GW MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. LASALLE – TONIGHT!
Join fellow GW alumni and cheer on the Colonials as they take on La Salle on Wednesday, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. Your GW Alumni Association reserved tickets just for GW alumni in Sections 204 & 205. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased through our website.
Attention GSPM Alumni – There is a pre-game tailgate just for GSPM alumni before the game. More information is available here.
FICTION READING AND RECEPTION WITH AUTHOR NADEEM ASLAMYou are cordially invited to attend a fiction reading by renowned author Nadeem Aslam, 2008 British Council USA/Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence at GW, author of the novel Maps for Lost Lovers. Dessert reception with the author will follow.
Thursday, February 7
7 – 9 p.m.
Cloyd Heck Marvin Center
Amphitheater, 3rd Floor (Reading)
Room 308 (Reception)
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
There is no cost to attend this event. Registration for this event is closed. However, if you are interested in attending, please contact Anita Ponchione via e-mail at apytlarz@gwu.edu or by phone at 202-994-9866.
GW LGBT GRADUATE STUDENT MIXERGraduate students form around 53% of the student body at GW. Our first happy hour for all GW graduate students, law students, and medical students will be on February 7.
Thursday, February 7
6 – 8 p.m.
The Science Club (2nd floor)
1136 19th Street, NW (between L & M)
Washington, D.C.
For more details about the event, click here or contact Mike Overby at moverby@gwu.edu. Happy hour prices are listed on the Science Club website.
GW COLLEGE REPUBLICANS CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONJoin the GW College Republicans to celebrate 100 years of College Republicans at The George Washington University.
Saturday, February 9
5:30 p.m. Networking Reception
7:30 p.m. Dinner & Keynote Speaker
National Press Club
529 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Tickets on sale online beginning January 15 at www.gwrepublicans.org/100. For more information, contact Chris Brooks, Chairman, at brooksc@gwu.edu.
GW MEN’S BASKETVALL VS. DAYTONJoin fellow GW alumni and cheer on the Colonials as they take on nationally ranked Dayton on Saturday, February 9 at 7 p.m. Your GW Alumni Association reserved tickets just for GW alumni in Sections 204 & 205. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased through our website.
GW WOMEN VS. RICHMOND WITH PRE-GAME TAILGATE
Cheer on the No. 20 GW women’s basketball team as they take on the Richmond Spiders. Join fellow alumni for a tailgate at Alumni House before the game. This game is in collaboration with the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s Think Pink Week and the first 30 people to sign up for the tailgate will receive a commemorative pink T-shirt to be worn during the game.
Sunday, February 10
12:30 p.m. Tailgate
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
2 p.m. GW vs. Richmond
Charles E. Smith Center
22nd and G Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.
Tickets will be available at the tailgate until 30 minutes before the game, after which they will be available at Smith Center Will Call. The cost is $5 and includes the game and tailgate. Please register your attendance in advance.
HOW DO I BECOME A NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY ADVISER?Brendan Shields, CCAS BA ’98, will discuss his national security experiences and background. Currently, he is the Director for Response Policy at the White House Homeland Security Council. Prior, Mr. Shields served at the Departments of Homeland Security and State where he focused on domestic and international security issues. He began his career working on Capitol Hill while attending GW.
Tuesday, February 12
7 p.m.
Marvin Center, Room 307, 3rd Floor
801 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
All alumni are invited to this free program; light refreshments will be served. Although there is no cost to attend, please register your attendance in advance.
AN EVENING WITH GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOSGeorge Stephanopoulos, ABC News's Chief Washington Correspondent and the host of ABC's Sunday morning news show This Week, will join Frank Sesno, Professor of Media and Public Affairs at The George Washington University, to discuss the 2008 political season, the media and his personal journey through politics and journalism in the first installment of the 2008 Public Affairs Project Conversation Series.
Tuesday, February 12
7 p.m.
Media and Public Affairs Building
Jack Morton Auditorium
805 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
This event is free and open to alumni. Tickets are required and can be reserved by e-mailing University Events or by calling (202) 994-9810. Please include your full name, daytime phone number and the number of tickets you would like to reserve. You will receive an e-mail or phone call confirming your request.
FORENSIC SCIENCES ALUMNI RECEPTION AT THE 2008 AAFS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C.Please join the Department of Forensic Sciences for an evening reception for alumni and students to be held during the 2008 American Academy of Forensic Sciences conference. Faculty, students and alumni will have the opportunity to reconnect and celebrate the department’s 40th anniversary.
