Tag: first day

Olin’s 20th Annual Welcome Back BBQ served more than 1,000 hungry students, professors, and staff on Aug. 25, 2014.

For the first time in its history, the cookout was held in the Knight Center Courtyard. The 95-plus degree heat drove many guests inside to tables in the new Atrium and the Knight Center Dining Room. An ice sculpture melted quickly as Dean Mahendra Gupta, faculty and staff dished out 730 hamburger and veggie burgers, and 300 hotdogs. Baked beans, salad, cake, and lots of lemonade completed the perfect menu for the first day of classes.

Undergrads and graduate students share their reactions to the renovations in Simon Hall and the new Knight and Bauer Halls in this video.

Videographers: Emma Kane and Tucker Pierce, members of the Class of 2015

Years from now, I hope you will be telling your children and grandchildren about the first day of classes at Knight Hall and Bauer Hall on St. Patrick’s Day 2014!

It was a historic occasion with Chancellor Wrighton, Provost Thorp, and Executive Vice Chancellor Hank Webber in attendance to welcome everyone to Olin’s expanded home.

It was great to see the wide-eyed, happy reactions as students stepped inside the Atrium for the first time. Enjoy more first day photos on our Flickr page.

We’ve already received several photos for the Selfie Contest…we’ll announce winners every week for the next six weeks, so be sure to enter!

Find out how to book a room or cater an event on the new General Services section of CampusGroups. If you can’t find answers there, send questions to: 4Buildings@olin.wustl.edu.

Images by Jerry Naunheim