Welcome to the Summer Special Edition of the Bear Bulletin! Keep reading for resources (including Missouri's tax-free weekend!) to get the best deals on textbooks, school supplies, and other necessities.
As always, if you have any questions, feel free to email, message us through our Instagram, or ask your WUSA in theSlack Community!
-The First Year Center
The Campus Store
TheCampus Storeis located in Mallincrokdt Center and is the main store on the Danforth Campus.
Students can buy into an existing business or start a new one. Shares of Off the Row, UShuttle, and Bear-y Sweet Shoppe are available for sale this fall!
Below are some of the StEP businesses currently in operation. Check out these business and services to help you in your transition to WashU!
Bears Bikes – an on-campus student-run bike shop that offers bike rentals, maintenance, and storage.
SWAP (Sharing with a Purpose) – a student-run non-profit that runs a free store to encourage creative reuse and collaborative consumption for the WashU community.
Umma – an umbrella check-out service.
UShuttle – a transportation service for WashU students.
UTrucking – WashU’s only student-owned and operated shipping, storage, and appliance rental company.
Wash U Wash – a student-owned, student-operated company that provides wash and fold laundry and dry cleaning service to the WashU community.
Be Textbook Savvy!
The University Libraries have access to over 2 billion print book titles through its catalogs, in addition to 2 million eBooks in its collections.
We encourage you to consider the following tips to minimize your textbook costs:
We encourage you to take advantage of Missouri's tax-free weekend, which runs from August 7 - 9, 2020. Certain back-to-school purchases such as clothing, school supplies, computers, and other items are exempt from sales tax.
