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Entrance of Charles E. Smith Center, rendering by Gensler

Charles E. Smith Center Initiative

Be a Partner in the Transformation of a GW Landmark

With leadership support in the form of a $10 million challenge match from the Robert H. Smith and Charles E. Smith Family Foundations and Robert P. and Arlene R. Kogod, we ask you to join with GW in raising $25 million to complete our $43 million transformation of this signature building.

Phase I and II are nearly complete, learn more about our progress and how you can help.

To support the signature transformation now, click the 'Give Now' button to the left of your screen, and select 'Charles E. Smith Center Renovation' under Athletics.

For more information about naming opportunities, please contact Dan Rocha at drocha@gwu.edu or 202-994-9366.

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.