Makala Skinner, CCAS BA ’10, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to serve as an English teaching assistant in southeastern Turkey. Skinner was selected as an award recipient based on her academic and professional achievements as well as her demonstrated leadership potential. This program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State in […]
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Jay Campbell, GWSB BBA ’03, MS ’03
Jay Campbell, GWSB BBA ’03, MS ’03 has been elected partner at Adams and Reese, LLP in Memphis, TN. The promotion was effective as of January 1, 2013. Campbell joined Adams and Reese in 2006 and serves as an attorney in the Transactions and Corporate Advisory Services Practice Group in the firm’s Memphis office. He […]
Jonna Gilbert, CCAS BA ’09 & Max Wahle, CCAS BS ‘09
Jonna Gilbert, CCAS BA ’09 & Max Wahle, CCAS BS ‘09, were married July 7, 2012 in Silverthorne, Colorado. While studying at GW, Jonna received a BA in English and Max received a BS in applied mathematics.
Michael Y. Bennett, CCAS BA ’02
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 […]
Natalie Larioff Giusti, CCAS AA ’50, BA ’53
Natalie Larioff Giusti, CCAS AA ’50, BA ’53, a librarian in the Slavic section of the Library of Congress from the early 1970s until her retirement in 1986, died June 22 in Arlington. Natalie Larioff was born in Dalian, Manchuria. Her father, from Russia, and her mother, from Bulgaria, had fled to China after political […]
Iris Jamahl Dunkle, CCAS BA ’96
Iris Jamahl Dunkle, CCAS BA ’96, won the First-Book Award from Trio House Press for her forthcoming poetry collection, Gold Passage. Her chapbook Inheritance was published by Finishing Line Press in 2010, and her second manuscript, Interrupted Geographies, was a finalist for the 2012 Colorado Prize for Poetry. Dunkle teaches writing at the University of […]
Irene Ojo-Felix, CCAS BA ’10
Irene Ojo-Felix, CCAS BA ’10, graduated from GW with a degree in English and minors in art history and fine arts. Ojo-Felix, a Washington, D.C. native, was an active student at GW. She was a member of the Black Student Union and the African Students Association, while contributing to The Ace Magazine, GW’s first print publication catering […]
Margaret Elizabeth (Weiss) Maloney, CCAS BA ’07
Margaret Elizabeth (Weiss) Maloney, CCAS BA ’07, and Joseph Edward Maloney were married on March 31, 2012 at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Maloney works as a special assistant to Jeffrey D. Zients, the acting director of the president’s Office of Management and Budget.
Melissa Nyman, CCAS BA ’04
Melissa Nyman, CCAS BA ’04, will be a featured artist in the DCist Exposed 2012 photography show. This is the sixth annual DCist Exposed, a competition that challenges photographers to “show DC through the eyes of folks who live here,” and it’s the second time Nyman’s work has been chosen for display. Her photo – Summer Storm, Kennedy Center – […]
Eliana Coffidis, CCAS BA ’02, ESIA MA ’04
Eliana Coffidis, CCAS BA ’02, ESIA MA ’04, received an international contract with the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) headquarters in Rome. She begins in January 2012.