HOW DO I BECOME A NETWORK TV PRODUCER? – TONIGHT!
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.

DOCTOR FAUSTUS: A RENAISSANCE MAGUS AND HIS WORLD
Department 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.

Online registration for this event is closed. If you are interested in attending, please contact Anita Ponchione.

GW BLACK AND LATINO ALUMNI HAPPY HOUR
Join fellow alumni for a happy hour at the new Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW. Free appetizers, a cash bar and great company will be available before heading to the Phenomenal Women of GW Awards program in the Marvin Center.

Thursday, March 6
5 – 7 p.m.
Alumni House
1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

Although there is no cost to attend, please register your attendance in advance. Sponsored by the Multicultural Student Services Center and the Office of Alumni Relations.

CAREERS, COOKIES, & CONNECTIONS (WINE TOO!)
Sociology 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
7 p.m.
Alumni House
1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

Online registration for this event is closed. If you are interested in attending, please contact Anita Ponchione.

GW AT CHARLOTTE – WATCH PARTY
Catch 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. 

GW WOMEN’S BASKETBALL A-10 TOURNAMENT SEND-OFF
Join the GW Spirit Program, Colonial Brass, and fellow students, faculty, alumni, and staff as we send off the No. 13 GW Colonials Women's Basketball Team to the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament in Philadelphia!

Friday, March 7
1:15 p.m.
Charles E. Smith Center
22nd and G Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.

For more information, visit www.spirit.gwu.edu. Go Colonials!

GW MEN'S BASKETBALL VS. UMASS
Join 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
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.

DENNIS FERRY
Principal trumpet of the Orchestre de la Suisse romande

Thursday, March 13
2:20 p.m.
George Washington University
Phillips Hall B-120

This event is free and open to the public.

DANCE PROFESSOR’S FILM SHOWCASES AT DC FILM FESTIVAL
The Washington, D.C., Independent Film Festival has selected a film by Dance Professor Maida Withers to show during its festival in March at The George Washington University. Withers directed the film, "Tukuhnikivatz (TUK I)," which features dancers who, in a ritual of passage, capture the Native American spirit and ancestral voice that reside in the Four Corners Area of the U.S. Southwest. Learn more about Withers at www.maidadance.com.

Saturday, March 15
10 p.m.
George Washington University
Jack Morton Auditorium

Tickets are $10, and can be purchased at www.dciff.org or by calling (301) 537-9493.

POLITICS AND PORT WITH JENNIFER ARANGIO, ESIA BA ’92
Join us for the latest installment of Politics and Port, led by Jennifer Arangio, ESIA BA '92. Politics and Port is a unique opportunity to exchange political views with other alumni in an intimate setting. Arangio received her BA in International Affairs for the Elliott School in 1992. She currently serves as counsel for the House Homeland Security Committee.

Wednesday, March 19
6:30 – 8 p.m.
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

The cost is $10 and will include port wine and light hors d'oeuvres. Please register your attendance in advance – space is still available!

GW ALUMNI IN POLITICS LAUNCH EVENT
Join GW Alumni in Politics for its first event. This alumni group is specifically designed to bring together GW's alumni in local, state and federal politics. Alumni from both sides of the isle working for Congress, the Administration, local governments, campaigns and K Street are invited to attend. 

Wednesday, March 26
6 – 8:30 p.m.
Old Ebbitt Grill
Atrium Room
675 15th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

The cost to attend is $10 and includes open bar and hors d’oeuvres. Please register your attendance by Monday, March 24. 

GW Alumni in Politics will have quarterly events, increased access to the university and a unique website that includes directories, job postings and blogs. For more information, contact Mark Forrest.

COLONIAL CONVERSATION: A DISCUSSION FOR YOUNG ALUMNI WITH PRESIDENT KNAPP
Please join fellow GW alumni for our first installment of Colonial Conversation: A Discussion with President Knapp! As part of his inaugural listening tour, President Knapp would like to meet and hear from young alumni in the D.C. area. This evening's topic is Sustainability in Higher Education. After brief remarks on this topic, President Knapp will open the discussion to hear what young alumni think GW can do to promote and create a model of sustainability in higher education.

Thursday, March 27
6 – 7:30 p.m.
Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

The cost to attend is $10. Space is limited, so please register your attendance by Monday, March 24.

