2021 Beyond Brochure

The 2021

Beyond

Brochure: A PROGRAM GUIDE AND NEXT STEPS FOR BEYOND BOUNDARIES

Welcome to the Beyond Boundaries Program WE ARE DELIGHTED THAT YOU HAVE DECIDED TO JOIN THE BEYOND BOUNDARIES PROGRAM AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS THIS FALL!

The Beyond Boundaries Program at WashU is a two-year program, with an optional two-year extension, that equips students to make a difference in a complicated world. By allowing students to enter WashU unaffiliated with any one school, the program allows you to address challenges that do not reside in the territory of a single discipline. This booklet helps you learn more about: ❶ Program leadership ❷ Advising information ❸ Overview outline of the program specifics, and curricular and extra-curricular expectations ❹ Beyond Boundaries course offerings (open to all 1st Year students, but program students get priority enrollment) ❺ Epixego Mentor/Mentee Opportunity ❻ Bear Beginnings/Orientation ❼ The Beyond Boundaries Program app

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Program Leadership

Rob Morgan

Director of the Beyond Boundaries Program Teaching Professor in Drama Scenic/Industrial/Exhibit Designer rmorgan@wustl.edu Rob is delighted to be directing the Beyond Boundaries Program at WashU. Rob is in his 11th year of teaching at Washington University in the area of stage design for the Performing Arts Department. He has designed professionally in the areas of theatre, industrial, film, museum, and theme park venues and his professional website is here.

Rob also co-teaches a Beyond Boundaries class called Designing Creativity.

Directing the Beyond Boundaries Program gives Rob the opportunity to work with a select group of students who desire to collaborate across disciplines, and interact with multiple schools and departments. Rob has a master’s degree in scenic design from San Diego State University and a bachelor’s degree from Webster University.

Jenni Harpring

Assistant Director of the Beyond Boundaries Program Teaching Professor & Assistant Dean for Social Work at the Brown School jharpring@wustl.edu Jenni Harpring focuses on community-engaged teaching, creating collaborative learning environments, advising, and higher education administration.

A winner of the Excellence in Advising award, she is intent working with students to achieve their goals.

Throughout her career in community engagement she has held positions at a Public Health Department, City Housing Department, and non-profit organizations. She has over 10 years of higher education experience in civic engagement, social work, and public health education.

As Assistant Dean for Social Work, Jenni draws on over 15 years of professional experiences at the intersection of large decision-making institutions and their surrounding communities to develop field education curriculum.

In addition to field education, Jenni teaches community-based courses in both the social work and public health programs.

Simone Picker

Program Coordinator simonepicker@wustl.edu Simone Picker is thrilled to be a part of the Beyond Boundaries team.

She has almost 10 years experience in the non-profit sector as a program coordinator. Simone has had the opportunity to work with many populations, including being a field instructor for MSW students in the St. Louis area. Simone is a proud alumna of Washington University, studying Psychology and Spanish as an undergraduate and earning her MSW from the Brown School of Social Work.

She is looking forward to working with each Beyond Boundaries student to create their unique path as they pursue their passions and gain access to the incredible resources available to them.

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Academic Advising

At right and above are the advisors from each of the four undergraduate schools who are specifically involved in helping to advise Beyond Boundaries Program students. Please use them as a resource for advice on the program as well as major/minor requirements in their respective schools.

Should you be interested in two schools, you are welcome to schedule an appointment with a 2nd advisor (after scheduling your primary).

With a program like Beyond Boundaries that lives outside of traditional educational and school norms, it is imperative that first-year students be engaged and self-initiated in regards to crafting and planning their own educational path.

Students will receive support from undergraduate advisors familiar with the requirements of the Beyond Boundaries Program.

Each student in the Beyond Boundaries Program is assigned an advisor from one of the four undergraduate schools: Arts & Sciences, Business, Engineering, or Art & Architecture. Your advisor is determined based on your primary area of major that you cited on your WashU application. Please contact your advisor and schedule either a virtual or in-person advising session to be certain that you enroll in the appropriate courses that meet the minimum requirements in each school. You will

meet with this advisor periodically during your first year and thereafter at least once every semester to register for classes.

