GW invites Colonials around the world to save the date for #GivingTuesday—a nationally recognized day following the holiday season’s Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday—to kick off the giving season. This year, on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2013, GW will take part in this national call to action and celebrate a day dedicated to […]
Jean-Marc Gorelick, ESIA MA ’09, a USAID Foreign Service Officer, is currently serving as a senior elections advisor in Afghanistan, where presidential and provincial elections are slated to occur on Apr. 5, 2014. “Inclusive, credible and transparent elections are critical to securing Afghanistan’s democratic future,” Gorelick said in an email. Gorelick recently met Secretary of […]
As we recently shared, Carlos Terrones, CCAS BA ’98, published the book, The Other Front in Afghanistan: Stories of Maiwand Building Governance & Development. Terrones, an international development practitioner, has worked on international development projects related to good governance and civil society in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America. We caught up […]
Several members of the GW alumni community were recently named to the 2013 99 Most Influential Foreign Policy Leaders Under the Age of 33 list (“99 under 33”). This list recognizes a community of some of the brightest and most innovative minds of the time, nominated and chosen by a peer group of Millennials. Compiled […]
Recently, we shared the story of Solar Decathlon participants Team Capitol DC, a collaborative effort between GW, Catholic University (CUA ) and American University (AU). The team competed in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon and placed seventh overall—our friends at GW Today caught up with the team to learn more about the competition […]
Joe Goldman, CCAS BA ’11 is the program associate for legislative affairs and intergroup relations at the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) in San Francisco. JCRC represents Bay Area synagogues and Jewish organizations on issues impacting the rights and protection of Jews as individuals and as a community. One of those issues has been the […]
GW’s Office of International Alumni Programs recently hosted two alumni dinners in Kazakhstan. Brittany Wright, a member of the International Programs & Admissions Office at GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, was onhand to meet the alumni and hear about their experiences. “We have some awesome alumni in Kazakhstan,” Wright said in an email. […]
GW has a long history of honoring its alumni, beginning with the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards, established in 1937. Presented by the George Washington Alumni Association (GWAA), the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Awards are given annually to GW alumni and MVC alumnae who have obtained notable success in their chosen profession, thereby bringing honor to themselves […]
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, GWSB MBA ’87, is a Senior Vice President at Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and President of the Charles Schwab Foundation, whose mission is to help people achieve lifelong financial well-being. In addition, Schwab-Pomerantz serves as director and chairman of the board of Schwab Charitable, one of the country’s largest donor-advised funds, which has facilitated […]
Victoria Clarke, CCAS BA ’82, is Senior Vice President for Global Corporate Affairs for SAP, a leading multinational software company. Clarke has served in three Administrations, most recently as Assistant Secretary of Defense, and is recognized in the private and public sectors as an effective expert on communications in the age of transparency. Prior to SAP, […]
