Thanks to Don Grossinger and Kate Grossinger, CCAS BA ’73, for sharing their story! Where did you meet on campus? We didn’t exactly meet on campus, but rather through a mutual friend, who also was a GW student, at her apartment near Dupont Circle, where many GW students lived. It was September 1972. What were your […]
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Colonial Love Q & A: Les & Kathy
Thanks to Leslie Megyeri, GWSB MBA ’80, CCAS BA ’63, and Kathy Megyeri, CCAS MA ’82, GSEHD MA ’69, for sharing their story! Where did you meet on campus? I met my future husband in Professor Hennigan’s speech class in the basement of Lisner Auditorium during the summer of 1963. I thought then that I […]
Alumni Valentines — Lauri & Michael
What do you do when you’re a gal with two guy friends who also happen to be twins? You end up picking one. At least, that’s what Lauri Mufson, CCAS BA ’76, did after hanging out with the Mufson brothers, Michael and Larry, for a good part of her freshman year. At first, she couldn’t […]
How Great is That? Alumna Ina Garten Returns to Campus
Cooking show host and GW alumna, Ina Garten, GWSB ’76–host of the Food Network show “Barefoot Contessa”–recently returned to to campus for an interview with The Washington Post food editor. Our friends at GW Today were onhand to catch the action: For 12 years, millions of Americans have welcomed Ina Garten into their homes through […]
Veterans Event: “Presidential War Powers” Debate at Lisner
On Sept. 10, GW will host Senator Tim Kaine and former Governor Gerald Baliles of Virginia during a conversation and debate on the topic of Presidential War Powers. The event will take place at 6:00pm in the in the Jack Morton Auditorium (MPA Building). Brought to you by the GW University Writing Program, as part […]
Supreme Court Justice to Speak at Lisner
Our friends at GW Today recently announced that U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will speak at GW’s Lisner Auditorium on Sept. 16: In honor of Constitution Day, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will deliver a lecture open to the university community on Sept. 16. The event, to be held at 1 pm in […]
GW Commemorates Civil Rights Era at Lisner
As part of a year-long celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr., along with the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington and the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, all alumni are invited to “Soundtrack of a Movement: Freedom Songs In Perspective,” on Aug. 28. The event features an evening of cinema, song and spoken […]
Support National Women’s History Month at GW
March is National Women’s History Month, and the National Women’s History Museum (NWHM) is hosting several events at the Lisner Auditorium on Saturday, March 2 to mark the occassion. At 11:00am, NWHM presents the multi-media lecture program, “3 Generations Fighting for Women’s Right to Vote.” Hear the story of the heroines, heroes and villains that made […]