MEDIA ADVISORY: Washington University Commencement is 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 16
Washington University’s 153rd Commencement is at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 16, in Brookings Quadrangle on the Danforth Campus. The university will award 3,030 degrees to 2,899 undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Baseball Hall of Famer Tony La Russa will deliver the 2014 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree.
Class of 2014 settles into life on Danforth Campus
Approximately 1,600 members of the Class of 2014 arrived on campus this past August. Nearly all the freshmen graduated in the top 5 percent or 10 percent of their high school class, and more than 60 percent traveled at least 500 miles from their hometowns to WUSTL. “We were impressed with their talents and abilities, as they stood out among the finest students in their high schools around the world,” says Julie Shimabukuro, director of admissions.
Beginning the journey
First-year medical students in the Class of 2014 — 122 in all — received their white coats at an Aug. 13 ceremony at the School of Medicine.