When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington on April 23-25, an Elliott School alumnus played an important role in ensuring a successful and smooth State Visit, the first of the Trump Administration. David Solomon, BA ’08, is a Senior Visits Officer in the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the U.S. Department of State. […]
It’s been four months since an open letter to the national security community known as #MeTooNatSec, authored by Jenna Ben-Yehuda, ESIA BA ‘02, and signed by more than 223 women who work in national security, was published. The letter calls on the national security community to take a comprehensive set of actions to reduce the […]
When thinking about reducing carbon emissions, obvious solutions come to mind: buy local to decrease carbon footprint; switch to electric cars; and use public transportation. But what about all the millions of goods that are transported every day across the US? When Adam Pener, ESIA MA ’00, joined Green Ox Pallet technology, a start-up making […]
For Kiana Barcelona, internships paved a new career path during her GW undergraduate days, helped in part by a generous university grant. Kiana Barcelona, ESIA BA ’17, works as a special assistant to the vice president of development at the Atlantic Council. It’s her first job out of GW, where she earned a bachelor’s degree […]
The Elliott School marked International Women’s Week with a speaker series featuring distinguished alumnae, called Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women. The featured panelists ranged from recent graduates to seasoned professionals, and work for powerful institutions including the State Department, the World Bank, and the White House. They are passionate about issues […]
If you attended Taste of GW at Colonials Weekend 2017, you had the pleasure of meeting Laura Cruz, ESIA BA ’92. From a booth to the left of the entrance she served farm-to-table coffee and honey from her family farm in El Salvador. The coffee is good. Really good. If you were lucky, you got […]
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but that wasn’t quite the case for Robert Ogburn, ESIA MA ’85 and his wife Thu-hang (née Hoang), CCAS BA ’83. After finishing his master’s in East Asian Studies, Robert still had friends on campus. One of those friends, Iris, worked in […]
What is the one thing that all GW alumni have in common? They love love! Our most popular feature of the year, Colonial Valentines tell the stories of couples and friends whose lives are forever intertwined thanks to GW. Know someone who should be featured? Send us an email at [email protected] Colonial Love Michele and […]
Last year, as Mark and Michele Lerner (née Vodneck) awaited the arrival of their second grandchild, they also anticipated another milestone: 40 years since they first met on the 7th floor of Thurston Hall. In 1977, Michele, ESIA BA ‘81, ESIA MA ‘82 was thrilled to be at GW, having set her heart on going […]
Thanks to Kaitlin Denney, ESIA BA ’14, MA ’17, and Skye Kussmann, ESIA BA ’13, for sharing their GW friendship love story! Skye and I met on a warm day in August while waiting to head to sailing practice. I was a scared freshman with no idea what I was getting into and Skye was […]