Wednesday, February 20
8 – 10 p.m.
Marriott Wardman Park Hotel
2660 Woodley Road, NW
Washington, D.C.
There is no cost to attend this event, but please register by Wednesday, February 13, so we can get a headcount.
GW MEN VS. RICHMOND WITH PRE-GAME TAILGATECheer on the GW men’s basketball team as they take on the Richmond Spiders. Before the game, join fellow GW alumni for a pre-game tailgate at Alumni House.
Saturday, February 23
12:30 p.m. Pre-game Tailgate
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
2 p.m. GW vs. Richmond
Charles E. Smith Center
22nd and G Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.
The cost for this event is $22 and includes the tailgate and game. Purchase your tickets today! Tickets are located in Sections 204 & 205.Your tickets will be available for pick-up at the tailgate until 30 minutes before the start of the game, after which they will be available at Smith Center Will Call. Already have tickets to the game? Attend the tailgate for just $10.
ALUMNI WINE TASTINGWhen looking at a menu do the words “cold fermentation,” “full bodied,” “tannin” or “cuvee” scare you? Do you know the difference between a Blanc de Blanc and a Blanc de Noir? Answers to these burning questions and more at Alumni House on February 26! Join fellow GW alumni to taste and learn more about wine. Sommeliers from Best Cellars in Dupont Circle will be educating us and pouring a selection of wines from New Zealand and Australia.
Tuesday, February 26
6 – 8 p.m.
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
The cost to attend is $15 which includes the tasting and light hors d'oeuvres. Please register your attendance in advance.
GW MEN VS. RHODE ISLAND WITH PRE-GAME TAILGATECheer on the GW men’s basketball team as they take on Rhode Island! Before the game, join fellow GW alumni for a pre-game tailgate at Alumni House.
Wednesday, February 27
6 p.m. Pre-game Tailgate
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
7:30 p.m. GW vs. Rhode Island
Charles E. Smith Center
22nd and G Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.
The cost for this event is $22 and includes the tailgate and game. Purchase your tickets today! Tickets are located in Sections 204 & 205. Your tickets will be available for pick-up at the tailgate until 30 minutes before the start of the game, after which they will be available at Smith Center Will Call. Already have tickets to the game? You can still join us at the tailgate for just $10.
ATTENTION YOUNG ALUMNI! The Young Alumni Network has reserved an additional set of tickets so young alumni can cheer together as the Colonials take on Rhode Island! Visit our website for more information.
TSPPPA STUDENT-ALUMNI NETWORKING RECEPTIONStudents and Alumni of the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration are invited to celebrate the end of Networking Week 2008 at the Second Annual TSPPPA Student-Alumni Networking Reception.
Friday, February 29
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Tonic Restaurant (Quigley's Pharmacy)
Top Floor Lounge
2036 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Click here for more information and to RSVP.
THE SCIENCE AND ETHICS OF STEM CELL RESEARCHDepartment of Philosophy 2008 Goutman Lecture and Reception
Bonnie Steinbock, philosophy professor at the University of Albany, SUNY, will present the 2008 Goutman lecture on the ethics of embryonic stem-cell research. A reception for alumni, faculty and students with the speaker will follow.
Friday, February 29
4 – 6:30 p.m.
Media and Public Affairs Building
Room 309 (Lecture)
2nd Floor Art Gallery Lobby (Reception)
805 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
There is no cost to attend this event, but please register by Monday, February 25, so we can get a headcount.
GW AT XAVIER – WATCH PARTYCatch the GW men’s basketball games while they’re on the road! Cheer on your Colonials with fellow GW alumni at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern.
Saturday, March 1
7 p.m. (Game Starts)
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
(Across from the Navy Memorial Metro Stop)
639 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
We will have tables reserved at the upstairs bar and the game on with sound. For information on watch parties and tailgates, visit our website.
HOW DO I BECOME A NETWORK TV PRODUCER?What are the skills that a top producer needs? Join Mary Ann Zoellner, CCAS BA ’91, and find out, as she shares her experiences working as a producer for the number one rated morning show, NBC's Today. While in college she worked for CNN’s Larry King Live and then moved to New York for a job at MSNBC. She is currently at work on her first book called, Today's Moms.
Wednesday, March 5
7 p.m.
Marvin Center, Room 310, 3rd Floor
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
All alumni are invited to this free program; light refreshments will be served. Although there is no cost to attend, please register your attendance in advance.