Georgia Binnington

Paige LaRose

Dirk Killen

Melanie Osborn

Associate Dean, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts 314.935.6532 gbinning@wustl.edu

Associate Dean, College of Arts & Sciences 314.935.9457 dkillen@wustl.edu

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW ● Fill out this online form (found at beyondboundaries.wustl.edu) to select your preferred Beyond Boundaries course for fall. ● Contact your undergraduate advisor to pre-enroll and plan your first year course schedule.

Assistant Dean & Director of Undergraduate Programs, Olin Business School 314.935.7774 plarose@wustl.edu

Assistant Dean, Engineering Student Services 314.935.8013 osborn@wustl.edu

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PHASE A: Foundation

PHASE B: Focus

YEAR ONE

YEAR THREE

YEAR FOUR

All Phase B Participants:

Interdisciplinary or Collaborative Capstone Project – Co-advised and mentored by two faculty – Offer multiple disciplinary perspectives on their work

Beyond Boundaries Seminar

1

College Writing (student choice) 3 Beyond Boundaries Course CHOOSE ONE FROM:

FALL

– Earth’s Future: Global Climate Change – Designing Creativity: Innovation Across Disciplines – Art of Medicine – When I’m 64: Transforming Your Future – The Endgame of Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Capitalism for Good

SPRING

3

YEAR TWO

points-based system Less structured curriculum (based on your interests) CHOOSE MULTIPLE FROM FOLLOWING:

– Weekend Problem-Solving Seminars & Workshops – Co-Curricular Service Opportunities – Lecture Series – Networking Events – Community Building Events – Discussion Participation – Interdisciplinary Courses

Beyond Boundaries Seminar

1

Beyond Boundaries Course CHOOSE ONE FROM:

3

Less structured curriculum (based on your interests) CHOOSE MULTIPLE FROM FOLLOWING:

– Gender, Youth and Global Health – To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet, Prosperity – Environmental Racism and the Health of Everyone

OR (strongly encouraged)

– Weekend Problem-Solving Seminars & Workshops

– Community Building Events

YOUR CHOICE OF BEAR BRIDGE COURSES

(OPEN ONLY TO BB PROGRAM STUDENTS)

– Empathy First: Solutions with Heart – Law, Race & Design: Examining the St. Louis Story

– Co-Curricular Service Opportunities – Lecture Series – Networking Events – Discussion Participation – Interdisciplinary Courses – Spring Break Opportunity

When available, a summer research/ internship in one of these Interdisciplinary Institutes on campus:

SUMMER

points-based system

– Interdisciplinary Program in the Humanities – Institute for School Partnerships – Skandalaris Center for Interdisciplinary Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Gephardt Institute for Civic and Community Engagement – Institute for Public Health – Office of Socially Engaged Practice – Institute for Informatics – Institute for Informational Science – Clark-Fox Institute – Office of Sustainability – International Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (InCEES)

Participants who complete Phase A receive a Milestone Notation in their transcript

OFF RAMP FOR PHASE A STUDENTS (IF DESIRED) AND ON-RAMP FOR ALL PHASE B STUDENTS

11 credits (2 semesters)

– Apply to the program via application. Chosen based on demonstrated interest in interdisciplinary study and problem-solving – Ongoing connection to the BB Program with students in yrs 1&2 via social activities and integrative discussion.

– Continue pportunities similar to Year Two of the program – Added areas include: • Study abroad opportunities • Select courses in the graduate and professional schools (when available) • Attend co-curricular programming that engages faculty at these schools

points-based system

and/or E-Portfolio – A summation of your research and interdisciplinary study.

Could be an answer to your ‘big question’ or some other interdisciplinary topic.

