Catching Up With the Dean of Students
By Menachem Wecker
When Peter Konwerski, senior associate vice president and dean of students, says his office door is always open, he really means it.
Whether late nights,...
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This semester the university community can receive IT support around the clock.
The IT Support Center, which opened over the summer, provides a wide range of general technology support to...
Students returning to campus this week for the start of GW’s fall semester—as well as new students arriving in Foggy Bottom for the first time—will notice evidence of ongoing construction and...
Class of 2015 Arrives on Campus Early Ahead of Hurricane Irene
Freshman Convocation, the university’s official welcome of the incoming freshman class, was originally scheduled for Aug. 28, but had to be postponed due to safety concerns surrounding Hurricane...
First Chapter Chooses Book By Rebecca Skloot
When incoming freshmen sat down to read Rebecca Skloot’s The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks this summer, they may not have realized how careful a selection process the book underwent before it...
By Anna Miller
According to Arthur Shorr, M.B.A. ’70, the George Washington University’s new short-term study abroad program, Health Services Delivery in Israel, will be an unforgettable...
Within the first few weeks of the fall semester, the Office of Safety and Security anticipates having a new system online, which will help it track the university’s shuttles, called 4-RIDE,...
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Pedro Silva is an earthquake expert, but the 5.9-magnitude quake that rocked the East Coast Tuesday still caught him somewhat by surprise...
Memorial for Civil Rights Leader Opens on National Mall
On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of 250,000 people on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to deliver his “I Have a Dream” speech.
Almost a half century after his...
Statement from Terri Harris Reed
Greetings everyone! The start of the new school year is just days away and, in the coming weeks and months, you will have ample opportunities to engage diversity in the service of teaching,...