GW News Center:

Campus Advisories

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA CONTACT: Maureen Fleming 

November 19, 2001

fleming@gwu.edu; (202) 994-1423
Helen Ryan
hryan@va.gwu.edu; (703) 726-8303

 GW TO CELEBRATE 10 YEARS AS A LEADER IN RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA'S TECHNOLOGY CORRIDOR

 Dec. 3 Anniversary Event to Include the Unveiling of a New Name for the Campus and Three
New Research Labs in Internet Technology, Transportation Safety and Earthquake Safety

EVENT:

10th Anniversary Celebration for GW's Virginia Campus. The George Washington University Virginia Campus will celebrate 10 years of growth and innovation in the Loudoun County - Dulles technology corridor.  The event will feature a keynote speaker and the unveiling of three new research labs - America Online's Home of the 21st Century, a research partnership with the technology and entertainment giant; the GW Driving Simulator Laboratory, a partnership with the Federal Highway Administration and General Motors Corporation; and the GW Earthquake Safety Laboratory, a partnership with the National Science Foundation.
WHEN:

Monday, December 3, 11:00 a.m. -   4:00 p.m.

 Note: Media tours of the new research labs will be conducted beginning at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 3.  Please call either contact number above to reserve a time.
WHERE:

GW Virginia Campus
20101 Academic Way
Ashburn, Virginia 20147
 (At University Center, off of Route 7, one mile west of Route 28)
RSVP:

 Register online at: www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu/tenyear 
Or call for information: 703-726-8300

 


BACKGROUND:

GW's Virginia Campus, a 77,000 square foot, $25 million graduate education and research center serves an international technology and management community.  Celebrating its tenth anniversary since opening in August 1991, the 50-acre campus has grown from modest beginnings with 200 enrollments and $50,000 in funded research to a strong, vigorous cluster of academic programs with more than 3,000 enrollments and funded research that tops $28 million.   In recognition of its tenth year, GW will announce on Dec. 3 a new name for the campus, which embodies its broad and growing array of research and educational leadership programs.

Information and reservations for the Virginia Campus 10-Year Anniversary: www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu/tenyear 
For information on the GW Virginia Campus, visit: www.gwvirginia.gwu.edu.

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