Jason Dumont, SMPA BA ’07, Sacramento Chair shares his experience of starting an alumni chapter How long have you been volunteering with GW? Since spring 2016. What made you decide to get involved and build up the Sacramento Alumni Network? After moving from D.C. to Northern California in 2010, I attended several alumni events in […]
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Colonials Come Back to Campus
Graduates returned to GW for Alumni Weekend, remembering their time in college and making new memories on campus. Dorothy Robinson, B.A. ’01, attended some Alumni Weekend events with old friends she has stayed in touch with long after graduation. College classes and homework have changed a lot in the 15 years since she graduated, she […]
President Knapp Announces Final Year in Office
In a letter to the GW community, University President Steven Knapp announced June 7 that he will be stepping down after the 2016-17 academic year when his current contract expires. In his message, President Knapp gave thanks to the many across the university with whom he has worked to advance the university’s academic mission and stated […]
Hundreds of Alumni Gather for “Big Data” Panel
On March 25, hundreds of GW alumni and friends of the university gathered in Northern Virginia for the 7th annual “Reception with President Knapp.” The event gives alumni a chance to reconnect while learning about some of today’s most prominent topics. This year’s program, “Security, Storage, and Analysis: A Panel Discussion on Big Data,” featured […]
Alumnus Carl Lutz Posthumously Awarded GW President’s Medal
Alumnus Carl Lutz, CCAS BA ’24, was honored at a university ceremony for saving 62,000 Hungarian Jews during Holocaust, and James Irwin from GW Today was onhand to capture this momentous event: At the height of World War II, as the Nazis attempted to finish their heinous extermination of European Jews, a Swiss diplomat stationed […]
650+ Alumni Gather in NYC for Evening with President Knapp
Oct. 29 was not just any other Tuesday evening for GW alumni in New York City. A record number of attendees joined GW President Steven Knapp at the Waldorf Astoria for the panel discussion, “A Conversation on Public Health and National Prosperity.” The “Reception with President Knapp” is an annual event that offers alumni a […]