On Sept. 28, as part of Alumni Weekend 2013, the GW Black Alumni Association (GWBAA) honored three black alumni and three current students at the annual GWBAA IMPACT Awards ceremony. Given out since 2006, the IMPACT Award is the highest form of recognition bestowed upon distinguished black alumni by the GWBAA Executive Committee. Each year, […]
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Alumni Positions To Open on Board of Trustees
As fall approaches, the GW Alumni Association (GWAA) is preparing to nominate distinguished alumni to serve as members of the GW Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has both Alumni Trustees and Recent Alumni Trustees—alumni serving in these roles have all of the same rights and responsibilities as other members of the board but […]
Class of ’03 Spotlight: Ann Mercogliano, Reporter
As Alumni Weekend 2013 approaches, we’re profiling members of this year’s reunion classes — find out how this ’03 grad went from journalism major to NYC news reporter! Meet Ann Mercogliano, CCAS BA ’03 By Chrystal Puleo, CCAS BA ’03, and Monica Proothi, GWSB BBA ’03, Class of 2003 reunion committee members Ann Mercogliano, CCAS […]
ESIA Alumna Receives Prestigious Award from UCF
Jackie Rodriguez, ESIA BA ’03, has been awarded the “Order of the Pegasus” from the University of Central Florida (UCF). This award, which recognizes exemplary performance by both undergraduate and graduate students, is the most significant and prestigious that a student can win at the university. Out of the over 8,000 graduate students who applied, […]
CCAS Alumna Helps Children Around the World
Have you ever wanted to change the world? Alumna Sara Ortega Roliz, CCAS BA ‘03, is doing just that by helping one child at a time with the Mira Scholars Foundation. Established by Roliz in 2009, Mira Scholars provides educational opportunities to underprivileged and exploited children around the world. The idea for the program came from […]
Whit Chaiyabhat, SEAS Cert. ’03 & MS ‘06
Whit Chaiyabhat, SEAS Cert. ’03 & MS ‘06, was appointed to be the new Director of Risk Management and Strategic Security at the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation (PECF) this past December. The PECF oversees the Washington National Cathedral, St. Albans School, National Cathedral School and Beauvoir School. Chaiyabhat will be in charge of all aspects […]
Kristen Mallia, CCAS BA ’03
Kristen Mallia, CCAS BA ’03, is co-creating a reality documentary series called LAUNCH that aims to create jobs and educate Boston’s creative community on entrepreneurship. The 12 part series will document Mallia’s efforts to take the talents of four creative professionals and help transform them into self-sustaining small businesses. Aside from job creation, the ultimate […]
Laura McBride, LAW JD ’03
Laura McBride, LAW JD ’03, has joined Ulmer & Berne LLP as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Department. Based in the firm’s Cleveland, Ohio office, McBride will be the co-chair of the firm’s Energy, Natural Resources and Utilities Practice Group. McBride’s practice focuses on assisting clients in navigating through and around federal and state […]
Valentines: Kathryn Frazier & Andy Stone
Though they ran in the same social circles for several years at GW, it wasn’t until the summer before their junior year that Kathryn Frazier, CCAS BA ‘03 and Andy Stone, CCAS BA ‘03 saw each other as more than friends. The two got to know one another and a romance began to blossom. They […]
Valentines: Arturo Carrillo & Kristyn Carrillo
Colonial Inauguration (CI) brought Kristyn Feldner Carrillo, ESIA BA ‘04, and Arturo Carrillo, CCAS BA ’03, GSEHD M.Ed’06 together, but not when they went through the program as incoming freshman. The pair hit it off in 2001 while working at CI’s student organization fair, where they were recruiting new students for their organizations. “We were […]