New GW students from Germany met at the famous Fassbender & Rausch Chocolate Cafe with Liza Boffen-Yordanov, director of International Alumni Programs, and alumni in Berlin to learn more about the GW community. Seventeen international summer sendoffs are taking place throughout the summer. For more international send-off pictures, visit us on Flickr.
Ashley Irl, GWSB BBA ’08, Catherine Kedzuf, CCAS BA ’08, and Catherine O’Conner, CCAS BS ’07, attended a GW Twin Cities alumni event at the Science Museum of Minnesota in June, where attendees explored how games of chance, skill and strategy can promote learning. They took this picture for Minnesota Monthly magazine using their Scrabble letters.
On May 16, international students celebrated their upcoming graduation at a reception with faculty and staff — but a visit from George may have been the highlight of the event.
Sixteen members of the GW Alumni Emeriti Society — undergraduate alumni who graduated from GW over 50 years ago and alumni who are 72 years of age or more — represented the university and joined the academic procession on the National Mall during commencement to celebrate with the class of 2012. Prior to commencement, they met for breakfast at Alumni […]
On May 20, more than 7,000 students officially became GW alumni at George Washington’s 2012 Commencement ceremony, marking the first time the university has more than a quarter of a million living alumni in its community. Brian Williams, anchor and managing editor of “NBC Nightly News” and host of “Rock Center with Brian Williams,” delivered […]
For Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, GWSB ’67, ESIA ’73, the moment that marked his military services was when he was shot down in Vietnam and his parachute opened. This was one of many experiences that Lt. General Petersen, the first African American Marine Corps aviator and first African American Marine Corps General, shared during the GW Culture […]
Following the Rowing Regatta on April 7, more than 100 alumni and family members joined the team and coaches for a banquet to celebrate the 2012 Rowing season. Earlier that day, the Colonials totaled 90 points to win the Wilkins Bowl for the first time since 2005, and the second time in GW’s program history. […]
From left to right: Eugene Spafford, professor of computer science at Purdue University, David Dolling, dean of GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Will Alexander, SEAS ’04, GWSB ’06, chair of the Engineer Alumni Association. Cyber security expert Eugene Spafford provided the 2012 Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture, held every two years by GW’s […]
In Philadelphia on March 27, the Honorable Mark Kennedy, director of the Graduate School of Political Management, and Steve Roberts, Shapiro Professor of Media and Public Affairs, discussed politics, media, polling and what to expect in the months to come as the presidential race heats up. The event was the first in the GW and Politics: On […]
More than 300 members of the GW worldwide community representing 18 countries gathered in Seoul on March 16-17 for the GW Global Forum: Global Growth and Innovation. Highlights included remarks from keynote speakers Gen. Colin Powell, M.B.A. ’71, former U.S. Secretary of State and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Chris Anderson, B.S. ’81, Wired editor-in-chief and […]
