Volunteer
GW offers many opportunities to share your time and talents
GW offers rewarding opportunities for members of the GW community to volunteer and help advance the mission of the University. Parents, students, alumni and friends of the University are invited to partner with GW by:
- Guiding students along a career path by hosting a dinner or information session, and sharing your expertise.
- Serving on one of our advisory councils or boards, such as the Elliott School International Council (pictured above).
- Sharing your experiences with new parents and students by participating in a send off event.
- Volunteering in the local community or joining a service trip abroad.
Your knowledge and enthusiasm contribute to our mission of excellence and help students make the most of their GW experience.
VolunteerMatch
The recently launched VolunteerMatch is an online tool to help GW meet the first lady’s service challenge. Volunteers can now easily track and report their service hours, as well as search for service opportunities.
First Lady's Service Challenge
First Lady Michelle Obama challenged GW students, faculty and staff to perform 100,000 hours of community service this academic year, and will deliver the 2010 Commencement address if the goal is met. Contact the Office of Community Service to help.
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.