PLAN (Professional Leadership Academy & Network)
PLAN supports the growth of our staff, empowering them for leadership.
Signature Initiatives
Our initiatives are targeted investments to support equity and inclusion through every part of the university.
The innovations of students, staff and scholars are what will transform our university — and our world — for the better. Our initiatives empower WashU community members to drive change.
Chancellor’s Graduate Fellows Alumni Initiative
The Chancellor’s Graduate Fellows Alumni Initiative supports early-career academic scholars, encouraging them to enter the academy pipeline.
Distinguished Visiting Scholars
The Distinguished Visiting Scholars program brings underrepresented scholars to campus, exposing us to new ideas and showing leaders in their fields what WashU is like.
Diversity and Inclusion Grants
Diversity and Inclusion Grants invested in faculty/staff ideas to enhance diversity and inclusion at WashU.
Faculty Leadership Workshops
The faculty leadership development workshop series is designed to cultivate tomorrow’s academic leaders at WashU.
Ferguson Academic Seed Fund
The Ferguson Academic Seed Fund supported work that addresses the issues related to the development of sustainable urbanism in our communities.
Meharry Medical Scholars Program
The Meharry Medical Scholars program brings Meharry students to the School of Medicine to conduct research, connecting them with the pipeline for the school's residency programs.
PLAN (Professional Leadership Academy & Network)
PLAN supports the development of our staff and empowers them for leadership.
Signature Scholarships
Our signature scholarships provide financial support for students.
STEM Pipeline Consortium (WUDPC-STEM)
WUDPC-STEM encourages diversity in higher education and research.
Women Faculty Leadership Institute
WFLI empowers women faculty members who are in, or wish to assume, a leadership role in academia.
Our students will be global leaders and will blaze new trails worldwide. Our faculty is a global faculty, and our backgrounds inform the research and scholarship that takes place here. Excellence flows from full inclusion, and we are committed to making this university excellent in every way.
Bettina Drake
“Having dedicated time to think through, and a cohort of colleagues to hone my short- and long-term goals, helped prepare me for this role at Siteman where I serve as an intermediary between Siteman investigators and the community members it serves.”
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