GW is no stranger self-starters, as evidenced by the number of entrepreneurs in the alumni community. We’ve had the chance to sit down with alums in a variety of industries to learn from the best. Find out what they’ve learned along the way and what they think aspiring entrepreneurs should know: Jack Bergstrand, GSEHD MA […]
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Distance Learning Alum: “GW Instantly Felt Like Home”
Although she graduated from GW more than a decade ago, Ohio resident Sue Dembski, GSEHD MA ’03, recently visited Foggy Bottom for the very first time. Dembski, a fourth generation educator who teaches third grade, earned her master’s degree entirely online. At the time, she was living in Milwaukee, WI and couldn’t attend school during […]
GSEHD Alumni to Host Panel at ESRI 2014
The annual Educational Symposium for Research and Innovations (ESRI) student-led academic conference will take place on the GW’s Foggy Bottom campus from March 21 and 22—and six GSEHD alumni will be featured in one of its panels. ESRI aims to provide an opportunity for immersion in current research and innovations in education. The conference also […]
GDub Love: More Alumni Valentines!
Last week we introduced you to seven couples who met at or because of GW. Now, just in time for the 14th, meet five more couples who were inspired to share their GW love stories: Jennifer Cameron, ’04 & Brad Pfeffer, ’03, ’07 These two Colonials will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary next month—find […]
Valentines: Jennifer Cameron & Brad Pfeffer
Next month, Jennifer Cameron, CCAS BA ’04, and Brad Pfeffer, CCAS BA ’03, SMHS MD,’07, will celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary—and it all started at GW. The pair met by chance at the Gelman Library when Jennifer was a freshman and Brad was a sophomore. “We were on the 5th floor of Gelman, where we […]
2014 Alumni Valentines
It’s that time of year again—as Feb. 14 approaches, we’re excited to share our seventh annual “GW Alumni Valentines” feature! Each of these couples has one thing in common: GW. Find out how they met, how their lives have changed and why they still love being Colonials! Amrith (Mago) Aakre,’03 & Johann Aakre, ’03 […]
Valentines: Amrith (Mago) Aakre & Johann Aakre
During their junior year at GW, Johann Aakre, SEAS BS ’03 was the roommate of a good friend of Amrith (Mago) Aakre, SEAS BA ’03—a friend that happened to believe that Johann and Amrith “belonged together.” Although both Johann and Amrith were students of GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, they had never officially […]
Valentines: Rebecca Gibson-Wilkins & Luke Wilkins
Rebecca Gibson-Wilkins, CCAS BA ’03 and Luke Wilkins, CCAS BA ’03, are no strangers to moving across the country—in the 10+ years that they’ve been together, the couple has lived in six different states. But it was a desire to see and experience new things that brought them both to GW in the first place. […]
Alumnus Named Partner in Charge of Memphis Law Firm
Jay Campbell, GWSB BBA ’03, MS ’03, an attorney at Adams and Reese LLP, has been selected Partner in Charge of the firm’s Memphis, TN office, effective Jan. 1, 2014. The firm has 16 Partners in Charge, one for each of its offices across the southern United States and Washington DC. Campbell joined Adams and […]
Two Alums, One Big Success: Meet Green Buzz Agency
Though they shared some classes at GW, Tod Plotkin, GWSB BBA ’03, and Sara Evans, SMPA BA ’04, weren’t formally introduced until Plotkin’s senior year. They didn’t know that just a few years later, they’d be running a video production company in the heart of Washington, DC. Plotkin and Evans are the creative force behind […]