Life at GW
Life at GW epitomizes the intersection of a unique city environment and a smaller, more traditional college setting. Its two vibrant campuses – located less than three miles from each other in northwest Washington, D.C. – afford undergraduate students extraordinarily rich academic and social lives.
Although GW students select either the Foggy Bottom or Mount Vernon campus on which to live, their days are spent attending classes, participating in activities, and visiting friends on both. A shuttle called The Vern Express makes this possible by connecting the two campuses and creating one cohesive GW experience.
The excitement of living and learning on the GW campuses includes our neighbors and friends, and students find an unparalleled neighborhood life like nowhere else. Their surroundings afford them the flexibility to customize their campus experiences through diverse options for dining, fitness, social activities, living options, special events, and community service.
GW Housing Options
GW's residence halls offer a variety of options to accommodate the varied needs, interests and preferences of our students. Visit http://living.gwu.edu to see what our halls have to offer!
The GW Experience
Students
All in the Family
Greg and Heather Hachenburg talk about their undergraduate experience at GW, one of many sibling pairs to share in the Colonials legacy.
Creating Next Generation Leaders
GW program helps female students connect with leading women across a variety of fields and develop their roles as future women in leadership.
Where the City is a Classroom
Freshman volunteers experience life beyond Foggy Bottom...
Faculty
Fighting Neglected Diseases
GW professor works to eradicate diseases that affect the health, education and economic development of the world's poorest people.
Building the Super Computer
Pioneering lab puts GW at the forefront of high-speed computing and offers GW students unprecedented access to science and skills of the future.
Blast From the Past
Students map an ancient—and dramatic—eruption as part of a geological research program in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains.
Alumni
Giving Back to the District of Columbia
D.C. public health director calls GW education the foundation of his career.
GW Opens Doors
A chance encounter with a GW alumna helped give one GW undergraduate, an aspiring broadcast journalist from Texas, his big break.
The Legend Lives On
The $2 million bequest commitment caps a lifetime of philanthropy and service to GW, establishing the Elyse B. and Donald R. Lehman Endowed Professorship in Theoretical Physics.