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Mark S. Wrighton

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

WashU Racial Incident Prompts Response From Chancellor Wrighton

Chancellor Mark S. Wrighton addressed the entire Washington University community regarding the incident in an email on Tuesday afternoon.

Editor's note: Ryan Martin is enrolled in MBA classes at Washington University in St. Louis.  Last week, Patch reported that a fraternity at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) was under investigation after allegations surfaced of racially offensive activity.  Student Life, the independent campus newspaper, reported that the students photographed a group of black students who were eating together. They then started singing rap lyrics and used the N-word, the paper reported. Since then, the campus newspaper reported that the entire incident was related to Sigma Alpha Epsilon's pledge process.  The string of events—which gained media attention from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Riverfront Times, Huffington Post and others—drew a …

Douglas Andrews

4:02 am on Thursday, March 7, 2013

Mikey Parks is....an idiot! Possibly ....a racist. Probably ....a wash u student from the east coast that couldn't get into an Ivy League college.... And mos def not a well versed learned historian of the great American genre that is RAP! Hey Mikey, come on down to vintage vinyl this weekend to see the great RAKIM ( before your time kid) perform and get your world rocked you poor fool! Peace.   more ›

Thursday, October 25, 2012

How Does WashU's Leadership Compare to Other Universities?

The chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis has a high approval rating, according to a recent survey compiled by an outside company.

The chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis ranks among the most popular nationwide. That's according to a Huffington Post report that reviewed survey results compiled by Glassdoor, a company that combs through information about company reviews, salaries and more. Glassdoor asked university employees to answer a question about their leadership's performance.  Mark S. Wrighton, who has been chancellor of WashU since 1995, holds a 96 percent approval rating, according to the report. He only trails four others who each hold 100 percent approval ratings: Wrighton's celebrated accomplishments include a major increase in undergraduate applications, new programs in biomedical engineering and American culture studies, and construction of …

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