Catalysts

There's a small band of 10 within the incoming master of business administration (MBA) class -- the class of '01 -- that could make a big difference for the John M. Olin School of Business, the University and the community.

They're the first group of Wood Leadership Fellows, who, because of demonstrated leadership ability and potential, received two-year, full-tuition scholarships in the full-time MBA program. As persons who were most sought after by the University and other top business schools, they are expected to be a catalyst in attracting employers, faculty and other students. Collectively, they also are expected to initiate projects that will contribute to thecommunity, the University and the school.

Alumni Howard Wood, cofounder of Charter Communications, Inc., and his wife, Joyce Wood, owner of Wood and Associates, a management consulting firm, pledged $6.6million to provide these scholarships for this year and for at least the next four years.

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Gift endows three A&S scholarships

An anonymous donor has established three endowed scholarships in the names of Arts & Sciences professors who have had long and distinguished careers at Washington University: Michael W. Friedlander, Ph.D., professor of physics; Robert McDowell, Ph.D., professor emeritus of mathematics and former director of the Teaching Center; and Peter Riesenberg, Ph.D., professor emeritus of history. Together, they have given more than 113 years of service to their students, their departments and the University.

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Making strides

Washington University is making strides in its commitment to increase the participation of minority- and women-owned firms on construction projects.

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Program seeks to foster new career in geriatric social work

Recognizing the growing need for skilled geriatric social workers, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work is planning to offer students a specialized practicum training program that stresses an interdisciplinary approach in the provision of social services for older adults.

The social work school is one of 11 selected to participate in the program, which attracted applications from nearly half of the nation's 130 schools of social work. Known as the Geriatric Social Work Practicum Development Program, the effort is funded nationally by the John A. Hartford Foundation of New York. The New York Academy ofMedicine will monitor and coordinate national operations.

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