“As a person with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair to get around,” Reid Davenport, SMPA BA ‘12 writes on his website, “I experience the daily obstacles that other chair-users face.” As a junior at GW, Davenport thought it was time to transform that experience into something bigger. A journalism major at GW, he developed an […]
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Alumni Couples: Danielle Meister & Matthew Robert Cohen
Danielle Meister, SMPA BA ’10, and Matthew Robert Cohen, GWSB BA ’08 and MBA ’11, were recently married at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. The bride works in corporate communications for Edelman in New York, NY and the groom is an investment banker for Delancey Street Partners in Philadelphia, PA. The bride and groom […]
ESIA Graduate Wins U.S. Supreme Court Case
After graduating from GW, Louis Laverone, ESIA BA ‘10, knew that a career in law was in his future. What he didn’t know is that he’d win a U.S. Supreme Court case soon after he finished law school. Laverone attended Emory Law School and graduated in May 2013. While at Emory, he was part of […]
GWSB Senior: My Dinner with Alumni Experience
Katherine (Kate) Pena is a rising senior in GW’s School of Business and a member of the Colonial Ambassadors. Last semester, Pena attended an alumni-hosted dinner through the popular Dinner with Alumni Program: This past March, I was fortunate enough to take part in the Dinner with Alumni program. My dinner was hosted by Dan […]
Makala Skinner, CCAS BA ’10
Makala Skinner, CCAS BA ’10, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to serve as an English teaching assistant in southeastern Turkey. Skinner was selected as an award recipient based on her academic and professional achievements as well as her demonstrated leadership potential. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State in […]
Lauryn Sargent, GSEHD MA ’10
Lauryn Sargent, GSEHD MA ’10, has founded Stories Incorporated, a business that helps to preserve and document personal and corporate legacies. Sargent’s business was originally named Stories Inherited and it used to deal exclusively with helping to share the stories of a family’s loved ones through new and traditional media. After businesses began to express […]
Thomas Richards, CCAS BA ’10
Thomas Richards, CCAS BA ’10, has been named one of six winners in the 2013 Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Nearly 1500 singers from around the country between the ages of 20 and 30 entered this competition, which is considered the most prestigious of its kind in North America for singers aspiring to begin an […]
GSEHD alumna changes lives in Jamaica
Born and raised in Jamaica, Shernet Dixon-James, GSEHD MA ’10, has been in the U.S. for 20 years, but her birthplace is never far from her mind or heart. The GW grad is co-founder of the non-profit, One Love 4 Kids, a DC area-based organization that provides education, health and economic support to inner city, […]
Valentines: Elia Cholakis & Karen McKeever Cholakis
“Karen and I are made for each other—we’re both passionate about life and learning,” says Elia Cholakis, TSPPPA MPP ’05. It’s no wonder that Elia and his wife, Karen McKeever Cholakis, GSEHD MA ’10, met as graduate students at GW. Karen, a GW staff member in the School of Business since 2005, decided to take […]
Allie Hagan, CCAS BA ’09, MA ’10
Allie Hagan, CCAS BA ’09, MA ’10, has published her first book, Suri’s Burn Book: Well-Dressed Commentary from Hollywood’s Little Sweetheart. The book is based on Hagan’s popular blog of the same name. In an interview with People magazine, Hagan describes the book as humorous and satirical.