CAREERS, COOKIES, & CONNECTIONS (WINE TOO!)Alumni Panel Discussion with Student-Alumni Networking Reception
Please join the Sociology Alumni Association (SAA) as alumni from the Criminal Justice, Human Services, and Sociology fields discuss jobs, careers, and choices post graduation. A networking reception for alumni and 2008 graduates to follow.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
7 p.m.
Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, Room 404
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
There is no cost to attend this event, but please register by February 29 so we can get a headcount.
GW AT CHARLOTTE – WATCH PARTYCatch the GW men’s basketball games while they’re on the road! Cheer on your Colonials with fellow GW alumni at Penn Quarter Sports Tavern.
Thursday, March 6
8 p.m. (Game Starts)
Penn Quarter Sports Tavern
(Across from the Navy Memorial Metro Stop)
639 Indiana Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
We will have tables reserved at the upstairs bar and the game on with sound. For information on watch parties and tailgates, visit our website.
DOCTOR FAUSTUS: A RENAISSANCE MAGUS AND HIS WORLDDepartment of History 2008 Elmer L. Kayser Lecture and Reception
Anthony Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor at Princeton University, will present the 2008 Elmer L. Kayser Lecture. In his lecture, "Doctor Faustus: A Renaissance Magus and His World," Grafton will discuss the historical sixteenth-century German alchemist and magician behind the well-traveled Faustus legend. A reception for alumni, faculty and students with the speaker will follow.
Thursday, March 6
4 – 6 p.m.
Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, Amphitheater, 3rd Floor (lecture)
Room 310 (Reception)
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
There is no cost to attend this event, but please register by Friday, February 29, so we can get a headcount.
GW MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. UMASSJoin fellow GW alumni and cheer on the Colonials as they take on the UMass Minutemen on Saturday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. Your GW Alumni Association reserved tickets just for GW alumni in Sections 204 & 205. Tickets are $18 and can be purchased through our website.
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY 2008 ELTON LECTURE
Guest Speaker: Ezekiel Emanuel, Department of Bioethics, NIH
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, Chair of the Department of Bioethics at The Clinical Center of the National Institutes of Health, will present the 2008 Elton lecture in the Department of Philosophy. In this lecture, Dr. Emanuel will argue for an overhaul of our health care system and, more specifically, for his voucher approach to health care finance and delivery.
Tuesday, March 11
4 p.m.
Cloyd Heck Marvin Center, Room 308
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Click here for more information. This event is free and open to all alumni.
ATLANTIC-10 TOURNAMENT IN ATLANTIC CITY — SAVE THE DATE!GW men's basketball returns to Atlantic City for the 2008 A-10 Conference Championship March 12-15! Join fellow GW alumni and Colonials fans to cheer on your A-10 defending champs! Single-game tickets are currently on sale, and more information is available on the A-10 Championship website. The GW Alumni Association will be hosting pre-game tailgate parties before each of the GW games at Game On. To learn more about the A-10 Championship, including tickets, tailgates, transportation and accommodations, please visit our website.
EAST VILLAGE OPERA COMPANY AT LISNER AUDITORIUM
Featuring a powerhouse five-piece rock band, a string quartet and two outstanding vocalists, East Village Opera Company brings the towering emotion and timeless musicality of opera into the 21st century. Their debut album, with its inventive, hard-hitting arrangements, includes “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto, “Habanera” from Carmen, and “Nessun dorma” from Turandot performed at full length and in the original languages.
Saturday, March 29
7 p.m. Pre-show Reception
Dimock Gallery at Lisner Auditorium
730 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
8 p.m. Show
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Your GW Alumni Association has secured a set of discounted tickets for what is sure to be a dynamic and entertaining evening. Please join us for a pre-show reception in the Dimock Gallery of Lisner Auditorium. Our seats are located in the Center Terrace, Rows AA-GG and will be available for pick up during the pre-show reception. Tickets are $32 and include the show and reception. Space is limited, so please register today!
WASHINGTON’S MASTER COLLECTORS AND THEIR MASTERPIECESLecture and Reception with Professor of Art History Lilien Robinson
Have you ever wondered how someone builds a collection of art? Learn from the experts by hearing about the visions of Duncan Phillips, William Corcoran, and William Walters. Join Lilien F. Robinson, art history professor at GW, for a lecture on these men, the passion for art, and the masterpieces they collected.
Tuesday, April 1
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Cosmos Club, Crentz Room
2121 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
The cost of this program is $20 and includes the lecture and reception. Space is limited and advance registration is required.
