A Message to GW Alumni and Parents from President Steven Knapp

This fall we have enjoyed two remarkably successful weekends on which our campuses were graced by visits from alumni and from the parents and other family members of our current students.  I have been attending these events for ten years now, and it seemed to me that both the turn-out and the spirit on both Colonials and Alumni Weekend moved this year to the very top of the list.  Just one example: attendance at the “Taste of GW” this past Saturday was so large that, for the first time ever, our alumni vendors ran out of food long before the event was over!

As you know, this tenth time around was my last in my current role.  With that in mind, I wanted to pause to thank everyone who has attended these action-packed, often inspiring, always entertaining weekends during my tenure as president.  I want equally to thank all those who have not been able to come to George Washington for a weekend in the fall but are nevertheless a vital part of our life-long and world-wide GW community.  Whether you are a GW graduate, the parent or family member of a GW student, or all of the above, I am grateful for your support over these many years and hope you will continue to regard the George Washington University as your cultural and intellectual home in the heart of this nation’s capital.