monday, february 12, 2024

Hybrid Format / In person or via Zoom
Lunch buffet served at 12:00pm / Talk at 12:30pm
Please email Liz Bayer at bayere@wustl.edu for physical location and/or Zoom link.

speaker details:

Andrew D. Martin
Chancellor, Washington University in St. Louis

At his inauguration in 2019, Chancellor Martin cast a vision for elevating WashU’s academic distinction, providing broader access to WashU’s world-class educational experience, and deepening the university’s partnerships and impact in the St. Louis region. That vision was translated into “Here and Next,” a bold strategic plan for WashU’s next era of impact, launched in October 2022.

Chancellor Martin’s first major initiative from Here and Next is “Make Way: Our Student Initiative,” a fundraising effort that will remove obstacles to success, provide transformational scholarships and fellowships, and allow all WashU students the personalized support they need to thrive. Make Way builds on the momentum of the university’s WashU Pledge – a commitment to cover the costs of a WashU education for outstanding lower-income students from Missouri and Southern Illinois – and of “Gateway to Success,” a $1 billion investment in student support that allowed WashU to shift to need-blind admissions in 2021.

Martin, who also is a professor of political science, law, statistics and data science, served from 2014-2018 as dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. Previously, he served in various positions at WashU, including as the Charles Nagel Chair of Constitutional Law and Political Science at the School of Law, vice dean of the School of Law, founding director of the Center for Empirical Research in the Law, and chair of the Department of Political Science in Arts & Sciences.