We are the fun people, and here’s what we do! The Student Life team provides and coordinates non-academic options for Washburn’s diverse student population. We are facilitators of learning from advising students to sponsoring student organizations to serving as mentors. We’ll help you to function in groups, resolve conflicts, develop leadership skills, and gain knowledge within the Washburn framework. Then, we’ll help you learn how to apply these skills to your life following graduation.
Washburn University strives to provide an environment in which students may pursue their educational interests, and therefore students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner which promotes learning and preserves academic freedom for all. Conduct standards are set forth in the Student Conduct Code
The Washburn University student planner/handbook is provided free of charge to all students by the Student Life Office and the Washburn Student Government Association. Read all about it here.
The Student Life Office also provides overall university information for parents and guardians of students. Go to Parent Handbook
In the case of an extreme circumstance, the Student Life Office may be contacted with information relative to a student’s situation. This does not include brief illnesses. The Associate Vice President for Student Life will then notify the student’s instructors of the absence and expected return date. It is the student’s responsibility to follow up with instructors and secure arrangements for make-up work. It will also be the student’s responsibility to provide the necessary medical documentation, if requested by the instructors, to verify the medical absence.
Information for student health insurance is available in our office, the Student Health Center. For more information, visit Consolidated Health Plan and choose Washburn University.
Poster approval may be obtained in the Student Life Office. Students, faculty, staff and community members may post announcements on campus after obtaining a date stamp on the posters at the Student Life Office.
If you have been academically suspended and have not attended Washburn for at least one full semester (not including the summer session), you may be eligible for academic reinstatement.
If you observe patterns of behavior that are uncommon of the person displaying them or that cause you to be concerned for your safety or the safety of others, report your concerns to any member of the UBAT and document all information. You should not attempt to diagnose the concern.
If there is a perceived imminent danger, always contact the Washburn University Police immediately at 9-1-1 or 785.670.1153.
Student Life enriches the educational experience of the Washburn community with an appropriate balance of challenge and support, through a commitment to learning, student development, and advocacy. We value all students and strive to create environments which foster the sustained development of well-balanced, civic-minded individuals.
Washburn University’s Strategic Plan contains this goal – “Provide an educational and co-curricular experience to support student success and welfare by encouraging personal interactions among students, faculty and staff, focusing on academic achievement and student involvement”. This is what the Student Life team does.
Each program or service facilitated by a Student Life unit provides the opportunity for individuals to realize one or more of eight Student Success Learning Outcomes: Critical Thinking, Self-Awareness, Communication, Diversity, Citizenship, Leadership and Membership, Relationships, and Career Choices.
The Vice President for Student Life regularly recognizes the faculty, staff member or community leader who demonstrates excellence in working with individual students, student groups, and organizations. Make someone’s day, learn more here.
