CONVERSATION WITH A FILMMAKER
The Kalb Report: From News to History, A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Ken Burns

Monday, September 11
7:45 p.m. (Guests must be seated)
8 p.m. (Show starts)
The National Press Club Main Ballroom - two blocks from the Metro Center station on the Red, Orange, and Blue lines. For directions, click here.

Seating is first come, first served…so come early. To reserve free tickets beginning Monday, August 21, visit the GW TicketMaster on the ground floor of the Marvin Center at 800 21st Street NW, or contact Anna Ford at aford@gwu.edu or 202-994-1499.

PRIVATE TOUR OF NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM EXHIBIT WITH GW ALUMNAE
Please join fellow alumnae Barbara Stauffer, Judy Mannes, Siobhan Starrs, and Carolyn Margolis as we explore our changing environment. Enjoy a private tour of the two exhibits coordinated by Stauffer, Mannes, and Margolis called Atmosphere: Change is in the Air, and Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely.

Wednesday, September 13
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. (Private tour)
National Museum of Natural History
10th Street & Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20013

7 p.m. (Reception)
Elephant and Castle
1201 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004

Please use the Constitution Avenue entrance for the museum. After the tour, we will walk over to the Elephant and Castle Pub for light appetizers and drinks. The pub is approximately four blocks from the museum, and we will walk as a group, but feel free to arrange other transportation as necessary. The cost for this event is $10. Space is limited, so register now!

RECESS IMPROV COMEDY SHOW
Who doesn’t love a good laugh? Recess is having its first improv comedy show of the year, and you’re invited.

Friday, September 15
12 a.m. (Midnight)
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater
801 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

It's only $3. If you can't make this performance, don’t worry, our Sweet 16 Alumni Anniversary Show will be held on Friday, October 20, during Colonials Weekend – same time, same place. Hope to see you there!

ELLIOTT SCHOOL FACULTY LECTURE
The Faculty Lecture Series: Outer Space: The Next Frontier for International Affairs? will be presented by John Logsdon, professor emeritus of political science and international affairs; director, Space Policy Institute

Wednesday, September 20
6 p.m. – 7 p.m.
1957 E Street NW
Lindner Family Commons, 602
Washington, DC 20052

Please RSVP to RSVPESIA@gwu.edu. Light refreshments will be served.

TOWN HALL MEETING
We want to know your hopes and aspirations for the future of GW. As The George Washington University begins a search for its next president, the Board of Trustees and the George Washington Alumni Association will hold town hall meetings in DC to talk about a vision for GW for the next 20 years. Your input is essential.

The event will be hosted by Nelson Carbonell, BA ’85, Chair of the Board of Trustees Committee on Advancement, and Christopher G. Young, BBA ’81, MAccy ’83, GWAA President. A series of questions to start the discussion will be available in a briefing paper available at www.alumni.gwu.edu/GWbriefing and we urge you to look at the paper and the questions before you come.

Thursday, September 26
6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m
Marvin Center Continental Ballroom
Washington, DC 20052

Alumni are strongly encouraged to register for the town hall meeting.

EUROPEAN WINE TASTING – JOIN US FOR A WINE ADVENTURE
Didn’t have a chance to study abroad while at GW? Or, better yet, do you wish you could go back to France, Spain, or Italy, and spend another leisurely semester taking classes and touring the countryside while enjoying the local wines and cuisine? We are offering a night in Europe right here at GW! Join Robb Kimbles, director of wine education for Total Wine and More, and fellow alumni for a wine tasting featuring the wines of France, Spain, and Italy.

Wednesday, October 11
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Alumni House Parlor
1925 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

The cost is $10. The group will taste eight wines, including two sparkling wines. Please register to reserve your space. We look forward to seeing you there!

THE FRANK HOWARD DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES
The GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, the GW Engineer Alumni Association, and the GW Alumni Association present The Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture, Robotic Exploration of the Moon: Preparing the Way for Human Return. Dr. Paul D. Spudis, senior staff scientist at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, will deliver the lecture.

Wednesday, October 11
6 p.m. (Reception)
7 p.m. (Lecture)
Media and Public Affairs Building
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

The Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed lecture fund established in 1945 by a gift from its namesake, an alumnus and trustee of the University, and president of the Standard Oil Development Company. The Frank Howard Distinguished Lecture Series brings outstanding leaders of science and industry to GW to discuss timely topics in engineering and related subjects. Past lecturers include acclaimed scientists Dr. Werner Von Braun, Dr. Edward Teller, and Dr. W. Edwards Deming; Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dr. Shirley Jackson, and structural engineer of the World Trade Center, Leslie E. Robertson. RSVP by Wednesday, October 4, 2006, to SEASALUM@gwu.edu or 202-994-8474.

AWARD WINNING AUTHOR SPEAKS
Hear Adam Hochschild, author of Bury the Chains, the 2006 Lionel Gelber Book Prize winner, speak.

Bury the Chains examines the dark and disturbing world of slavery in the late 1700s and early 1800s, when hunting, capturing, and transporting humans to sugar plantations was such an accepted part of ordinary life that the Church of England bought slaves to work on its sugar crops in the West Indies.

Thursday, October 12
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
1957 E Street, NW, Lindner Family Commons, 602

Please RSVP to RSVPESIA@gwu.edu.