Two GW students, Dylan Fox and Zach Herman, recently won first prize in the Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Business Plan Competition, hosted by Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business. The annual competition focuses on for-profit enterprises that impact society in meaningful ways. Fox and Herman won for their company, Crowdvance, an online fundraising […]
Category: Alumni News
Alumni Speaker Series: Team Dynamics as a Project Manager
Jeffrey Colclough, GWSB MS ’01, will be hosting a lecture in the alumni speaker series entitled, “Team Dynamics as a Project Manager” on May 10th, 2013. Colclough is currently the Vice President of the National Security Sector of the Science Applications International Corporation. SAIC is a Fortune 500 company that delivers services and solutions based […]
Support the GW High5 Challenge Finalists!
The votes are in – the top five finalists in the GW High5 Challenge have been named! And from now through May 10, all GW alumni can help determine which finalist will get the most challenge funding—up to $20,000. Alumni can continue to participate in the challenge by making a gift to one of the […]
GW Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon this Saturday, April 20
Are you an alumnus/a in the DC area who is interested in the rare opportunity to work with the GW Libraries to examine the University Archives? If so, don’t miss the “All Things GW” Wikipedia Editathon on Saturday, April 20. The event runs from 12:30 to 4:00 pm and will include a behind-the-scenes tour of […]
Attend the GW Business Plan Competition Finals
GW’s Office of Entrepreneurship invites all alumni to attend the 5th annual GW Business Plan Competition Finals on Friday, April 19. The competition offers the GW community the opportunity to see who are this year’s most innovative GW students, faculty members, and alumni. Eight finalists, selected from an original pool of 109 entries, will compete […]
SMHS Alumna Serves Navajo Nation
Dr. Sara Michaels, SMHS MD ‘97 & MHS ’98, the current Chief of Family Medicine at Northern Navajo Medical Center in Shiprock, New Mexico, was recently featured on the National Health Service Corps’ (NHSC) website for her commitment to providing primary care to the Navajo Nation community. Dr. Michaels’ feature is the first installment of […]
Alumni Discount for “What’s Next DC” Conference
On May 6 and 7, Tod Plotkin, GWSB ’03, and Sara Evans, CCAS ’04 (both of Green Buzz Agency), will host the What’s Next DC: Your Marketing Communications Roadmap conference—and they’re offering their fellow GW alumni a discount to attend. What’s Next DC is about brainstorming, case studies, energy, networking, strategy and personalized solutions to […]
Hundreds of Students, Alumni attend annual Spring Concert
In what has become a GW tradition, hundreds of GW students and alumni flocked to Spring Fling on University Yard on Sunday, April 7 to hear the rapper Macklemore perform his number one hit, Thriftshop. Alumni used the opportunity to reconnect with friends from their years at GW while enjoying the sounds of both Macklemore, […]
Meet the 2013 Alumni Service Award Honorees
Five alumni, who advance the mission of university through volunteer efforts — ensuring the university’s impact on our community and future generations of students — will be honored on Thursday, April 18, at the 52nd Annual Outstanding Alumni Service Awards. All alumni are invited to attend the event, hosted by the George Washington Alumni Association. Learn […]
Current MBA Student Profiles GWSB Grad
The following alumni profile was written by Tatiana Blanco-Bertolo, a student in GW’s part-time MBA program. Blanco-Bertolo wrote the article as part of an assignment for an entrepreneurship class; students had to interview a DC-based entrepreneur and learn about his/her career path. Blanco-Bertolo’s choice? A GWSB grad, of course! Read on to learn about Adam […]