 Rock 'n' Care Alpha Epsilon Pi brothers Jacob Cynamon (left), Matt MacRaild (center), both freshmen, and sopho- more Mike Fine take a turn rocking April 26 in Bowles Plaza to raise money for the Children's Cancer Fund at St. Louis Children's Hospital. Fraternity members rocked in 24-hour shifts to reach the 96-hour goal from April 23 to 27, raising more than $11,500 in donations from passersby and from selling raffle tickets. |
InsuranceOpen enrollment runs May 1-31; University raises its contributionBy Christine FarmerEmployees wanting to make changes to their health care benefits may do so now through the end of the month. Open enrollment, which began May 1, allows employees to enroll, make additions, make changes or cancel health or dental-only coverage without pre-existing condition limitations. The Human Resources office mailed information packets about open enrollment to employees' campus boxes last month. The packets include information about new rates and changes in health benefits plans effective July 1. "After negotiation, we received rates from our three health carriers with increases ranging from 9 to 12 percent," said Tom Lauman, director of benefits. "Our increases are consistent with those experienced by other employers both locally and nationally, and the University will contribute 11.5 percent more than last year." Rates will remain the same for employees with Health Partners coverage for themselves only. Those with Alliance Blue Cross Catastrophic employee-only and employee-with-one-dependent coverage also will see no increase in their rate. |
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April Welcome breaks records, brings 1,700 students to campusA record-breaking number of visitors -- more than 1,100 admitted students and about 600 high school juniors -- came to Washington University last month for the eighth annual April Welcome. Almost 300 high school seniors attended Multicultural Celebration Weekend alone, held April 13-16. |
 An evening gown by senior Annie Liu is modeled by Jenny Knoll. The gown, from a series inspired by ancient gods, is based on the goddess Venus and is part of the School of Art's 71st annual Fashion Show at the Saint Louis Galleria May 7. |
'Notions 2000,' 71st annual Fashion Show, at Galleria May 7By Liam OttenElegant, opulent and glamorous; cute, kinky and sexy; pert, perky, prim and smart -- such notions are the lingua franca of fashion design, each suggesting a certain type of clothing and a certain type of wearer. The School of Art will offer a crash course in fashion vocabulary when "Notions 2000," the Fashion Design Program's 71st annual Fashion Show, takes to the catwalk at the Saint Louis Galleria Sunday, May 7. The show -- a fully choreographed, Paris-style extravaganza featuring more than 50 models and 100 outfits -- kicks off with a reception at 7:30 p.m. in the Galleria's Garden Court, located near the entrance to Lord & Taylor. The main event gets under way at 8 p.m. and is followed by a dessert reception for the designers and audience. "As a designer, you want to make sure that your notions about clothing are in sync with your audiences'," said Jeigh Singleton, associate professor of art and coordinator of the fashion design program. "I tell my students that fashion is universal, not personal. It's not about me, and it's not about you: it's about them, the customer. Designers need to be able to strike certain chords and, in fashion, those chords are usually notions like 'glamorous' or 'tailored' or 'fun' or 'funky.'" On display will be sportswear, ball gowns, coats, dress groups, cocktail dresses, daytime dresses, wool suits and art-to-wear jackets by the program's seven seniors and nine juniors. The show also will highlight the seniors' signature collections, in which each student creates a consistent, fully realized body of work. |
Social work scholars press key initiativesProbing welfare reform's impact on IndiansBy Gerry Everding"Empowering American Indian Families: New Perspective on Welfare Reform" is the topic of a national symposium to be hosted by the Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work Friday and Saturday, May 5-6. It is one of two conferences inaugurating the 75th anniversary celebration at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work. |
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