Michael Y. Bennett, CCAS BA ’02, published two books. Bennett authored Words, Space, and the Audience: The Theatrical Tension between Empiricism and Rationalism, and co-edited Eugene O’Neill’s One-Act Plays: New Critical Perspectives. Both books were published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2012. This is Bennett’s second book and second edited collection. He is an assistant professor […]
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Blythe Purdin, CCAS BA ’04
Blythe Purdin, CCAS BA ’04, accepted the position of legislative and political action coordinator for the Second Essex Senate District through the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA). In this position, Purdin will continue her advocacy work to bring a pro-education agenda to the state house and help the MTA to elect pro-education candidates in the 2012 […]
David E. Bauer, GSPM MA ’06
David E. Bauer, GSPM MA ’06, accepted a position at the Association of Global Automakers located in Wash., D.C, as manager of state relations. Bauer was employed with the Maryland Judiciary as judicial law clerk after graduating from the University of Baltimore School of Law and passing the Maryland bar exam.
Jessie Lee Epstein, CCAS BA ’05 & Scott Harris Rudin, CCAS BA ’07
Jessie Lee Epstein, CCAS BA ’05, married Scott Harris Rudin, CCAS BA ’07, in East Hampton, N.Y. on Aug. 11. The bride, 29, and bridegroom, 27, met at George Washington University, from which they graduated. Mrs. Rudin is a manager and the marketing director in Kearny, N.J., for Alden Leeds, a swimming-pool chemical company there, […]
Rebekah Anne Beaulieu, CCAS BA’03
Rebekah Anne Beaulieu, CCAS BA’03, married Patrick Thomas Ford in July 2012 in Mequon, Wis. The couple met at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where they received master’s degrees in art history. The bride is keeping her name. She is the executive director of the Winchester Historical Society in Winchester, Mass., and is a fourth-year […]
Angelica Spanos, CCAS BA ’09
Angelica Spanos, CCAS BA ’09, won the “Outstanding Video Journalist/One Man Band Reporter” award from the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her work as a video journalist.
Gil Weiss, CCAS BA ’05
Gil Weiss, CCAS BA ’05, a mountaineer, died in July while ascending a glacier-capped 20,000-foot peak in Peru. Weiss was the chief adventure officer of BeyondAdventureProductions.com, a team of professional guides, photographers and logistics experts he helped found. He was a native of New York. Read more in the Denver Post.
Alumna’s GW connection goes coast to coast
Adina Hirsch’s first job out of college was a dream position with the United States Agency for International Development. “I would have never known how to apply for such a position had it not been for a GW alumna I met through my sorority. She was a hiring manager and encouraged me to apply,” says […]
Chia-Pin Chang, SEAS MS ’03, Phd ’11
Chia-Pin Chang, SEAS MS ’03, Phd ’11, was profiled by the Washington Post‘s Capital Business section on July 15 for his work as the co-founder of OptoBioSense, a spin off company from his work as a GW student. Chang was praised for his perseverance and dedication to his company and its research in spite of […]
Norman W. Getsinger, GWSB MA ’64, ESIA CERT ’02,
Norman W. Getsinger, GWSB MA ’64, ESIA CERT ’02, a retired Foreign Service officer who served in posts in Africa, Europe and Asia, died June 22 in Flint Hill, Va. He was 93. Getsinger joined the State Department in 1949 and served posts in Egypt, Italy and Turkey. A specialist in Asian affairs, he also […]