Student Involvement
Lively student involvement is a hallmark of GW’s campus life. Our students ensure the existence of an active, engaged campus community by participating enthusiastically in student government, athletics, a Greek community, cultural organizations and many other activities. With more than 350 student organizations, GW offers something for just about every interest. Student organizations include 28 fraternities and sororities, 45 political groups, 70 cultural clubs, 75 academic-interest organizations, 27 religious groups and 37 different intramural and club sports.
The GW Student Activities Center and Mount Vernon Campus Life facilitate numerous activities sponsored by student-run groups. Each day there are literally dozens of on-campus events for students, ranging from concerts and athletics events to speakers and debates. Comedy nights have included acts like Robin Williams and Jon Stewart and well-known performers like Gym Class Heroes, Regina Spektor and Sheryl Crow are some of the nationally known performers who have appeared on campus. Students can relax in the Marvin Center Hippodrome, which offers food, billiards, flat-screen televisions, bowling lanes and a game room.
Student Organization Events
GW's over 350 student organizations sponsor events throughout the year supplementing University offerings and guaranteeing that there is always something to do on campus. Events this week include:
- Welcome Week
- Sharia Financing discussion with Students Defending Democracy
- Love Your Body Week
- African-American and Latino Career Panel
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.