Family Ties is a newsletter for parents and family members of all WashU undergraduate students and is sent monthly during the academic year. Parents and family members of incoming first-year students will receive Family Ties over the summer prior to their student’s arrival on campus. Family Ties focuses its content around topics regarding student life on campus that family members might find pertinent to the time of year that the publication is released. The goal of Family Ties is to provide families with information they can’t read about in other campus publications.
Students should update their parent and family contact information in Workday so parents and family members can receive university emergency notifications, Family Ties, and stay engaged with what is happening in the WashU community.
Browse previous issues of Family Ties or view the most recent issue below.
- August 18, 2025 – Returning students move-in
- August 17, 2025 – Special Edition – Parent & Family Orientation Day 3
- August 16, 2025 – Special Edition – Parent & Family Orientation Day 2
- August 15, 2025 – Special Edition – Parent & Family Orientation Day 1
- August 14, 2025 – Special Edition
- August 11, 2025 – Special Edition: Move-in 2025
- August 4, 2025
- July 21, 2025 – Special Edition
- July 2025
- June 2025
- May 2025 (Class of 2029)
- May 2025 (Class of 2026-2028)
- May 2025 (Class of 2025)
- April 2025
- March 2025
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- Special Edition Family Ties – Parent & Family Weekend Day 3
- Special Edition Family Ties – Parent & Family Weekend Day 2
- Special Edition Family Ties – Parent & Family Weekend Day 1
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024 Special Edition – Returning Student
- August 2024 Special Edition – Family Programs Beginning of Year Survey 2024
- Parent & Family Orientation 2024 Family Ties – Sunday Special Edition
- Parent & Family Orientation 2024 Family Ties – Saturday Special Edition
- Parent & Family Orientation 2024 Family Ties – Friday Special Edition
- August 2024 Special Edition – Move-In
- August 2024
- July 2024 Special Edition-Move-in Timeslot Selection
- July 2024 Special Edition-Off Campus Event Waiver
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024