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Parents

Parents and caregivers are directly involved in the academic success and life experiences of most students. The George Washington University recognizes the importance and value of engaging parents—providing the information, support and opportunities for participation that you need and expect as vital members of the GW community.

Many GW parents extend their involvement beyond their students’ lives to the entire University by becoming active in the Parents' Association, giving to the Parents Campaign and attending Legacy Family programs.

While all parents of undergraduate students become members of the association and its listserv automatically, parents who volunteer for the Parents' Association enjoy special activities, access and a network of other committed volunteers. The 30 parents who comprise the PA Advisory Council, the association’s governing body, work hand-in-hand with GW staff to enhance communication between the University and the parents of undergraduate students.

The Parents Campaign allows mothers and fathers to share in their students’ excitement at GW through support of undergraduate scholarships and multidisciplinary programming. The campaign helps you expand your role and impact by making a gift to benefit students directly.

The University recognizes Legacy Families as students and alumni whose family, including parents, grandparents and/or siblings, attended or currently attend GW. Multi-generational family connections are one of our core strengths, and we are delighted that you are part of a great tradition of Legacy Families at GW.

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.