GW, in collaboration with Catholic University (CUA) and American University (AU), is part of Team Capitol DC, a competitor in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The competition is currently ongoing in California, and this is the first time that a city-wide DC-based collegiate team has competed. The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon […]
GW’s Office of International Alumni Programs recently hosted two alumni dinners in Kazakhstan. Brittany Wright, a member of the International Programs & Admissions Office at GW’s School of Engineering and Applied Science, was onhand to meet the alumni and hear about their experiences. “We have some awesome alumni in Kazakhstan,” Wright said in an email. […]
Two GW schools are collaborating to offer new scholarship opportunity through the National Science Foundation (NSF), to support GW’s efforts around cybersecurity. GW is working to develop a new breed of cybersecurity leaders through the GW HOLISTiC Executive Cyber Corps© program. The program seeks to train cybersecurity leaders who are equipped with knowledge of technical […]
As Alumni Weekend 2013 approaches, we’re profiling members of this year’s reunion classes — find out how this double alumnus founded a non-profit to aid health care issues in developing countries: Ketan Patel, SEAS BS ’08, GWSB MBA ’10, may have spent a lot of time with small circuit boards and wires in Tompkins Hall […]
James Reichman, SEAS MS ’72, of Atlanta, GA passed away on Aug. 1. He worked on Naval weapons designs and received his masters in systems engineeringfrom GW before going on to residential real estate. Reichman had a successful career in real estate as a broker managing an office of agents, ultimately opening his own company […]
In addition to a new president and members-at-large, the GW Alumni Association (GWAA) also recently welcomed school representatives to the Board of Directors. School representatives are appointed by the dean of their GW school, and represent that school or college on the GWAA Board. There is one representative from each school or college on the […]
Donald Jacobovitz, SEAS MS ’88, was recently named to the national Top Ten Public Works Leaders of the Year by the American Public Works Association (APWA). The APWA annually recognizes ten national leaders to this list. Each leader will be honored during the awards ceremony of the APWA 2013 International Public Works Congress & Exposition, […]
Marguerite Mudd Walter, SEAS BS ’81, received her Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary on May 18th, 2013. The Master of Divinity is a three-year graduated degree that is the basic professional degree for ministry. Princeton Theological Seminary, founded in 1812 as the first theological school of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, […]
On May 15, the GW School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) held its 4th annual Pelton Senior Design Competition and Senior-Alumni BBQ. A record 190 guests saw computer science major Michelle Cano take home top honors with her project, Text for All Ages: Mobile Adult Literacy. Cano designed a software application for mobile phones […]
The last seven days have been kind of crazy. First, the class of 2013 celebrated achieving over 51% participation in their senior class gift campaign, which means trustee Nelson Carbonell, SEAS BS ’85, would donate $51,000 to student aid. That was worth a toast: Then, we welcomed the class of 2013 into the GW Alumni Association in […]