(same as above)

Participants who complete Phase B receive a Milestone Notation in their transcript

Program Structure CURRICULAR AND EXTRA-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES

PHASE A: FOUNDATION First and Second Year Requirements

PHASE B: FOCUS Third and Fourth Year Requirements

First Year Courses

University Sponsored Events with Point Assignments

College Writing Fall

3 credits

Opportunities listed in Phase A

25 points total

Beyond Boundaries Seminar Fall and Spring

2 credits

25 points total

Beyond Boundaries Courses Fall and Spring 2 courses

6 credits

Collaborative Capstone or E-Portfolio Project

PHASE B TRANSCRIPT MILESTONE NOTATION At least 50 points earned during third and fourth years

University Sponsored Events with Point Assignments Guest Speaker/Lecture

1 point

Networking or Community-building Events/Symposia

2 points

Co-curricular Interdisciplinary Service Opportunities

5 points

Weekend Topic-based Seminars

8 points

Spring Break Opportunities

10 points

Summer Research/Internship

15 points

Interdisciplinary Courses Years 2-4 with BB attribute 3 credits or more

20 points

PHASE A TRANSCRIPT MILESTONE NOTATION Completion of first year curricular requirements plus 50 points (minimum) earned

Points are managed via the

Beyond Boundaries App! (see last page for more information)

APPROXIMATE TIME COMMITMENT FOR EACH EVENT CATEGORY not including courses Guest Speaker/Lecture

1-2 hours

Networking or Community-building Events/Symposia

2-4 hours

Co-curricular Interdisciplinary Service Opportunities

5-8 hours

Weekend Topic-based Seminars

8 hours–2 days

Spring Break Opportunities

3 days–1 week

Summer Research/Internship

2 weeks–2 months

Interdisciplinary Courses 20 points following written proposal by student and approval by

Faculty Advisory Council

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Beyond Boundaries and Bear Bridge Courses Beyond Boundaries Seminar 2 credits Led by the Beyond Boundaries Program Director, Rob Morgan and Assistant Director Jenni Harpring, this course will cover selected relevant topics including interdisciplinary projects and lectures, collaboration, ideation exercises, and college student development. It is an interactive seminar in which students will participate in exercises related to prototyping futures, mind-mapping, salon-type discussions, dialogue, reflection, and related activities. There will be opportunities to meet and hear from faculty representing all seven schools at Washington University. The knowledge gained is designed to contribute to academic success, personal development, and a more rewarding social and academic experience over the course of the college experience.

This is a pass/fail course and students will earn one credit in the Fall semester and one credit in Spring semester.

College Writing 3 credits During the fall semester, students will join other first-year students to take the 3-unit university-wide college writing course. This course will focus on basic writing skills and communication across disciplines. It will meet three days per week. The course will be taught by a faculty member in sections of 12 students. It will include various contributions from faculty in other departments and across divisions through lecture series, class visits, panels, and interviews.

The courses will be grouped into six themes—Identity, Justice, Environment, Dreams & Nightmares, Technology, and Foodways—which students will self-select into. The When I’m 64 course has an optional writing section as well.

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Beyond Boundaries Courses 6 credits

BEYOND BOUNDARIES

Designing Creativity: Innovation Across Disciplines

First year students in the Beyond Boundaries Program will be required to complete two Beyond Boundaries courses (one in the fall and one in the spring), for which they will have priority enrollment.

Beyond Boundaries courses are designed to prepare students for a rapidly evolving world characterized by social, political, scientific, and economic problems that cannot be solved using knowledge from a single discipline. Teamtaught by faculty from different schools across Washington University, Beyond Boundaries courses offer a window into how scholars from different disciplines approach big, critical topics—like our aging population, the nature of creativity, the phenomenon of climate change, and the evolving art of medicine.

These courses will offer students in this program tangible examples from interdisciplinary approaches to these topics, including examples of faculty from across schools participating in interdisciplinary exploration.

Fall Courses:

BEYOND BOUNDARIES

The Art of Medicine

Rob Morgan, College of Arts & Sciences Bruce Lindsey, Sam Fox School From “ah-ha” epiphanies to slow-developing discoveries, the creative process has been employed by innovators and artists in virtually every corner of the globe for centuries.

Designing Creativity is a course that will explore the study and practice of the creative process across many disciplines with input from prominent thinkers and practitioners in the areas of medicine, neuroscience, law, engineering, architecture, human-centered design, business, stage design, and the performing arts. The class will also incorporate practice of design thinking and creativity techniques in a lab component that will allow students to explore the development of innovative ideas in collaborative teams followed by project presentations to core faculty and classmates. For more, visit the course website here.

