Ready and able

Do you know where a fire extinguisher is located in your building or where to go in case of an evacuation?

Signs have started appearing around the Hilltop and West campuses that help answer those and other questions as part of the University's new emergency preparedness and disaster recovery plan.

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Advisers offer continuity, know-how

"Coach." For 29 years, Jim Burmeister has carried that respect-invoking label -- one that suggests tutelage, influence, mentoring.

But while his cheerful whistle is a campus trademark, Burmeister has never worn one around his neck. His "players" aren't found in the Athletic Complex -- they're the members of Thurtene, the University's junior honorary. Burmeister, executive director in the Office of Public Affairs, has served as the group's adviser since 1970.

"It happened very early in the game," Burmeister said, pun apparently unintended, while recalling the origin of his nickname. "The 'Mr. Burmeister' thing was very stiff. But typical of our students here, they handled the situation. They came up with 'Coach' on their own and it works beautifully. It's warm and comfortable and yet says, 'You're different than we are.'"

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Students, Women's Society collaborate on business plan

The Furniture Exchange at Washington University is implementing new marketing strategies, thanks to consulting help from Master of Business Administration students at the John M. Olin School of Business.

The recommended improvements came from a four-person team participating in the Taylor Community Consulting Program, who developed a plan to help the Furniture Exchange increase revenues, used to fund University scholarships.

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New regulations put in place for growing study abroad programs

"The world is a great book, of which they who never stir from home read only a page." -- Saint Augustine.

Less poetic but reflecting like spirit, the University's Study Abroad Task Force has prefaced new regulations for overseas study with this assertion: "As international travel and global interaction, education and communication play an ever greater role in everyday life, our students need to acquire the broad cultural knowledge, the languages and the practical skills to enable them to participate fully in a global society.

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