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Latest News From The Gephardt Institute
WashU earns fifth Voter Friendly Campus nod
Last week, WashU was again named a Voter Friendly Campus, one of 272 campuses in 39 states and the District of Columbia by Fair Elections Center’s Campus Vote Project and NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The initiative recognizes institutions that have planned and implemented practices that encourage their students to register and […]
2025 Civic Action Week Events Calendar
Date and Time Title Link to Event Page Feb. 17, 2025 at 12 p.m. Civic Action Week: Amplify Your Voice: Best Practices for Effective State-Level Advocacy https://gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu/calendar_event/civic-action-week-amplify-your-voice/ Feb. 17, 2025 at 2 p.m. Civic Action Week: Connecting Campus to Community with the Campus Y https://gephardtinstitute.wustl.edu/calendar_event/civic-action-week-campus-y/ Feb. 17, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. Civic Action Week: Interwoven […]
Please Help Honor Jane Gephardt
Matching Gift Opportunity to Support the St. Louis Fellows Program January 13, 2025 marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of Jane Gephardt, Congressman Dick Gephardt’s wife of 57 years. Jane played a key role in the establishment of the Gephardt Institute. To honor Jane, we have a goal of establishing the Jane Gephardt Memorial Fellow […]
In massive third year increase,Civic Action Week hosts 28 events
The Gephardt Institute hosted its third annual Civic Action Week last week, Feb. 17-23, to highlight civic and community engagement opportunities and topics across campus in events largely proposed and hosted by WashU student groups, schools and departments. The first two years of Civic Action Week saw 12 and 16 events, respectively. But in 2025, […]
Gephardt students extend summer work through St. Louis Impact Fund
The Gephardt Institute awarded $11,100, through the St. Louis Impact Fund, to nine St. Louis Fellows and Civic Scholars to support their goals to make deeper impacts in the community-engaged work they began last summer. These Partnership Extension Grants help students extend their time with the organizations they partnered with during the summer to continue making […]
Philanthropy Lab students champion funding for local farm nonprofit
In 2024, The Philanthropy Lab national organization granted $62,500 to nonprofits in the St. Louis region through their Ambassador Board. These organizations were championed not only by WashU students, but even a student from Stanford University. Offered in partnership with the Gephardt Institute, Philanthropy Lab is a sociology course designed to give students a theoretical […]
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