Ferguson Commission Engages in Dialogue with WU
Nearly 100 Washington University students, faculty and staff members filled Emerson Auditorium to listen to and engage in a dialogue with the Ferguson Commission. Read Student Life’s full article here. .
In the News: Relay for Life Steps Off at Francis Field April 11
Relay for Life hopes to raise some $200,000 for the American Cancer Society. In the past 12 years, Relay at Washington University has raised $2 million for cancer research and support. Read the Record’s full article here.
In the News: Mr. WashU Raises $28,000 for City Faces
14 candidates acted, danced and performed to the crowd of people in Edison Theater to compete for the title of Mr. Wash. U. Read Student Life’s full article here.
In the News: Ally Blood Drive Encourages Discussion Around FDA Ban
Washington University’s first ally-donation blood drive, which encouraged men who were ineligible to donate due to their sexual history to partner with an ally to donate in their places, took place Thursday at four locations on campus. Read Student Life’s full article here.
In the News: City Faces Hosts Student Art Show
Since its inception in 1994, City Faces has worked to provide educational and life skills to children through interaction with University students. Read the Student Life’s full article here.
PB&Joy Food Drive Runs April 2-14
Students, faculty and staff members are urged to make a donation to Operation Food Search or to bring nonperishable food items to one of 99 drop-off locations on the Danforth, Medical, North and West campuses. Read the Record’s full article here.
Gephardt Institute Selects 2017 Cohorts of Civic Scholars
The Gephardt Institute for Public Service selected twelve sophomores for its 2017 class of the Civic Scholars Program. With its mission “to cultivate the next generation of civic leaders,” the program seeks students with exemplary scholarship, leadership, and commitment to community engagement. Civic Scholars enroll in two years of academic coursework related to civic leadership […]
Service Trips Teach the Power of “Service, Friendship, and Community”
Student volunteers built homes in Texas, dug ponds in Panama and established clinics in Honduras. Read the Record’s full article here.
Kurtzman, Oros Honored for Efforts to Combat Hunger
Washington University holds an annual food drive, PB and Joy, to raise food and monetary donations for Operation Food Search. This year’s drive begins April 2. Last year, the drive collected a record 16,908 pounds of nutritious, kid-friendly food along with $10,745. Read the Record’s full article here.
In the News: 15 WashU Students Selected to Attend CGI U
Founded by the Clinton Global Initiative, an initiative of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation, CGI U supports projects that advance five focus areas: education, environmental sustainability, peace and human rights, poverty alleviation and public health. Read the Record’s full article here.
In the News: Navigating the College Application Process
National Strive for College program founded at Washington University helps thousands of high school students. Read the Record’s full article here.
Alwyn Loh ’09
“Community service isn’t about padding one’s resume, it isn’t about doing things so that one might be proud and arrogant about it. But it is the dawning realization of to the greater understanding our humanity, our fragility and a greater appreciation of the great lives that so many of us lead and deem to be […]
Diana Barbosa; Student
Diana hated hospitals, but when she underwent heart surgery as a teenager, her perspective changed. The kindness of everyone at her hospital turned a scary time into a positive experience, and she began volunteering there regularly. Today she continues her service as an Annika Rodriguez Scholar. Diana also works with the Community Service Office to […]
Dr. Charles & Mrs. Shirley Brown
This is a Gephardt Story
Chronicle on Higher Education Features Gephardt Director
“The emphasis on social innovation in higher education and the social sector is ascendant; however, this current collective obsession can be an obstacle to real social change and should not be treated as a substitute for it.” Gephardt Director Amanda Moore McBride provided commentary for The Chronicle on Higher Education on the drawbacks to higher […]
Civic Scholars Program: Where Passion Meets the Need of the World
Civic Scholars from the Class of 2015 have been recognized for their work across campus and beyond. Jason Silberman, a senior in the philosophy-neuroscience-psychology in Arts & Sciences, is a Stern Family Civic Scholar. Jason worked with a team at the Washington University School of Medicine last summer to develop a checklist to guide standard […]
Protests and Beyond: Civic Reengagement
Amanda Moore McBride, PhD, Bettie Bofinger Brown Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Social Work, Brown School; Director, Gephardt Institute for Public Service I write as a scholar of civic engagement who lives in St. Louis. I write having just returned from Hong Kong where I visited the “Umbrella Movement” protests at Occupy Central. I write in […]
Gephardt National Council Member Named Chicago Treasurer
National Council member Kurt Summers (BU 00) was recently named treasurer.
Responsible Engagement in the Wake of Ferguson
The students, staff, and faculty affiliated with the Gephardt Institute for Public Service are deeply troubled by the events in Ferguson.
Welcome Our New Gephardt Scholar- Ryan Burton
Working toward a Masters of Social Work at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work
WUSTL Parents Support Goldman Fellows Program
Roger and Amy Faxon, proud parents of Sara Faxon (2015), have always valued education, volunteerism and civic engagement. The Faxons recently made a gift to Washington University in St. Louis, directing half of the gift to the College of Arts and Sciences and the other half to support the Goldman Fellows Program at the Gephardt […]
Civic Connection TedTalk From Gephardt Director
Dr. Amanda Moore McBride, Associate Dean for the Brown School and Director of the Gephardt Institute for Public Service, gave a TedTalk on rethinking civic connection and impact at TedxWUSTL.
St. Louis Up Close Focuses on Public Health Strategies
St. Louis Up Close is a series featuring casual dialogues with St. Louis non-profit leaders about the social issues they address, sponsored by the Gephardt Institute for Public Service and the Community Service Office. This past Wednesday, the topic of conversation was public health. A panel of three innovative field workers came to discuss new […]
Announcing: Inkstand Writing Workshop for Those Who Serve
Enjoy writing? Have experience as a volunteer or veteran? Inkstand is a writing workshop for people who serve (e.g., volunteers, veterans, public service professionals, etc.) and wish to reflect on their experiences through writing. Over the course of six weeks, participants draft, workshop, and revise an original essay, as well as discuss published works for […]
Journal Edition Focuses on International Service
International Service-Learning is the theme of the latest edition of the Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, available online at www.jheoe.uga.edu. The journal is a follow up to a research symposium at Washington University in April 2011 sponsored by the Center for Social Development and the Gephardt Institute for Public Service in partnership with Duke […]
WUSTL Named to President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll
For the sixth year, Washington University has been named to the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Service. The Honor Roll recognizes higher education institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities. Selection to the Honor Roll is […]
CGI U Programming Funds Available
Funds are now available for programs and events this spring semester at Washington University that have students as a target audience and relate to one or more of CGI U themes: • Education• Environment and Climate Change• Peace and Human Rights• Poverty Alleviation• Public Health The goal of this support is to build excitement for […]