HOW DO I BECOME A CHIEF COUNSEL OF THE FDA?Spend an evening with Sheldon Bradshaw, LAW JD ’96, former Chief Counsel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. As Chief Counsel, Sheldon was responsible for providing legal advice on issues related to drugs, medical devices, food, animal feed and drugs, cosmetics, dietary supplements and other products regulated under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the Public Health Service Act.
Wednesday, April 2
7 p.m.
City View Room, 7th Floor
1957 E Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
All alumni are invited to this free program; light refreshments will be served. Although there is no cost to attend, please register your attendance in advance.
THE FALLING MAN – GW DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE PRODUCTION AND PRE-SHOW RECEPTIONFeaturing GW Alumnus and Playwright Matthew K. Johnson
Edie is a successful photographer, but her life begins to unravel after she takes a photo of an unknown man jumping to his death from a burning building. Haunted by his ghost and the guilt of being a witness, Edie must face her photograph, or destroy it - even if that means destroying the man. Inspired by the famous (and famously censored) photograph with the title, “The Falling Man," we are ferried back and forth between two worlds: the real-world, struggling to go on in the aftermath of a national disaster; and a mysterious netherworld, where the Living's decision to move on has terrible consequences for the dead.
Friday, April 4
6:30 p.m. – Pre-show Reception
Marvin Center, Room 309
7:30 p.m. – The Falling Man
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater, 1st floor
800 21st Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Join alumni for a night at the GW Theatre. Mingle with alumni at the pre-show reception where you will hear GW alumnus and playwright Matthew K. Johnson give a brief synopsis on The Falling Man.
The cost is $20 per person and includes your show ticket with special reserved seating and hors d’oeuvres and drinks at the pre-show reception. Theatre tickets will be distributed at the reception until 15 minutes before the show after which they will be available at the Betts Theatre Box Office located on the first floor of the Marvin Center. Please register to reserve your space.
WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE 2008Challenging Limits: Reaching New Frontiers
The 7th Annual Women’s Leadership Conference, Challenging Limits: Reaching New Frontiers, will feature several speakers, break-out sessions, and a panel discussion. The conference will address women's issues such as taking charge of your own success, effective communication and writing skills, negotiating self-worth, and gaining personal and career opportunities from professional, nonprofit, and social organizations.
Friday, April 4
8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
GW Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington, D.C.
The cost of this event is $50 ($10 for GW students) and includes continental breakfast and served lunch. Please click here for a list of speakers and panelists and to register.
INTERPRETING FASHIONGW's Global Humanities Center's Third Annual Spring Symposium
The Global Humanities Center's "Interpreting Fashion" Symposium will present lectures from noted scholars who will explore the meaning and function of fashion - very broadly conceived as dress, veiling, accessories (e.g. foods and tobacco), body types, hair, and other modes of performing and presenting one's self.
Friday, April 4
9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
The George Washington University
Funger Hall, Room 220
2201 G Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
Please click here for more information, including a list of speakers and topics. All alumni are invited to this free event. Please join us for any part of the day, as your schedule permits.
SHOUT SISTER SHOUT — LECTURE & RECEPTION WITH PROFESSOR GAYLE WALDSister Rosetta Tharpe (1915-73) was gospel's first national star, its original crossover artist, and its most celebrated singer-guitarist. A consummate showman, in 1951, she wowed more than 20,000 paying guests at an outdoor wedding concert at Griffith Stadium (where the Washington Senators played). Today she lies in an unmarked Philadelphia grave and is largely forgotten. Why?
Come hear Professor Gayle Wald, in a multimedia presentation based on her New York Times-reviewed book Shout, Sister, Shout!: The Untold Story of Rock-and-Roll Trailblazer Sister Rosetta Tharpe. Gayle Wald is professor of English at GW, teaching courses on African American literature, popular music, and U.S. culture. Professor Wald is also the author of Crossing the Line: Racial Passing in 20th -Century U.S. Literature and Culture (Duke University Press, 2000), as well as numerous essays on music, culture, and literature. She received her Ph.D. in English from Princeton University.
Thursday, April 24
6 – 8 p.m.
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.
The cost of this program is $12 and includes the lecture and reception. Space is limited, so please register your attendance in advance.
DO YOU TRAVEL TO OTHER REGIONS?We have plenty of events happening throughout the world and welcome you to attend other regional events when you're on the road. Please visit our Calendar of Events at www.alumni.gwu.edu for a complete listing of upcoming events everywhere.