Who Knew WashU?
Question: The university’s Class of 2025 is its largest and most diverse. But how many students graduated during WashU’s first Commencement ceremony in 1862?
Answer: D) 5. The first five graduates were: Henry Anderson, twins Charles and Henry Branch, Thomas Lamb Eliot (son of university co-founder William Greenleaf Eliot Jr.), and Regis Chauvenet (son of William Chauvenet, chair of mathematics and astronomy and chancellor from 1862-69).
Congrats to this week’s winner, Lin Zhang, who works at the School of Medicine and will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
Campus and community news
Three town halls set to get community input for strategic plan
As the university’s strategic planning process continues, those building recommendations want to hear from more of the university community. Three virtual town halls will take place next week.
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Video: First day for first-year students
Junior Amanda Sherman visited the South 40 on the first day of school to ask Washington University’s newest students what they’ve learned about life on campus.
