In a conversation with alumna Gretchen Gasteier, Caroline Laguerre-Brown discussed how to make GW a safer and more supportive space for all community members. Alumni and administrators at the George Washington University participated in a virtual community conversation on diversity and inclusion last month, convened by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE) […]
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For the Love of Nana
Throughout her life, Merry Adler, GSEHD BA ’82, MA ’83, has looked to her late grandmother Rose Friedenberg as her guiding star. While “Nana” passed away in 1976, she remains vibrant in Adler’s memory. With the desire to share the story of her beloved Nana alongside the memories of other people’s grandmothers, Adler wrote and […]
Joe Altenau Sets the Stage at New Jersey’s Prudential Center
As a theatre major, Joe Altenau, CCAS BA ’08, worked behind the scenes on productions that thousands of people attended every year. Today, his behind-the-scenes role at New Jersey’s Prudential Center reaches millions. Prudential Center hosts about 175 events a year — including New Jersey Devils hockey games, Seton Hall Pirates basketball games, concerts with […]
GW Alumna Eugenia Finizio Cassidy Changing How We Get Our News at theSkimm
Eugenia Finizio Cassidy, SMPA BA ‘13, grew up knowing that she wanted to be a journalist. Little did she know that one day she would work for a start-up company that would change how we get our news. Growing up, Cassidy read the school morning announcements and interned for a local TV station. “I was […]
Alumna Cleans Up with Sponge Company
After soaring to success on Madison Avenue, Linda Sawyer, GWSB BBA ’83, made the jump to entrepreneurship and co-founded Skura Style in partnership with her childhood best friend. Sawyer, CEO of the venture, describes it as “a lifestyle brand that wants to enhance the experience around the kitchen sink.” The company launched in 2017 with a […]
Alumni Advice for the Class of 2020
As the Class of 2020 graduates and heads into life post-graduation, GW alumni share their words of wisdom and encouragement during uncertain times: “I would advise the class of 2020 graduates to celebrate the accomplishment of graduating first and then rest, relax, recharge! The impact of COVID-19 on the world has been huge which means that many companies, […]
Alumnus Reinvents Restaurant Business Model to Support Front Line Workers and Employees
When Dan Simons was forced to change his business model less than two months ago, it wasn’t in the plans. For the last 12 years, Simons, GWSB BBA ’92, and his partners have been building and expanding their restaurant company. What started as a single Founding Farmers restaurant in D.C. on Pennsylvania Ave in 2008 […]
Coping with Grief Amidst COVID-19
By day, Brooke James, CCAS BA ‘11, is an independent advisor and writer based in New York City. But in her free time, James helps equip people with the skills to talk about grief, loss, and death through her podcast The Grief Coach. What led you to start thinking about how our society talks about […]
For Alumnus Gil Cisneros, A Mission to Make a Difference
Philanthropist and U.S. Congressman Gil Cisneros, CCAS BA ’94, was a first-generation college student. Now he’s helping young people write their own education success stories in and beyond the classroom. During a recent event celebrating the GW Cisneros scholars, philanthropist and U.S. Congressman Gil Cisneros, CCAS BA ’94, called on each of the student-scholars to […]
Trip to Africa Inspires Alumna to Help Build an Orphanage
Dana Pugh-Clerkin, CCAS BA ‘78, grew up knowing she would one day travel to Africa. “I would watch this show called Wild Kingdom that played on Saturday afternoons. Something stuck with me. I knew I would get there.” Years later, after graduating from GW, raising two children, and working in the fundraising field, she finally […]