Margaret Solaqua is 80 but won’t let that stop her from giving more internships and dishing more life lessons to GW students Margaret Solaqua, GWSB ‘91, took the scenic route to a GW degree. When she started in 1974, Gerald Ford lived in the White House. Seventeen years and three presidents later, in 1991, Solaqua […]
Many people can pinpoint the ‘aha’ moment they decide upon a chosen career. For Cameron Waggener, CCAS BA ’17, his moment happened during a class he took as a sophomore at GW. “I began my career by opening the DC area’s first bicycle coffee shop after taking a geography course at GW titled People, Land, […]
Just days before joining the more than 275,000 Colonials who make up the GW alumni community as a newly minted graduate, Aubrey Shwedick, GWSB BBA ’16, sat down with Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations Matt Manfra to talk about what graduates should know about joining the GW alumni family. Matt Manfra: Thanks for […]
Hello Class of 2016! My name is Jeremy Gosbee. I’m a proud graduate of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences and the School of Business, and I have the honor of serving as president of YOUR George Washington Alumni Association. Today I bring you greetings on behalf of GW’s 270,000 alumni, living in every […]
As the students of Professor Clay Warren’s Persuasion class filter into the classroom located on the 2nd floor of GW’s 1957 E Street building, their eyes are immediately drawn to the duo standing at the front of the lecture hall with their instructor. Having heard about this particular class session from friends and study partners who […]
The George Washington Alumni Association (GWAA) announced on October 16 the creation of the Colonials Helping Colonials Fund, a new fundraising initiative that will benefit student internship support as part of the university’s Making History campaign. The GWAA has set an initial fundraising goal of $100,000 for the fund. “We’ve created this new fundraising initiative—the […]
When Marissa Moran, SMPA BA ’10, moved to Los Angeles from London in 2014, the job market for international media development didn’t make the trip with her across the pond. “There weren’t many opportunities when I moved to LA,” Marissa says about the field she found herself drawn towards as a political communication major in […]
As he took the Commencement podium on May 18 to address GW’s newest class of alumni for the last time as president of the GW Alumni Association (GWAA), Steve Frenkil, CCAS BA ’74, took a moment to take on the scene. Like the thousands of young faces looking up at him, Steve, who steps down […]
