Naomi Spinrad, CCAS BA ’68, ESIA MA ’86, has had a career in journalism that has taken her around the world and provided adventures: dropping out of a helicopter onto an aircraft carrier in the Mediterranean, briefly steering an aircraft carrier and spending more time than she can count on military ships. It’s been a life […]
Category: Politics
Ten GW Alumni Ran for Congress, Seven Won
Ten former students of George Washington University were on the ballot for national office in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Six candidates won seats in the House and one candidate was successful in the Senate and all will be sworn-in as part of the 116th Congress on Jan. 3, 2019. Here are the results, race by race: Julia Brownley, MVC BA […]
Alumni Panels Discuss Midterm Elections
GW graduates involved in national politics talked about the November 2018 midterm elections in a series of events across the United States. Residents of coastal cities in the United States, particularly in the nation’s capital, tend to be the driving force behind media coverage, according to Ann Stone, CCAS BA ’74, a former adviser to […]
Around the World and Back
When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington on April 23-25, an Elliott School alumnus played an important role in ensuring a successful and smooth State Visit, the first of the Trump Administration. David Solomon, BA ’08, is a Senior Visits Officer in the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the U.S. Department of State. […]
Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women
The Elliott School marked International Women’s Week with a speaker series featuring distinguished alumnae, called Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women. The featured panelists ranged from recent graduates to seasoned professionals, and work for powerful institutions including the State Department, the World Bank, and the White House. They are passionate about issues […]
ESIA Alumna Shares Experiences from the Negotiating Table
Winter in Moscow is relentlessly cold, as Wendy Cutler, ESIA BA ’79, learned when she spent her GW semester abroad in the capital of what was then the Soviet Union. Her time in Moscow also coincided with the Cold War. “It was a “rough semester, frankly,” Wendy says, with a hint of a smile. But […]
John P. Richardson, ESIA MA ’64, has traveled the world – and come back home to tell a D.C. story
In 1960, fresh out of college, John boarded a prop plane bound for Hawaii. There, he taught at the Punahou School on Oahu, where Barack Obama would one day earn his high school degree. The mix of cultures in the Hawaiian archipelago appealed to John, and a career that included two decades as a CIA operative […]
How I Got the Job: GW Alumnus Returned for New Opportunities
Floyd Jones graduated from the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs in 2015 in a position many seniors would envy. He had a full-time job secured at the nonprofit organization where he had already been working part-time—a job he’d found through GWork. So a year later, when he felt the need for new […]
GW Alumnus Endows Stained-glass University Crest
The University Club of Denver is known throughout Colorado for its collection of stained-glass university crest windows. Thanks to William Mutch, GWSB MPA ’96, GW’s insignia is now part of the tradition. A member of the club since 1999, Mutch says that as more university crests were added over the years, he realized the […]
Colonials in National Races
ell Democratic Sen.-elect Tammy Duckworth, M.A. ’92, unseated Republican Mark Kirk to earn a seat in the U.S. Senate. Tuesday marked an important day for GW alumni who won their respective Congressional races across the country. Five George Washington University alumni have been newly-elected or re-elected to seats in Congress following Tuesday’s general election. Rep. […]