The GW Experience
The students and professors who pass through our halls will tell you that The George Washington University is much more than an academic institution. It is a place of opportunity. You can learn from renowned professors, meet your best friends and work with some of the most influential organizations in the world. You can become a part of the GW experience.
For each person—from students to faculty, alumni to staff—the GW experience is unique. Interning on Capitol Hill. Biking down miles of trails. Listening to prominent world leaders speak. Leafing through rare book collections at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Watching professional baseball, basketball, hockey or celebrity entertainers. Performing in one of the University’s many student talent organizations. The diversity of the city is an ideal match for the diversity of our University.
Even after commencement on the National Mall, the GW experience continues. Influenced by their experiences, our community members leave, empowered by knowledge that helps them find their place and leave their mark on the nation and the world.
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.