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SEVEN GRADS RECEIVE
ALUMNI SERVICE AWARDS

The George Washington Alumni Association and GW President Steven Knapp honored seven recipients of Alumni Outstanding Service Awards at an April 29 ceremony on the University's Foggy Bottom campus.

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ALUMNI NEWS

Summit on Entrepreneurship

Women + Philanthropy

GW Today Features Alumni

Colonials Alumna Serves DC

CLASS NOTES

Husani Bastien, CCAS BA '96, GWSB MS '98, has just embarked on a new retail venture called Bastien's Foundations. His flagship store, located in Gaithersburg, MD, provides bra and lingerie lines serving the full cup woman.

Steven M. Braunstein, GWSB BA '86, a 24-year Snyder Cohn veteran, has been promoted to President. In this role Steve maintains his hands-on client responsibilities as well as day-to-day oversight and leadership of the firm's operations and its more than 75 associates.

Jack Conway, LAW JD '95, attorney general for Kentucky, was featured in an article about his decision to run for the United States Senate.

Brian Donahue, CCAS BA '99, Matthew Dybwad, SMPA BA '99, Justin Germany GSPM '03; have recently started a new political consulting firm. CRAFT | Media / Digital is the first firm to integrate traditional media, mail, and digital communications. They serve both political and public affairs campaigns. Their clients include Rep. Joe Wilson, Rep. Eric Cantor, US Chamber of Commerce, and the RNC. Visit their website or read the GW Today story to learn more.

David Farmer, GWSB MBA '92, has joined Environics Communications, Inc., a full-service North American public relations agency, as a vice president in the Washington, D.C. office.  Farmer, who has nearly 25 years of professional public relations and corporate communications experience domestically and internationally, will head the agency's expanding U.S. technology and telecommunications practice.

Meliha Pérez Halpern, ESIA BA '00, was appointed to the Board of Governors for the Trial Lawyers Association of Metropolitan Washington, DC (TLA-DC). The organization, which is a voluntary, nonprofit bar association for D.C. area trial lawyers, is dedicated to upholding and safeguarding the civil justice system, and is the preeminent organization of lawyers in the region who principally represent plaintiffs in personal-injury, wrongful-death and civil-rights actions.

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If you would like to read more class notes, or to submit one of your own, visit the Class Notes section of the GW Alumni Online Community. (If you have not already registered, the site will guide you through the process.)

 

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GW TODAY

Tune in to GW Commencement via Webcast or TV

English Department Adds Accomplished Authors

VP Biden Makes Title IX Announcement at GW

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ALUMNI BENEFITS

The Alumni Course Audit Program Summer Registration

Discounted Rates on Auto and Home Insurance

MyWorkster Alumni Career Fair on June 18th

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ALUMNI INTERACTIVE

GW WRAPS UP FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA'S SERVICE CHALLENGE


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GW recently wrapped up the First Lady Michelle Obama's Service Challenge with "Jumpstart for a Day" on April 30, 2010, at the University's Mount Vernon Campus in Washington, D.C. At the event, students worked with 150 local pre-schoolers participating in Jumpstart.

Next month: We profile some of the newest members of the alumni community from GW's class of 2010. If you have suggestions for future guests or topics on Alumni Interactive, please email Matt Lindsay: mlindsay@gwu.edu