GW Highlights
The GW Campus is a great place to live, offering a variety of lifestyle amenities that create an engaging social environment, a sense of well-being, and a spirited community. Our 32 living options, more than 100 dining venues, and over 350 student organizations are as varied and as diverse as the interests of our students. Our students also participate in recreational activities and have life fitness goals that GW supports in a number of health and wellness initiatives.
Campus Makeup:
- Number of freshmen: 2,350
- Number of undergraduates: 9,700
- Number of countries represented: 125
- Number of states represented: 50
Student Organizations:
- Student Organizations: Over 350
- Student Organizations include:
- 70 Cultural Organizations
- 41 Performing Arts Organizations
- 27 Religious Organizations
- 92 Service Organizations
Greek Life:
- Sororities: 13
- Fraternities: 15
- Multicultural Greek Organizations: 5
- Percent Involved in Greek Life: 15 % (more than 1,500 students)
- History at GW: Over 145 years
Campus Spirit:
- Mascot: Colonials
- Character Mascot: George
- Unofficial Mascot: The Hippo
- School Colors: Blue and Buff
- Spirit Group: Colonial Army
- Ticket Price for Sporting Events: Free
Community Service:
- Hours of Community Service Provided: Over 55,000
- Community Service opportunities: Alternative Spring Break, GW Trails, JumpStart, DC Reads, KidsFest, Make A Difference Day, Adopt-A-Family, Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, Community Building Community, Neighbors Project
Facilities:
- Wireless Options: 34 buildings with wireless areas (including 12 residence halls)
- Outdoor Wireless Options: Mount Vernon Quad and Foggy Bottom Kogan Plaza
- 24-Hour Computer Labs: 8 with 200 computers
- Computer Classrooms: 7 with 140 computers
- Connections: Connection for every bed
- Libraries: 4
- Sports Facilities: Theodore and Annette Lerner Family Health and Wellness Center, Charles E. Smith Center, Lloyd Gymnasium
- Student Union: Marvin Center
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.