For more than 45 years, health care has been a passion and calling for Dr. Bill Goldman, CCAS BA ’72, MD ’75. And although Goldman retired from his pediatric practice in Arlington, Va., in 2017, providing medical care is still a vital part of his life. Last year, Goldman spent three weeks in Tanzania with […]
Category: World
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 […]
Courage in Journalism: Corcoran Alumna Honored for Her Visual Storytelling
Zoeann Murphy, CORC MA ’14, doesn’t shy away from intense situations. In fact, she heads right for them. Over the last 16 years as a photographer and video journalist, she’s traveled across the U.S. and to more than 20 countries capturing images and stories that focus on humanitarian and environmental crises, and, often times, breaking […]
Alumna Turns Her Passion for Service into Global Development Career
Natalie Fiszer, ESIA BA ’14, was recently selected for the USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship, which offers financial support for graduate school as well as an opportunity for employment with the USAID Foreign Service upon completion of her studies. GW: Tell us about what you are doing now and why it matters to […]
Alumna Secures Largest Known Civil Single-Plaintiff Human Trafficking Award in American History
In May 2018, a federal judge in Kansas awarded Kendra Ross, a human trafficking survivor, almost $8 million in her lawsuit against a cult and its leader. It is the largest known civil single-plaintiff human trafficking award in American history. Elizabeth “Betsy” Hutson, LAW JD ’13, led a team from McGuireWoods that represented Ross pro […]
Alumna Advocates for the Equal Education of Girls in New Book
An accomplished scholar, advocate, and now published author, Sally Nuamah, CCAS BA ’11, sheds light on the inequitable realities girls face throughout their education in her new book, How Girls Achieve (Harvard University Press). The book rounds out Nuamah’s extensive and meaningful work in Ghana, which started during her time at GW – visiting the […]
A Presidential Honor for Public Health Pioneer
When Sumera Haque, SPH MPH ’01, came to the U.S. in 1999, she was a single mother of two boys. Trained as a physician in her native Pakistan, she was unsure what to expect in her new country. Nearly two decades later, Haque has an international reputation for her work in public health and serves […]
Alumna Shines in Women’s Leadership and Public Service
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Elliott School of International Affairs (ESIA) recently caught up with Kateryna Pyatybratova, ESIA BA ’11, MA/MBA ’16, who has turned her experiences at ESIA and GW into a career promoting women’s leadership and public service around the world. GW: Tell us about what you are doing now and […]
Law Alumna Forges New Path in Cancer Education and Advocacy
Nearly 40 percent of Americans will be diagnosed with some form of cancer in their lifetimes (according to the National Cancer Institute), and the emotional and financial impact of a diagnosis on these individuals and their families can be enormous. “Everyone likely has some type of connection to cancer, indirectly or not, or has been […]
Stories of Her Life: Alumna’s Global Journey in Journalism Returns Her to the Familiar Confines of GW
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 […]