For some students, the process of exploring a career path begins with a literal journey. And so it was for a group of finance and real estate undergraduates who traveled to New York City on in April 2018 to take part in the Spring Networking Trek. As part of GW’s Real Estate and Finance (REFA) […]
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A New England Welcome
President Thomas LeBlanc shared his university priorities with GW community members in the greater Boston area, including members of the class of 2022. Generations of Colonials—from the class of 1953 to the incoming class of 2022—came together April 10 in Boston to make new connections and hear from the George Washington University President Thomas […]
Bridging The Gap
A gap year prior to starting GW brought lasting friendships with Gambian students for Ashleigh DeLuca. Now she’s trying to bring three of them to college in her native New York. She arrived in the African village alone a decade ago to teach English, struck both by the dire poverty but also the possibilities contained […]
Annual 5K Honors SEAS Graduate Taken by Oral Cancer
Months before his passing from oral cancer in 2009, Peter Hoffman, SEAS BS ’07, began scripting notes about an idea. While undergoing treatment in London, Peter started organizing a DC-based 5K walk/run to raise funds for oral cancer awareness and research. In April of 2015, six years after Peter’s death, the Hoffman family made Peter’s […]
Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women
The Elliott School marked International Women’s Week with a speaker series featuring distinguished alumnae, called Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women. The featured panelists ranged from recent graduates to seasoned professionals, and work for powerful institutions including the State Department, the World Bank, and the White House. They are passionate about issues […]
Small businesses-owning alumna “advocates for excellence” as chair of GW Latino Alumni Network
When Jenny Abreu moved to Washington, D.C. in 2006, she wasn’t sure what to expect. At age 29, she’d decided to change careers and was accepted to the GW School of Business. She’d left her circle of family and friends behind in Boston. She was in a brand new city. But within a few weeks, […]
Alumna Elana Meyers Taylor Wins Silver Medal
The former Colonial picked up her third Olympic medal since 2010. George Washington University alumna Elana Meyers Taylor claimed an Olympic women’s bobsled silver medal Wednesday, earning a spot on the Olympic podium for the third straight Winter Games. Ms. Meyers Taylor, GWSPH B.S. ’07, along with partner Lauren Gibbs, entered the day in the […]
Christine Darden Is One of NASA’s ‘Hidden Figures’
NASA engineer Christine Darden is often asked which movie star played her in the motion picture “Hidden Figures,” the film about African American women who worked as human computers during the era of the space race. “I am not in the movie, but I am in the book,” she told a George Washington University Lehman […]
As Students Job Hunt, GW Enhances Support for Connections with Alumni
In her senior year, alumna Sarah Mann applied for an internship in National Geographic’s communications office. With just a little extra research, she quickly found George Washington University connections, including a graduate who happened to be working in the same office. It paid off: She got the internship. “I think making those connections during the […]
In Their Own Words: Daniel and Erica
Thanks to Daniel Koffler, GWSB BBA ’05, and Erica (Keller) Koffler, CCAS BA ’06, for sharing their story! Where did you meet on campus? We met where all college romances begin—at a bar! Not surprisingly, we have slightly different recollections of the events, but the general gist of it that I was with some friends […]