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Earth’s Future: Causes and Consequences of Global Climate Change

Rebecca Messbarger, College of Arts & Sciences Patricia Olynyk, Sam Fox School Within our contemporary culture, there has been a perceptible move toward de-emphasizing the boundary conditions that strictly define medicine on one hand and art on the other. This interdisciplinary, cross-school course offers students a singular encounter with the history of Western medicine and its represenatations within the visual arts through lectures, discussions, and a variety of written and artistic assignments. Faculty from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts and the School of Arts and Sciences will collaborate with visiting artists and faculty from biomedical ethics, the Medical School, and the Institute of Public Health. Be sure to check out the podcast episode featuring Professor Messbarger talking about this class and click here for a link to final projects.

T.R. Kidder, College of Arts & Sciences Brent Williams, McKelvey School of Engineering Climate change is said by many to be one of the most important issues of our time. This course examines 1) the physical basis for climate change; 2) how climates are changing, and how we know and assess that climates are changing; and 3) the effects of climate change on natural and human systems. The course is team-taught and will

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involve participation by scholars across the university with expertise in specific subjects. Earth’s Future is a broad, introductory course for first year students. While this course presumes no special subject matter knowledge on the part of the student you will be exposed to a broad array of scholarship across the sciences, social sciences, engineering, and humanities. Be sure to check out the podcast episode featuring Professor Kidder talking about this class and this article online.

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The Endgame of Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Capitalism for Good

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When I’m 64: Transforming Your Future

Brian Carpenter, College of Arts & Sciences Nancy Morrow-Howell, Brown School of Social Work Susy Stark, School of Medicine Whether you know it or not, you’re living in the midst of a revolution – a revolution that’s going to change your personal and professional lives. You’ll live into your 80s and 90s, with a 50% chance of seeing your 100th birthday.

This demographic revolution is going to change the health care you receive, the house you live in, the car you drive, the jobs you do, and the relationships you have with family and friends. In other words, this revolution will shape every aspect of your life. This class will give you an edge in understanding how you can harness these forces to shape your career and life. During the semester you’ll have the opportunity to learn from a multidisciplinary group of educators and professionals who are addressing issues related to aging right now. You’ll also have an opportunity to get off campus and witness for yourself how businesses, organizations, and the community are getting ready for the change in the city’s demographics. Be sure to check out the podcast episode featuring these faculty members talking about their class and this article/video online.

II Luscri, Asst Vice Provost - Innovation and Entrepreneurship Heather Cameron, Brown School of Social Work Doug Villard, Olin Business School Joe Steensma, Brown School of Social Work Historically, profit has been a key driver of human behavior.

In this class, students will learn to take advantage of the profit seeking motive to address inequality, environmental degradation, food insecurity, and international conflict.

With an emphasis on interdisciplinary and project based learning, teams of students will design implementable solutions to these challenges while developing creative problem solving behaviors that will benefit them in their personal, academic, professional, and charitable pursuits at WashU and beyond. Be sure to check out the podcast episode of Professors Steensma and Cameron talking about this course here.

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Spring Courses: BEYOND BOUNDARIES

Gender, Youth, and Global Health

Jessica Levy, Brown School Caline Mattar, School of Medicine Through in-depth case studies, this course provides an introduction to gender specific issues in the context of childhood and adolescence, poverty, and global health.

Students will learn to identify how gender and gender differences affect conditions of life in the areas of reproductive health, nutrition, conflict, access to healthcare, and the social determinants of health—especially for young people. Students will learn to analyze health conditions and disparities in relation to both the micro dynamics of local worlds and the macro dynamics of large-scale social forces in the post-colonial global field.

Additionally, they will come to understand the current challenges that global health practitioners and institutions confront in achieving gender equity, and the current efforts toward closing the gap. These learning objectives will be achieved using lectures, but also discussions-based sessions and Skype-based interactions with NGOs and experts who are currently working in the field. Check out the SP 2018 flyer for this course here.

