Swipe Your GWorld for Haiti, Jan. 22
On Jan. 22, GW community members can make donations toward Haiti’s relief effort with their GWorld cards at five locations on the University's campuses.
Donations will be split evenly...
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A former Peace Corps volunteer in Haiti, GW medical student Haylene Sandler says the reports she is receiving from Haitian friends in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake are “dire.” “We...
By Menachem Wecker
When committee members met to decide which nominees deserved the University’s 2010 Martin Luther King Jr. Award, they considered three major criteria: service, leadership...
A Message to GW from Haiti's First Lady
Dear Sir:
I take this opportunity to kindly extend my deep appreciation to President Knapp for his solidarity to the people of my country who are presently facing fear and sorrow...
By Julia Parmley
It’s like tennis. Only a lot louder and a lot more intense.
The game is called squash and while its roots lay in tennis, this sport is a little...
Exploring GW’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus
Newly dubbed the Virginia Science and Technology Campus, GW’s campus in Ashburn, Va., has grown by leaps and bounds, rapidly becoming a hub for research and learning in the area and beyond. Craig...
GW Honors the Legacy of Martin Luther King
More than 550 members of the GW community teamed up to improve the Theodore Roosevelt High School in Northwest D.C. — and logged approximately 1,500 service hours — in honor of the national Martin...
GW Alumni with Haiti Ties Share Their Stories
Ashley Chandler, M.A. ’06, wrote her thesis on Haitian immigration to the United States during the Cold War. After graduating from GW,...
From an artfully composed pile of fragmented white ceramics to a giant egg made out of tire treads and a “wave” of flip flops collected from those fleeing the Dominican Republic and embellished...
More than 200 GW students spent the last week of their winter break, Jan. 3 - 10, volunteering in seven locations. This represents a large increase over last year, when 36 students traveled to New...