diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
index a6ce6ca521..82fd521148 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def index(request):
     for entry in entries:
         soup = BeautifulSoup(entry.description)
         entry.image = soup.img['src'] if soup.img else None
+        entry.summary = soup.getText()
 
     universities = defaultdict(list)
     courses = sorted(modulestore().get_courses(), key=lambda course: course.number)
diff --git a/lms/templates/index.html b/lms/templates/index.html
index b55fa5a849..e3786b1af2 100644
--- a/lms/templates/index.html
+++ b/lms/templates/index.html
@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@
                 %endif
                 <div class="post-name">
                     <a href="${entry.link}" target="_blank">${entry.title}</a>
+                    %if entry.summary:
+                        <p>${entry.summary}</p>
+                    %endif
                     <p class="post-date">${strftime("%m/%d/%y", entry.published_parsed)}</p>
                 </div>
             </article>