As a member of the Student Transitions & Engagement team, you will have a direct role in impacting the educational experience of students at WashU.
Check back soon for open positions for professional staff in Student Transitions & Engagement.
Apply to be a student employee
There are many opportunities to be involved in the new student transition as a student employee. Below are a number of opportunities to engage with the new student experience.
- Student Executive Board (Exec)
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Thank you for your interest in serving on the Student Executive Board. Please review the position descriptions prior to applying.
2027–2028 Student Executive Board applications will close on November 16. Submit your application here.
- First-Year WUSA Chair Position Description
- Transfer WUSA Chair Position Description
- Student Executive Board Member Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Interviews will be held November 17-20, and offer communications will be sent November 23.
Student Executive Board members (or Execs) help create, plan, and implement programs that aid new students and their parents and families in their academic, social, and personal transition to WashU. Execs supervise WUSAs by guiding, supporting, and holding them accountable in their day-to-day responsibilities.
Execs act as a bridge between professional staff, campus partners, and WUSAs, helping translate expectations into practice by reinforcing role responsibilities, supporting onboarding and training, encouraging teamwork, and modeling inclusive and respectful behavior. Execs should also be able to manage time effectively, adapt to changing needs, maintain confidentiality, and support WUSAs in providing a welcoming and inclusive experience for new students.
- Closed: WUSA (WashU Student Associate)
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Thank you for your interest in a WUSA position. Applications for the 2026-2027 WUSA League are closed. Please check back in November 2026 for information regarding 2027-2028 WUSA positions.
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 with Orientation. Transfer (TR) WUSAs work with transfer students, and assist with Transfer and Exchange Orientation and Winter Orientation: Spring Transfer and Exchange Student Orientation.
- Closed: Summer Student Associate
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The Summer Student Associate is a student employee hired by Student Transitions & Engagement (STAE) within the Division of Student Success to assist with preparing to welcome new first-year, transfer, and students to WashU.
- Closed: Student Transitions Practicum Student
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The Student Transitions Practicum Student positions are a learning-laboratory experience where graduate students preparing to work in Higher Education Administration and Student Success 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