Online Media Guide: Press Releases 1997

1997

December

Dec.29 GW/DOD Science and Engineering Apprentice Program Looking For Qualified High School Math and Physical Science Students
Dec.29 GW/DOD Science and Engineering Apprentice Program Seeks To Enrich High School Math and Physical Science Teachers
Dec.23 GW Establishes 219 New Endowed Funds
Dec.17 Community Service and Volunteering During the Holidays to be Discussed on GW'S Washington Forum Radio Show Saturday and Sunday, December 20-21
Dec.15 GW to Partner with Folger Shakespeare Library in Publishing Shakespeare Quarterly
Dec. 15 GW Law Professsor and Forensic Scientist James E. Starrs request for exhumation of explorer Meriwether Lewis to be reviewed at hearing Dec. 16 in Atlanta
Dec. 12 GW English Departmnt To Offer Free Writing Workshop
Dec.12 GW Students and Staff to Adopt Families for the Holidays
Dec. 10 Patricia Shakow and Gauttam Adhikari named first Shapiro Fellows in GW School of Media and Public Affairs
Dec. 3 GW Discussion of NATO Enlargement to Feature Ambassador Marshall Brement and Ambassador Nicholas A. Rey
Dec. 4 Political Paranoia and Violence Topic of Dec. 9 GW Elliott School Media Breakfast featuring Dr. Jerrold Post
Dec. 1 GW's School of Business and Public Management To Honor Tomas Gonzalez Sada As International CEO Of The Year

November

Nov. 24 ServiceMaster Establishes $100,000 Doctoral Fellowship At GW's School of Business and Public Management
Nov. 14 Ambassador William J. Crowe Named Shapiro Professor in GW's Elliott School of International Affairs
Nov. 11 GW Study Reports Growth In Event Management Field Worldwide
Nov. 7 President Clinton, Vice President Gore, Attorney General Reno to participate in White House Conference on Hate Crimes hosted by GW Nov. 10

October

Oct. 28 GW Faculty Experts Available For Stock Market Sell-Off Analysis and Commentary
Oct. 24 Location Cost Analysis By GW International Business Researchers Dispels NAFTA Concerns In International Executive Article
Oct. 10 Gala for Excellence in the Events Industry Inaugurates Endowment of GW Academic Chair
Oct. 9 GW Law Professor and Forensic Scientist James Starrs Files Suit for Information on J. Edgar Hoover's Death
Oct. 9 Commission of Presidential Debates to Begin Planning for Year 2000 During GW Symposium October 20-21
Oct. 8 First Annual Lura Bradfield Foundation Lecture and Awards Ceremony to be Held at GW Oct. 28
Oct. 7 University Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr Wins Award for Best Course in America in Science and Religion

September

Sept. 30 GW Center For Career Education and International Institute Of Tourism Studies To Offer Professional Tour Guiding Course
Sept. 30 GW to Host World Bank Conference on Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development
Sept. 25 Political Humorist Mark Russell to Broadcast Live on PBS from GW's Marvin Center Theatre Oct. 1
Sept. 10 GW to Host Democratic Invention Series-- Monthly lecture series kicks-off with "George Washington and the Founding of American Democracy" on Sept. 15
Sept. 16 GW to Honor Washington Journalism Legend Charles W. Puffenbarger with Memorial Tribute
Sept. 15 Commission on Presidential Debates Teams with GW to Begin Planning for Year2000
Sept. 8 GW Unveils Online Media Guide

August

Aug. 26 National Symphony Orchestra Maestro Leonard Slatkin to Discuss "Society and the Arts: Towards the 21st Century" at GW Sept. 17
Aug. 19 History Meets High-Tech as GW Opens Neoclassic Residence Hall
Aug. 11 GW Professor Susan J. Tolchin Receives the Marshall Dimock Award from American Society for Public Administration
Aug. 11 GW Travel Minute Web Site a Global Hit-- Online Aficionados Win Contest for All-Expenses Paid Visit to Washington, D.C.
Aug. 5 GW Names James Edwin Kee as Interim Dean for School of Business and Public Management
Aug. 4 Allan B. Weingold, M.D., Vice President for Medical Affairs, to Retire-- John F. Williams, M.D., Ed.D., Named Acting VPMA

May

May 13 F. David Fowler to Retire as Dean of GW's School of Business and Public Management
May 7 Bill Cosby to Address Graduates at GW's Commencement on the Ellipse May 18-- Cosby to Join Elizabeth Campbell, I. Bernard Cohen and Laszlo Tauber in Receiving Honorary Doctoral Degrees

April

April 28 GW Laureate Lecture Series to Welcome "The Poet Laureate of Black Women and Sensitive Souls Everywhere," Nikki Gionvanni, April 30
April 28 GW to Hold Gala Awards Ceremony for Distinguished Alumni May 17
April 23 Nobel Laureate Franco Modigliani to Speak at GW May 5
April 23 GW Political Forum to Explore Social Security Privatization
April 22 Pakistani "Cultural Night" to Spotlight International Band Junoon and the Latest in South Asian Fashion and Jewelry April 26
April 21 ManorCare Health Services Chairman and CEO Stewart Bainum, Jr. to Receive GW's School of Business and Public Management 1997 CEO of the Year Award April 28
April 21 GW's "Travel Minute" Expands Global Reach Through the Internet
April 17 Famed Watergate Reporter Carl Bernstein to Investigate "'Murdoching' the American Media" at GW April 18
April 10 GW Honors CNN Reporter Brooks Jackson with First Annual Jerald F. Terhorst Award for Excellence in Political Journalism
April 10 Earth Week Celebration 1997 at GW to Feature Forbachev, Peace Corps, "Croak, or the Last Frog," and Much More...
April 8 WWRC (980 AM) Joins WGAY (99.5 FM) in Broadcasting "GW's Washington Forum" Weekly Radio Show
April 7 Positive Images of African Americans in Sports Media
April 4 U.S. News and World Report Editor James Fallows to Discuss "Careers & Opportunities of the 21st Century" at GW
April 3 Legendary Israeli Statesman Abba Eban to Reflect on Middle East Diplomacy at GW Hillel Dinner April 4
April 3 Gorbachev to Speak at GW April 15

February

Feb. 10 Mike McCurry, Marlin Fitzwater and CNN's Charles Bierbauer to Headline Discussion of "The 24-Hour News Cycle: Governing in the Information Age" Feb. 13 in Celebration of GW's School of Media and Public Affairs' Anniversary

January

Jan. 17 GW's Theatre and Dance Department Presents...
Jan. 6 GW Political Experts Offer Analysis and Commentary on House Speaker Newt Gingrich

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