University College

Dean: Robert Wiltenburg

Home Page: http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~ucollege/ Email: rewilten@artsci.wustl.edu Telephone: (314) 935-4806

University College is the evening and special-programs division of Washington University's College of Arts and Sciences. Part-time, evening, and summer-school students of all ages in the St. Louis area may attend Washington University through University College. Students can earn bachelor's or master's degrees or certificates, or take courses just for personal enrichment.

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WUSTL ponders its calling Universities' role in democracy examined in Saturday seminar series, Feb. 7-28 Jan. 23, 2009 -- What is the proper role of American higher education in shaping the values and ambitions of a free democratic society, and more specifically, what are Washington University's responsibilities as a citizen of the greater St. Louis community, the nation and the world? Getting the campus and surrounding community to reflect on these questions is the goal of the Master of Liberal Arts program's "Democracy and the University" seminar series.

Jazz at Holmes Fall series begins Sept. 11 with clarinetist Scott Alberici Sept. 4, 2008 -- Clarinetist Scott Alberici and his quartet will launch Washington University's Jazz at Holmes Series from 8 to 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. The series, which was launched in 1996, features professional jazz musicians from around St. Louis and abroad performing in Holmes Lounge — a casual, coffeehouse-style setting — most Thursday evenings throughout the fall and spring semesters.

Learn from the pros University College offers new strategic communication program Aug. 4, 2008 -- Working professionals looking to develop their writing and communication skills can now earn a Certificate in Strategic Communication at University College, Washington University in St. Louis' adult, continuing-education division of Arts & Sciences. The new, 21-credit program features courses in writing and strategic communication taught by well-known communication professionals in the St. Louis area.

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Bob Wiltenburg Dean of University College in Arts & Sciences Expertise: adult education, continuing education, liberal arts, poets, Ben Jonson, English composition, John Milton, … Direct contact: (314) 935-4806 / rewilten@artsci.wustl.edu

Rebecca Copeland Professor of Japanese Language & Literature Copeland received her Ph.D. in Japanese Literature from Columbia University in 1986. Her dissertation concerned the writer Uno Chiyo (1897-1996). This study was subsequently published as The Sound of the Wind: The Life and Works of Uno Chiyo (University of Hawai'i Press, 1992.) Copeland's study of ... Expertise: Japan, Japanese Literature, women writers, gender issues, translation theory and practice Direct contact: (314) 935-4903 / copeland@artsci.wustl.edu

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Harvard, for less: Extension courses' new allure New York Times and 3 others Nov. 18, 2005 -- Story on the growing number of students attending extension and continuing education programs -- especially at prestigious universities such as Harvard. These programs have long served midcareer adults and people with some previous college credit. But schools that accept younger students say interest is increasing, driven largely by economic considerations. WUSTL University College Dean Robert Wiltenburg comments.