Service Activities
Butterfly Garden
Jean Davis, Co-chair
Email: davis@wustl.edu
Tedi Macias, Co-chair
Marlene O'Brien, Co-chair
Leigh Pratter, Co-chair
Lee Anne Quatrano, Co-chair
Carol Shapiro, Gisela Ahadi, Terry Beachy, Marcia Bernstein, Alki Lappas-Case, Ruth Chen, Clare Davis, Joan Dellbringge, Sondra Ellis, Betty Epstein, Jasmine Fazzari, Karen Fields, Linda Fried, Elsie Glickert, Lorraine Gnecco, Connie Green, Joy Guzé, Barb Hofmann, Jacki Huber, Jen Jensen, Annie Kiddon, Gini Lappas, Ingrid Lutzeler, Helmi Mason, Att McDowell, Maria Michaelides, Coreen Motard, Deb Mutchler, Ingrid Neuefeind, Pat Owens, Michelle Pike, Pat Sarantites, Jane Schaefer, Maxine Scheibe, Sylvia Silver, Betsy Sweeney, Magdalin Szabó, Nancy Thompson, Dalene Tiers, Isabel Van Essen, and Susan White
The Butterfly Garden Committee meets to work in the garden every Tuesday morning in the spring, summer, and fall when weather permits. We can always use new volunteers so please email to davis@wustl.edu for a time and come and join us! The Garden is located on Forsyth Blvd, directly across from the Danforth University Center. In September of 2010, a new arbor and bench was dedicated at a Centennial Butterfly Garden Tea. The cost of the maintenance free recycled building material for the arbor and bench was covered by generous donations to the Butterfly Garden.
Elizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden Notecards
A portion of the purchase price supports The Woman's Club. Butterfly Garden notecards are available by contacting Sylvia Silver sarks317@sbcglobal.net or at some major Club events.
Purchase these cards and use them to brighten spirits and send your thoughtful words on wings of butterflies. A package of 8 cards--2 each of 4 different images--sells for $10.00 per set. Enjoy!
Woman's Club Centennial Scholarship
The Woman's Club of Washington University has established an endowed scholarship for students attending University College. We welcome additional gifts and pledges to this scholarship.
Members of The Woman's Club are impressed with former scholarship recipients who have received annual awards from the Club. These students have held jobs, met family responsibilities, and have maintained good grades while attending University College. Over 60 percent of students attending Washington University receive financial aid. It is our mission to make Washington University a financial reality for students. Scholarships lessen the financial obligation while also helping attract the best and brightest students. Permanently endowed scholarships live in perpetuity-providing ongoing financial assistance each year to a deserving student.
"The generosity of donors enables University College to offer merit and need-based scholarships to adult students in the St. Louis area, many of them first-generation college or the children of recent immigrants. These scholarships, and the education they make possible, are often transformative in the lives of individuals and families, and help to build up our city and region-much as the founders of the university envisioned more than 150 years ago." - Robert Wiltenburg, Dean of University College
If you are interested in making a gift to The Washington University Woman's Club Centennial Scholarship please contact:
Becky Hanrahan at 314-935-3609, becky.hanrahan@wustl.edu or mail your gift to The Woman's Club of Washington University, Campus Box 7460, St. Louis, MO 63130. Download Membership/Donation form.
Homeplate
Risa Zwerling Wrighton, Coordinator
Email: zwerling@wustl.edu
Join "Home Plate," a University-wide program, and Host Dinner for Wash U Students Away From Home
Washington University is looking for warm-hearted families to host 2-3 students for casual dinner and conversation. Help them feel at home in St. Louis and enjoy the company of our incredibly smart and talented kids. We ask that you have 2-3 get-togethers over the course of the academic year. We also try to match students to family interests. E-mail Risa Zwerling at zwerling@wustl.edu to sign up! She will ask you to host your first dinner this late September or early October - she will provide you with an option of three different dates just to get started. You and your students plan all subsequent dinners. There will be a reception at the Chancellor's residence for all program participants in the spring.
International Women
Gloria Lubowitz, Co-Chair
Email: gh.lubowitz@sbcglobal.net
Pat Sarantites, Co-Chair
Email: sarantites@gmail.com
We are an outreach activity of the Woman’s Club. Club members welcome and host international visitors to Washington University and their families. Many lasting friendships develop through our weekly activities. Meets each Friday at 10:00 a.m. to noon in various locations. Visits to St. Louis landmarks and members’ homes to exchange culture and to develop friendships. Participating members notified by email of weekly activities.
Meet the Leaders
Robin Hattori, Chair
Email: rhattori@wustl.edu
Meet the Leaders is an outreach program of the Woman’s Club which promotes partnerships on campus and presents programs which enable women to come in contact with key leaders in our local community.
Program 1 Friday, November 18, 2011 11:30 am - 1:00 pm, ”Communication in the 21st Century: Bridging Cultures, Generations, and Genders”, Brown Lounge in Brown Hall, George Warren School of Social Work.
Program 2, Week of March 5, 2012, “No Boundaries: Women Leaders of Washington University.
Women and the Kemper
Susan Colangelo, President
Email: szcola113@gmail.com
The Woman's Club of Washington University and the Women's Society of Washington University created a new learning and support organization for the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in recognition of the 100th anniversary of the Woman's Club.
Women and the Kemper is a special interest group open to all Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum members. Participants in Women and the Kemper enjoy opportunities to learn about and encourage women’s participation in the visual arts through engagement with the programs and resources at the Kemper Art Museum. The group offers a range of educational and social activities, such as study groups on art-related topics and an annual fall luncheon in the Museum’s Saligman Family Atrium. You must be a current member of the Museum in order to be eligible to participate in Women and the Kemper.