Thanks to Ben Kirshner, GWSB BBA ’00, and Rebecca Schimmer Kirshner, CCAS BA ’01, for sharing their story! Ben and Rebecca met outside of Thurston Hall the evening of Rebecca’s move-in day during her first year at GW. Ben was a sophomore, and they were introduced after realizing they knew some people in common. Their […]
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In Their Own Words: Gregg & Stacey
Thanks to Gregg and Stacey (Singer) Rood for sharing their story, and extra special thanks to their daughter Alexandra Rood, Columbian College Class of 2019, for nominating her parents as alumni valentines! The summer before they started at GW, Gregg Rood, GWSB BBA ’84, and Stacey (Singer) Rood, GWSB BBA ’84, both attended a student […]
In Their Own Words: Maggie & Tom
Thanks to Maggie Wood Danielski, CCAS ’02, and Tom Danielski, GWSB BAccy ’02, for sharing their story! We met freshman year in Lafayette Hall. We were neighbors and friends and romance bloomed! Our #onlyatGW moment was that we had an annual tradition of visiting the National Christmas tree and ice skating in the sculpture garden […]
In Their Own Words: Larry & Nakeya
Thanks to Nakeya Brown, CCAS MFA ’17, and Larry W. Cook, CCAS MFA ’13, for sharing their story! Our commitment to our photography practices led to our paths crossing. Larry and I first encountered each other in a professional practice course I was enrolled in. My professor selected him to be a guest speaker for […]
In Their Own Words: Brian & Kate
Thanks to Brian McCall, ESIA BA ’10, GWSB MTA ’12, and Kate (Guesman) McCall, CCAS BA ’08, for sharing their story! Where did you meet? We met on the stage of the Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre in the fall of 2006. We were building a set for Juvenelia for [what was then] the department of theatre […]
In Their Own Words: Bill & Kristina
Thanks to William (Bill) Giasi, CCAS BS ’97, SMHS MD ’03, and Kristina (Stephens) Giasi, CCAS BA ’99, MA ’03, for sharing their story! I met my wife, Kristina Stephens, during my senior year at GW in 1997. That year, my friends and I rented a townhouse on 23rd Street and needed another roommate, and […]
Alumni Valentines: Colleen & Howard
Given their academic interests and pursuits, it was inevitable that Colleen Connors, CCAS BA ’91, and Howard Opinsky, CCAS BA ’91, would cross paths at GW. As a senior in high school in Ridgefield, Conn., Colleen realized she had a passion for promoting social justice by influencing the political process to bring about change. “GW […]
Alumni Valentines: Lisa & Phil
Lisa (Lipkind) Leibow, CCAS BA ’88, knocked at the door on room 418 in Thurston Hall and made a love connection one day in September 1984. But it wasn’t quite so obvious from the start. The GW sophomore who answered was not the friend she had come to see, but one of his roommates named […]
Alumni Valentines: Charles & Jamila
When deciding which college to attend, Jamila Gittens, SEAS BS ’09, and Charles Basden Jr., CCAS BA ’08, MPA ’11, were looking for similar things. They both chose GW, and ultimately, they found each other. “I immediately loved the atmosphere, the diversity, and being in a city,” Jamila says, recalling her impressions of GW after […]
Alumni Valentines: Paul & Sarah
Sarah (Mathews) Collins, ESIA BA ’08, CCAS MA ’15, and Paul Collins, SEAS BS ’06, overlapped a bit at GW, but never met on campus. Which, for their long-term prospects, may be for the best. “I like to say if she had known me then she never would have married me,” says Paul with a […]