Welcome to the sophomore year! Like the freshman year, this year is a time to explore new possibilities, but also it is a time to deepen your commitments to friends, student groups, and coursework.
You will pass two particularly important milestones during the sophomore year: joining a major and mapping out your plan for completing your Discovery Curriculum requirements.
You will also begin to explore more deeply the possibilities of getting involved in your major, studying abroad, considering postgraduate school and career options, inquiring into undergraduate research, and assuming leadership positions.
Whether in difficult or easy times, it’s also important to make the most of resources like money, health, time, and study skills, which help you move forward with strength and purpose.
Today your path ahead may not be clearly defined, but that’s only because you have not yet created it. As you travel on your personal journey to success, you have guides along the way—your faculty, advisors, and support staff across campus. We have been on this journey, too, and we can’t wait to see where yours will take you. --
The College of Arts & Sciences
Resources for Sophomore Support and Advocacy
If you have any particular needs as a sophomore, or if you have ideas for how the University can better support the sophomore class, you have several resources.
Your Four Year Advisor
Dean of the Day: Located at Umrath Hall East 115, or 314-935-7661. Open M-Th, 9-5, and Fri., 9-noon and 2:30-5.
A&S Sophomore Dean: Dean DeVoll at 314-935-5392 or mwdevoll@wustl.edu. Also available at Dean of the Day office on Thursdays, 9-noon.
Sophomore Class Council including External VP Wayne Banks, Treasurer Isaac Radnitzer, Secretary Zach Schmitz, Internal VP Luna Koizumi, and President Morgan DeBaun.
Feel free to stop by their weekly meetings to address issues or concerns relative to your experience as a sophomore at WashU. Meeting times will be posted on the Student Union website. Also meet them at http://web.me.com/schmitzz46/Site/Welcome.html and email them at class20129@su.wustl.edu.
“I’m a counselor in the Leadership Through Service pre-orientation program, where we do a lot of different service events throughout St. Louis so new students can see what the service opportunities are.”
