Student Aid Initiative
The Student Aid Initiative aims to quadruple support for need-based financial aid over the next five years—ensuring access to unparalleled educational opportunities for talented and promising students regardless of economic means.
The initiative will:
- Support the University’s commitment to accept students based on their performance, dedication, and promise—without regard to family finances
- Enable GW to compete with the best colleges and universities in the country by recruiting a smart, talented, diverse student body
- Offer donors the opportunity to contribute to the development of tomorrow’s leaders by helping young men and women who want and who will take full advantage of a GW education
For information about ways to open the doors of opportunity to future GW students, please contact Matt Banks, assistant vice president for University Programs at mbanks@gwu.edu or 202-994-5125.
Supporting Veterans
GW is continuing a proud tradition by supporting our student veterans through the Student Aid Initiative and the Yellow Ribbon Program.
A Celebration of Service
At the George Washington University’s “Celebration of Service” dinner Oct. 15, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, M.B.A. ’71, presented the inaugural Colin Powell Public Service Award to Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary Tammy Duckworth, M.A. ’92.
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Watch video of the event.
Watch GW's Culture of Service video.
Scholarship and Fellowship
Donors share dinner with the students they support and see firsthand the benefits of their philanthropy.
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.