Graduates returned to GW for Alumni Weekend, remembering their time in college and making new memories on campus. Dorothy Robinson, B.A. ’01, attended some Alumni Weekend events with old friends she has stayed in touch with long after graduation. College classes and homework have changed a lot in the 15 years since she graduated, she […]
Born in an East Baltimore neighborhood on December 7, 1942, Reginald F. Lewis was brought up by a family that inspired him to “be the best you can be.” And so he did, excelling in his studies, graduating from Harvard Law School in 1968, and establishing Wall Street’s first African American law firm in 1970. […]
“Starting a new non-profit is not easy,” says Brian Gadsden, CCAS BA ’93. “I’ve seen many fail while trying to duplicate work that is already being done.” Gadsden knows something about how to make the non-profit life work; he founded the San Francisco,CA-based Urban Ed Academy (UEA), which celebrated its launch in summer 2013. Gadsden, […]
Frank Eldridge Anderson, CCAS BA ’95, has published the new children’s book, Jimi Wifi and the Train of Time (Trafford Publishing). Anderson co-authored the book with Ghada Ahmed. Train of Time teaches children how people kept time before digital clocks were invented via Jimi and Grandma Rhyme, who, according to the author, “represents the modern […]
On Sept. 28, as part of Alumni Weekend 2013, the GW Black Alumni Association (GWBAA) honored three black alumni and three current students at the annual GWBAA IMPACT Awards ceremony. Given out since 2006, the IMPACT Award is the highest form of recognition bestowed upon distinguished black alumni by the GWBAA Executive Committee. Each year, […]
Banaa, a student organization that provides Sudanese and South Sudanese survivors of atrocity with scholarships to American universities under the condition the scholars will return to their home countries to work towards peace, announced two new scholars yesterday. Jacob Mator Aketch was selected to be GW’s second Banaa scholar as part of the class of […]
On April 27, the GW Black Alumni Association (GWBAA) will host the Sixth Annual Black Alumni Reunion in Washington, DC. The first reunion was held in April 2008 as a result of outreach efforts by Helen Cannaday Saulny, GSEHD MA ’88, who was GW’s assistant vice president for student academic support services at the time. […]
Born and raised in Jamaica, Shernet Dixon-James, GSEHD MA ’10, has been in the U.S. for 20 years, but her birthplace is never far from her mind or heart. The GW grad is co-founder of the non-profit, One Love 4 Kids, a DC area-based organization that provides education, health and economic support to inner city, […]
Loretta Anne Woodward Veney, CCAS MA ‘82, has published the book, Being My Mom’s Mom. The book explores the relationship between Veney and her mother, and their journey with her mother’s dementia. Veney offers strategies on building the best care team for loved ones, increasing one’s capacity for patience and making the most of every […]
Dr. Debra Saunders-White, GSEHD EdD ‘04, deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education, has been selected as the 11th chancellor of North Carolina Central University (NCCU) by the Board of Governors of the multi-campus University of North Carolina. Dr. Saunders-White, 57, will assume her new duties June 1. Since […]
