Meet GW's Class of 2009
Meet a few of the members of the Class of 2009 and hear about their GW experiences, in their own words.
Student Aid Initiative
The Student Aid Initiative enables donors to extend a remarkable educational opportunity to promising young men and women.
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.
Parent Services
Parents play an important role in our students’ academic success and life experiences. The Parent Services Staff (pictured above) is committed to provide the information and support that parents need and expect as members of the GW community.
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Parents Campaign
Parents are an essential part of our community providing vital support for their children’s academic aspirations. The GW Parents Campaign helps them enhance and expand their role and impact.
Legacy Families
The University recognizes legacy families as students and alumni whose family, including parents, grandparents and/or siblings, attended or currently attend GW. Meet a few of these GW families.
Colonials Weekend 2009
GW’s premier event for students, families and friends, is an ideal opportunity for the GW community to celebrate together. Colonials weekend 2009 is scheduled for Friday, October 16th -Sunday, October 18th 2009. This two and half day event offers parents and caregivers a chance to visit the campus, explore the city, and reconnect with our students. This year features a Saturday night sold out John Stewart concert and a Friday night launch of the 2009-2010 Colonials basketball Season with Colonials Invasion.
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.