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To Sustainability and Beyond: People, Planet, Prosperity

Anvi Solanki, McKelvey School of Engineering David Webb, College of Arts & Sciences Sustainable development is the pathway to a sustainable society and every discipline has it’s own sense of what that means and how to pursue it. Thus, the first part of the course provides perspectives on sustainability across disciplines. Students will be introduced to global concepts in sustainability and examine how they relate to specific issues in the greater St. Louis community, learning what it means to be civic-minded stewards of social and ecological systems. Additionally, they will work on developing critical soft skills needed for success on the job, such as effective communication techniques, time management, leadership, responsibility, and accountability. The second part of the course prepares students to work with community partners in the St. Louis region using sustainability as a lens for examining opportunities and challenges. Students will collaborate across disciplines; explore interdisciplinary interests; learn from a diverse cohort of faculty, community partners and peers; and gain meaningful hands-on experience. Students will emerge from this course with a systems-level understanding of sustainability, a working knowledge of the fundamentals of community engagement, and an appreciation for values-based civic stewardship.

Experience in this course will prepare students for applied project-based work in other courses or internships, regardless of academic discipline.

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BEYOND BOUNDARIES

Environmental Racism & the Health of Everyone

Angela Hobson, Brown School: Public Health Scott Krummenacher, Arts & Sciences: Environmental Studies Environmental inequalities threaten the health and well-being of low-income communities and communities of color who are increasingly on the frontlines in the fight against climate change, air and water pollution, food security, and many other urgent environmental problems. Like many urban areas, the St. Louis region faces egregious social, environmental and health disparities. In this course, we critically examine the role of racism and other structural policy inequalities that produce unequal environments and how those unequal environments contribute to public health disparities in St. Louis and beyond. We explore the use of public health data, policy options, and case studies that allow for evidence-based solutions to environmental racism and improved population health. This course that combines small group sessions, case studies and speakers working on environmental justice in the St. Louis region. We provide students with interdisciplinary perspectives and methods, challenging them to address racism and environmental policy through a population health lens. Student learning will be assessed through case studies, reflections, online assignments, and exams.

For interviews with Beyond Boundaries faculty and students, subscribe to the Beyond Boundaries Podcast! beyondboundaries.wustl.edu/podcast

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First-Year Bear Bridge Courses 3 credits Spring Semester Only

In the spring semester, students in the Beyond Boundaries cohort only have an opportunity to apply their interdisciplinary knowledge to important social and intellectual questions via a ‘Bear Bridge’ course.

Bear Bridge courses are intended to: – Apply knowledge and experience from team-taught Beyond Boundaries courses in a project-based, applied context.

– Allow students to collaborate with partners in the St Louis community towards solving real-world problems.

– Reinforce cohort experience within the Beyond Boundaries program. Students enrolled in the Beyond Boundaries program will have a cohort-building experience, and Bear Bridge courses will reinforce these connections.

– Prepare students for on going interdisciplinary approaches in their following three years on campus. Bear Bridge courses will give students a set of tools to apply interdisciplinary approaches, including informing their choice of major, their approach to capstone, and their self-identity as a scholar.

Bear Bridge

Law, Race, & Design: Examining the St. Louis Story

Penina Acayo Laker, Sam Fox School John Inazu, Law School & Danforth Center for Religion & Politics This interdisciplinary course focuses on the intersection of law and race in St. Louis. From Dred Scott to Ferguson, St. Louis has served as a focal point for some of the most important issues in our country’s long and still unfinished work toward racial equality. The law has played an important role in these developments; judicial opinions, city ordinances, and commission reports have shaped how we understand questions of race and equality. But the law is not simply the written word: it involves people, practices,

places, and the stories we tell about them. How we communicate our stories ultimately affects how we understand those stories and how we understand ourselves. This course situates law within stories and equips students to communicate those stories in ways that draw from a range of communication design methodological tools. Using design research, thinking, and a human-centered design approach, this course will challenge students to connect the words of legal documents with the experiences of those whose lives are situated by them. Learn more about this course in the podcast episode featuring the professors.

Bear Bridge

Empathy First: Creating Solutions With Heart

Liz Kramer, Sam Fox School Jenni Harpring, Brown School of Social Work Decisions that impact the daily lives of people are often made without consideration of the lived experience of those impacted, resulting in harm and eroded trust.

