Screenshot of a Webex recording of Caroline Laguerre-Brown sitting at desk with books behind her

Alumni Discuss Ongoing Diversity and Inclusion Work at GW

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) […]

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 […]

Woman filling takeout bags

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 […]

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 […]

Dana Clerkin and husband smiling with Sogoo children holding donated items

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 […]