NOSH AND NETWORK
EDUCATION POLICY NETWORKING EVENT
The Education Policy Student Association is proud to host its first networking event for current students

Thursday, March 27
5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
NEA Atrium
1201 16th Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

Alumni and professionals in the education policy sector are encouraged to attend (RSVP requested). For more information and to RSVP, please visit http://www.gwu.edu/~epsa/ or email jamiee@gwu.edu.

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!

THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NETWORKING EVENT (GAANE)
The GSEHD Alumni Association Board invites you to participate in an Alumni Association Networking Event (GAANE). This is a great opportunity to reconnect and network with fellow alumni. There will be guest presenters who will meet with participants in a structured and casual environment.

Saturday, March 29
6 – 8 p.m.
The George Washington University Hampton Roads Center
1 Old Oyster Point Road
Newport News, Va.

There is no cost to attend this event, but those who would like to attend must register in advance. For more information, please contact Taylor Bodrie at tebodrie@gwu.edu.

GW LATIN BAND KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMANCE
Millennium Stage Performance

March 31
6 p.m.
Kennedy Center for Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

This concert is free and open to the public.

WASHINGTON’S MASTER COLLECTORS AND THEIR MASTERPIECES
Lecture 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.

SPRING HAPPY HOUR IN ARLINGTON
Celebrate the spring with GW alumni at happy hour in Arlington. Join fellow GW alumni at Tallula for food, drinks and great company!

Wednesday, April 2
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Tallula Restaurant
2761 Washington Blvd.
Arlington, Va.

There is no cost to attend, but please register your attendance in advance. It is a cash bar and GW will provide appetizers. For more information on Tallula, including parking and directions, please visit its website.

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 RECEPTION
Featuring 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 2008
Challenging 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.

Speakers include Diane Grooms, DC Assistant Police Chief, and Barbara Hillary, one of the oldest people to reach the North Pole who is also believed to be the first Black woman to accomplish the feat.

The cost of this event is $50 ($10 for GW students) and includes continental breakfast and served lunch. Please click here for more information and to register.

INTERPRETING FASHION
GW'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.

MOUNT VERNON TO MOUNT VERNON BIKE TOUR
A 24-mile bike ride connecting The George Washington University with its namesake while promoting wellness! The bike tour will begin from GW’s Mount Vernon Campus and follow the Mount Vernon Bike Trail to the Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia!

Saturday, April 5
9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
GW Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington, D.C.

Space is limited, so register as soon as registration opens! Please contact avennema@gwu.edu for more information.

MUSIC FOR BRUNCH
Professor Jessica Krash's Chamber Music Seminar presents “Music for Brunch” featuring GW faculty, staff, students, and alumni as well as members of the Washington area community performing works by Schubert, Faure, Brahms, Mendelssohn, and others. 

Sunday, April 13
1 – 4 p.m.
Hand Chapel
GW Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road, NW
Washington, D.C.

Admission is free. For more information, e-mail jkrash@gwu.edu. (Note: The Hand Chapel provides only limited accessibility for those with physical disabilities.)

SHOUT SISTER SHOUT — LECTURE & RECEPTION WITH PROFESSOR GAYLE WALD
Sister 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 here 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.

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.  

5TH ANNUAL GW CANCER INSTITUTE GALA
Join the GW Cancer Institute for its 5th Annual Gala at the National Building Museum. Funds raised through the Gala help support the Cancer Institute’s work on prevention, patient care, research, policy and education.This year, the Gala honorees include Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, Cancer survivor and Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Margaret Foti, MD, PhD, CEO of the American Association for Cancer Research; Sean Swarner, two-time cancer survivor and founder of Cancer Climber Association; Robert Siegel, MD, GW director of Hematology and Oncology, and Paula Siegel, RN, GW Oncology Nurse. Entertainment for the evening will be Grammy Award Nominee, Oleta Adams.

Saturday, May 3
National Building Museum
401 F Street, NW
Washington, D.C.

To learn more about the Gala, including purchasing tickets, the silent auction and Gala honorees, please visit its website.

ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK OR LINKEDIN? SO ARE WE!
Get a direct link to the folks and activities that make the DC Alumni Chapter so exciting. Be our friend and be in the know. Sign-in to Facebook and search “GW Alumni in Washington, DC” to join our group.

You can also connect with GW grads and extend your network by joining the GW Alumni Association group on LinkedIn.

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.