Ten former students of George Washington University were on the ballot for national office in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Six candidates won seats in the House and one candidate was successful in the Senate and all will be sworn-in as part of the 116th Congress on Jan. 3, 2019. Here are the results, race by race: Julia Brownley, MVC BA […]
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Alumni Awards to Recognize Career, Service Achievements
The awards will be presented at a ceremony that helps kick off Colonials Weekend in October. Nine George Washington University alumni will be honored this year for their significant career accomplishments and service to the university at the 2018 Alumni Awards, which takes place during Colonials Weekend in October. The 2018 award recipients are: Alumni Achievement Award Nelson […]
Hatchet-ing Up the Broadcast Ranks
On a Tuesday morning at the start of his sophomore year at GW, Mosheh Oinounou, CCAS BA ’04, ESIA MA ’06, began a new internship that may have led him to a political future. But history had other ideas. The internship for Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), from his home state of Illinois, began Sept. 11, […]
Around the World and Back
When French President Emmanuel Macron visited Washington on April 23-25, an Elliott School alumnus played an important role in ensuring a successful and smooth State Visit, the first of the Trump Administration. David Solomon, BA ’08, is a Senior Visits Officer in the Office of the Chief of Protocol at the U.S. Department of State. […]
Change the Pallet: How Adam Pener is Disrupting Transportation One Pallet at a Time
When thinking about reducing carbon emissions, obvious solutions come to mind: buy local to decrease carbon footprint; switch to electric cars; and use public transportation. But what about all the millions of goods that are transported every day across the US? When Adam Pener, ESIA MA ’00, joined Green Ox Pallet technology, a start-up making […]
KACIF Grant Opens Unlikely Doors
For Kiana Barcelona, internships paved a new career path during her GW undergraduate days, helped in part by a generous university grant. Kiana Barcelona, ESIA BA ’17, works as a special assistant to the vice president of development at the Atlantic Council. It’s her first job out of GW, where she earned a bachelor’s degree […]
Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women
The Elliott School marked International Women’s Week with a speaker series featuring distinguished alumnae, called Pathways to Success: Career Accomplishments of Elliott School Women. The featured panelists ranged from recent graduates to seasoned professionals, and work for powerful institutions including the State Department, the World Bank, and the White House. They are passionate about issues […]
A Taste of El Salvador at Taste of GW
If you attended Taste of GW at Colonials Weekend 2017, you had the pleasure of meeting Laura Cruz, ESIA BA ’92. From a booth to the left of the entrance she served farm-to-table coffee and honey from her family farm in El Salvador. The coffee is good. Really good. If you were lucky, you got […]
Colonial Love: Robert & Thu
They say you never get a second chance to make a first impression, but that wasn’t quite the case for Robert Ogburn, ESIA MA ’85 and his wife Thu-hang (née Hoang), CCAS BA ’83. After finishing his master’s in East Asian Studies, Robert still had friends on campus. One of those friends, Iris, worked in […]
Colonial Love: Mark & Michele
Last year, as Mark and Michele Lerner (née Vodneck) awaited the arrival of their second grandchild, they also anticipated another milestone: 40 years since they first met on the 7th floor of Thurston Hall. In 1977, Michele, ESIA BA ‘81, ESIA MA ‘82 was thrilled to be at GW, having set her heart on going […]