GW Celebrates Alumni Public Service
Annual receptions gather alumni serving in Congress
In April 2009, more than 130 GW alumni joined President Steven Knapp at the Fifth Annual Capitol Hill Alumni Reception, hosted by Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), M.B.A. ’75, and Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.), B.S. ’63, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The event featured a keynote address by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), B.A. ’77, and also honored the newly elected resident commissioner of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, J.D. ’84.
Dr. Knapp used the occasion to note that GW is one of the nation’s largest reservoirs for volunteer organizations such as the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Teach For America. He also acknowledged the University’s commitment to the U.S. military, which includes participation in the Yellow Ribbon GI Education Enhancement Program as well as GW’s decision to enroll all 21 of the U.S. Army’s congressional fellows in the Graduate School of Political Management.
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.