An accomplished scholar, advocate, and now published author, Sally Nuamah, CCAS BA ’11, sheds light on the inequitable realities girls face throughout their education in her new book, How Girls Achieve (Harvard University Press). The book rounds out Nuamah’s extensive and meaningful work in Ghana, which started during her time at GW – visiting the […]
When hiring interns, employers like that GW students fit the bill while the university lessens interns’ burden on footing the bill. Amiko Matsumoto, GSEHD MA ’01, first met Mallory Barg Bulman, CCAS BA ’00, MPA ’04, when Bulman was a student at GW and Matsumoto served as director of the school’s Office of Community Service. […]
Hardy Farrow BA ’13 values dreaming big. “You live a self-fulfilling life,” he says. “If you dream big, you will achieve big.” Farrow’s mantra guides his work as founder and executive director of LITE Memphis (Let’s Innovate Through Education). “LITE Memphis equips minority students to be future entrepreneurs by teaching them how to pitch […]
This past May, Jane Lee, ESIA ’08, was awarded the Harvard Graduate School of Education Intellectual Contribution/Faculty Tribute Award for the Human Development and Psychology Program. The award, which recognizes 13 students (one from each Ed.M. program), honors the recipients’ dedication to scholarship and the ways in which each student enhanced the academic life […]
John L. Cox, CCAS BA ’84, TSPPPA MPA ’86, GSEHD EdD ’10, was recipient of the 2014 Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Grant. A primary focus of this award involved meeting government and higher education officials to discuss collaborating in India’s plan to pilot 200 community colleges. Dr. Cox is president of Cape Cod Community College, […]
Trystan Popish, GSEHD MA ’10, was at the dentist for a routine appointment when she received a decidedly non-routine e-mail; she had received the 2014 Wendell G. Mohling Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award from the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). “I’d prepared myself for the typical rejection letter,” says Popish, who was nominated for the award […]
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 […]
“Starting a new non-profit is not easy,” says Brian Gadsden, CCAS BA ’93. “I’ve seen many fail while trying to duplicate work that is already being done.” Gadsden knows something about how to make the non-profit life work; he founded the San Francisco,CA-based Urban Ed Academy (UEA), which celebrated its launch in summer 2013. Gadsden, […]
GW offers opportunities for high school, undergraduate and graduate students to enroll in summer courses and programs–apply now to secure a spot! The “Summer at GW” programs combine top-tier academics and intellectual rigor with the outstanding resources of Washington, DC. Students earn academic credit while experiencing the unique culture of summer in the GW community. […]
Did you know that GW offers opportunities for students of all levels to enroll in summer courses and programs? The Summer at GW programs combine top-tier academics and intellectual rigor with the outstanding resources of Washington, DC. Students earn academic credit while experiencing the unique culture of summer in our community. Plan your summer today! […]
