Applications to serve as a 2025-2026 WUSA open at noon on Jan. 13 and close at noon on Feb. 10.
WashU Student Associates (WUSAs – pronounced WOO-sah) are upper-division student leaders who assist new first-year, and transfer students with their academic, social, and personal transitions to Washington University in St. Louis. They serve as orientation leaders and as peer mentors for the student’s first year. Their primary duties are to remind students of academic deadlines, policies, and resources and to help build community among the first-year, and transfer student groups.
First-Year (FY) WUSAs work with first-year students and assist in Bear Beginnings: Fall Welcome. Transfer (TR) WUSAs work with transfer students, and assist in Bear Beginnings: Transfer and Exchange Fall Welcome and Winter Welcome: Spring Transfer and Exchange Student Orientation.
First-Year WUSA (2024 – 2025) Position Description
Transfer WUSA (2024 – 2025) Position Description
The 2SA position (Two-SAH), or Second-Year Student Associate, is a semester-long student leader role that focuses on engaging with and supporting second-year students with their academic and social activities at WashU.
2SA Applications are currently closed.
Thank you for your interest in a position on the Student Executive Board. Positions for the 2025-2026 board have been filled. Please check back in November 2025 for information regarding the 2026-2027 Student Exec board.
The Student Executive Board helps to create, plan, and implement programs that aid new students and their parents & families in their academic, social, and personal transition to WashU. Each Student Executive Board member holds a specific chair position and works to implement our various programs.
The Summer Student Associate is a student employee hired by Student Transitions & Engagement (STAE) within the Division of Student Affairs to assist with preparing to welcome new first-year, transfer, and students to WashU.
The Student Transitions Practicum Student positions are a learning-laboratory experience where graduate students preparing to work in Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs are provided an opportunity to engage with literature, research, and assessment in order to audit or develop intentional interventions for course credit.
They will work with various student populations including first-year, sophomore, junior, senior, transfer, and gap-year students.
Additionally, they will assist with curriculum development and hiring processes for undergraduate student employees.
Practicum Student Position Description
Additional Application Materials
Sample Cover Letter
Sample Resume