Empathy is a critical tool for understanding the lived experience of others and creating better quality of life for all people. This class will introduce integrating empathy into decisions through the methods, processes, and approaches used in design and social work. Students will examine how empathy is incorporated into the development and implementation of new solutions to wicked problems through conversations with experts in health, law, and business, community-based team projects, reflection, and discussion.

Course activities will build cohort connections via collaboration with a community partner in the St. Lous region.

Be sure to check out the podcast episode featuring these faculty members talking about their class here.

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Epixego Mentor/Mentee Program The Epixego Mentor/Mentee Program is a unique opportunity for students in the Beyond Boundaries Program to learn from recent WashU alum "near-peer" mentors and establish a social network as a bridge to a future post graduation.

Your involvement is valuable for the following reasons: - Acknowledging that your learning and skills are much more than degrees and majors alone. By articulating them, you are likely to find near-peers/upperclassmen/recent alums with similar interests and passions - Development happens inside and outside the classroom.

Knowing and articulating them is valuable in your pursuit of academic-career path/s for you.

- An opportunity to be connected and mentored by those just a couple of steps ahead of you. With social distancing and COVID-19, there is an opportunity, over a digital medium, to learn and be mentored by recent alums or upperclassmen who share interests with you.

"I CAME WITH NO DIRECTION AND LEFT WITH SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE AND GREAT CONNECTIONS." - TINUOLA ADEBUKOLA, BB CLASS OF 2023 (AFTER ATTENDING AN EPIXEGO MEETUP)

- Surface experiential learning opportunities (internship/ jobs/externships, project-based learning) where your skills and interests would be in demand.

CREATE AN EPIXEGO PROFILE AT: EPIXEGO AND 'APPLY' TO THE "WASHU BEYOND BOUNDARIES" GROUP!

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Bear Beginnings FIRST-YEAR FALL ORIENTATION

Bear Beginnings is a nine-day orientation program that assists new students with their academic, personal, social, and cultural transition into the Washington University and St. Louis communities.

MOVE-IN DAY AND FAMILY PROGRAMMING Friday, August 20 (Beyond Boundaries Program students only) – Students will move into Dardick Residence Hall in the Wayman Crow Residential College.

Saturday, August 21 – Students will become more acquainted with their residential college.

Parents and families can look forward to programming specific to their needs, and bid farewell to their students!

Sunday, August 22

CHECK OUT newstudents.wustl. edu FOR THE MOST UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION

– We hope to offer in-person Parent & Family Orientation experiences on Sunday, August 22nd ending no later than 3:00 PM CST. Final decisions regarding Parent & Family Orientation will be made later in summer following public health safety protocols and guidelines available at that time. More information can be found on the Parent & Family Orientation page.

ACADEMIC DIVISION ORIENTATION Monday, August 23; Tuesday, August 24; and Wednesday, August 25 – Students will connect with their peers in their academic colleges, get oriented with degree requirements and resources, and explore exciting opportunities.

In the evening, all-class traditions and programs will take place.

CONVOCATION Saturday, August 28 – Convocation is the official academic welcome to the University for new students and their families. Convocation includes speeches from a senior student and university leadership.

Families will receive a “Convocation kit” in the mail so they can participate in our university tradition from home on Saturday, August 28.

CLASSES BEGIN Monday, August 30

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BEYOND BOUNDARIES PROGRAM IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE* Cohort Only *SUBJECT TO CHANGE based on COVID protocols dictated by WashU Thursday, August 26 and Friday, August 27 – Beyond Boundaries students will participate in a two-day Immersive Experience that will allow students to get to know one another and program leaders. Goals of the Immersive Experience are as follows: • Build relationships between BB students through shared experiences through a cultural, social, artistic, design, and educational lens.

• Meet, engage, and learn from WU Faculty and Staff during discussions and tours.

• Discover and learn about the larger St. Louis community in a cross disciplinary way.

• Assist with students’ acclimation to campus and share information about resources.

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beyondboundaries.wustl.edu EMAIL

beyondboundaries@wustl.edu @BBoundariesWU

Get the App! Be sure to download the new Beyond Boundaries App found on Google Play and Apple App store!

Then create a profile and begin to explore the curricular and extra-curricular opportunities found there, connect with other cohort members, and collaborate!