When Patricia Scangas graduated from GW’s Elliott School in 1972, she little suspected how – or when – she would have the opportunity to work in global affairs. Her family was traditional, especially her father, and expected her to settle down close by. Fast forward to 2004, when Scangas and her husband, Matthew, set off […]
Natalie Fiszer, ESIA BA ’14, was recently selected for the USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship, which offers financial support for graduate school as well as an opportunity for employment with the USAID Foreign Service upon completion of her studies. GW: Tell us about what you are doing now and why it matters to […]
Beyond the warfare, bloodshed, and misogyny she witnessed in Afghanistan, Marina LeGree, ESIA MA ’07 saw mountains. Big, beautiful mountains, practically begging to be climbed. The landscape reminded her of what she saw all around her family’s farm in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington state. She and her family didn’t miss many opportunities to […]
As someone who completed a dual master’s degree program at GW, Lanre Williams-Ayedun, ESIA MA ’06, GWSPH MPH ’07, values making the most of her time. So when she heard about a new, user-friendly networking community from GW in February 2018, it sounded like a good fit. The community was GW Career Connect, and since […]
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) recently caught up with Kateryna Pyatybratova, ESIA BA ’11, MA/MBA ’16, who has turned her experiences at ESIA and GW into a career promoting women’s leadership and public service around the world. GW: Tell us about what you are doing now and […]
Thanks to Pooja Shah Kothari, CCAS BA ’14 and Yogin Kothari, ESIA BA ‘11, for sharing their story, and to Nupur Moondra, GWSB BAccy ’12, MAccy ’13, for nominating the couple! Where and how did you meet? We met in early 2010 – through a mutual friend. Yogin was finishing up his third and final […]
Thanks to Brian McCall, ESIA BA ’10, GWSB MTA ’12, and Kate (Guesman) McCall, CCAS BA ’08, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? We met on the stage of the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre in the fall of 2006. We were building a set for Juvenelia for [what was then] the department of theatre […]
Sarah (Mathews) Collins, ESIA BA ’08, CCAS MA ’15, and Paul Collins, SEAS BS ’06, overlapped a bit at GW, but never met on campus. Which, for their long-term prospects, may be for the best. “I like to say if she had known me then she never would have married me,” says Paul with a […]
Long-running communication class guest session featuring GW alumni has led to multiple job offers. Shanee Goss Cohen’s first job didn’t last long. Before her lunch break on her first day at a job in human resources at a major newspaper, the George Washington University alumna received a surprise offer from marketing and communications firm Reingold. […]
Lisa Caruso, ESIA BA ’88, little suspected that a chance meeting would jump start her career as a film director, producer, publicist, screenwriter, and industry executive. The serendipitous encounter took place in the mid-1980s when, through a friend, Caruso happened into conversation with an Elliott School junior. “He told me about international affairs, and I […]
