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…
Colonial Love Q & A: Phil & Kelsey
Thanks to Kelsey Heinze, CCAS BA ’09, and Phil Glatfelter, CCAS BA ’08, for sharing their story with us! Where did you meet on campus? Phil and I met in the Marvin Center when they brought together the 2006 Colonial Cabinet for the first time. I was a freshman and he was a sophomore.…
Colonial Love: Kevin & Joe
Thanks to Kevin Hostetler, ESIA BA ’08 and Joe Walker, ESIA BA ’07 for sharing their story with us! In 2004, Kevin Hostetler, ESIA ’08, and Joe Walker, ESIA ’07, were both accepted to the Colonial Cabinet, a group of student leaders that facilitate the transition of new students and their families into the GW…
Colonial Love Q & A: Thierry & Valerie Jahan
Thanks to Thierry Jahan, MD SMHS ’87, and Valerie Jahan, MD SMHS ’87, for sharing their story with us! Where did you meet on campus? According to Thierry, we met outside of Marvin Center. What were your first impressions of each other? Thierry thought that I was cold and dismissive—I have no recollection of this…
Colonial Soul Sisters Q & A: Felisa & MaryKay
Thanks to Felisa Kahn and MaryKay Canarte, CCAS BA ’92, for sharing their story with us! Where did you meet on campus? I think first memories are in, of all things, chemistry class, lol!! What only-at-GW moment did you share as friends? Celebrating the end of semester at Milos pizza place!! And then going for…
Colonial Love Q & A: Jelle & Amanda
Thanks to Amanda Quintana, MSPH, MPH ’16, and Jelle Barkema, ESIA MA ’16, for sharing their story with us! Where did you meet on campus? We met off-campus at a campus sponsored event by the Elliott School GSF organization called TNOs or Thursday Night Out. It was my first time attending a TNO since…
Colonial Love Q&A: Robert & Nancy Gordon-Michaels
Thanks to Robert Michaels, CCAS BA ’74, and Nancy Gordon-Michaels, CCAS BA ’74, for sharing their story with us! Where did you meet on campus? Thurston Hall What were your first impressions of each other? Nancy’s first impression of me was my bushy full hair (which I no longer have). What only-at-GW moment did you share as…
Colonial Love: Al and Lucy
Thanks to Alberto Pola, CCAS BA ’81, and Lucinda Pola, CCAS BA’ 81, for sharing their story with us! Sometimes, the universe works extra hard to bring two people together. Such is the case with Al and Lucy Pola, who, but for fate, would never have gone out on a first date. “On a spring…
Hardy Farrow Receives Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ for Successful Education Nonprofit
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…
President of iHeartMedia Has Soft Spot for GW
In September of 1992, Darren Davis, CCAS BA ’95, a resident of Crawford Hall, received a phone call that would change his life forever. Radio WASH FM had accepted his application to work as an intern at the station. He reported to work the following Monday at 4:00 am, and within four weeks, he was…