Colonials Weekend 2006 took place Friday, October 20 through Sunday, October 22. Here is the schedule of events, reflecting the weekend's festive and scholarly activities.
Saturday, October 21st
School of Medicine and Health Sciences Dean’s Breakfast
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Ross Hall, 6th Floor
2300 Eye Street NW
School of Public Health Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Ross Hall, Room 643
2300 Eye Street NW
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Media and Public Affairs Building, 2nd Floor
805 21st Street NW
Open to all.
Elliott School of International Affairs Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
1957 E Street, City View Room
Open to all.
GW School of Business Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Duques Hall
2201 G Street NW
Open to all.
School of Engineering and Applied Science Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Tompkins Hall
725 23rd Street NW
Open to all.
Graduate School of Political Management Dean’s Breakfast
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Media and Public Affairs Building, Lower Level Lobby (outside of room B07)
805 21st Street NW
Open to all.
Medical Alumni Continuing Medical Education: Avian Flu Response Planning
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Ross Hall, Room 117
2300 Eye Street NW
A team of senior GW faculty will lead a case-based exercise focused on response planning for avian flu. This course offers a hands-on opportunity to role-play during a simulated avian flu outbreak.
4th Annual Colonials Weekend Golf Scramble
10:00 AM
East Potomac Golf Course
972 Ohio Drive SW
Spend some quality time on the golf course with your student at the 4th Annual Colonials Weekend Golf Scramble. 2 person scramble format. $50.00 per player includes greens fee, cart fee and lunch! Exciting prizes to the winning parent/student twosome! For additional information, contact Aubre Jones at 202-994-7546 or email at aubre@gwu.edu
For the Record: A Conversation with Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM
Betts Theater, Marvin Center
800 21st Street NW
Please join us for a candid interview with President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. President Trachtenberg will reflect on his tenure as president of GW, and on the current state of higher education in America.
Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
J Street, Marvin Center, Main Floor (on your own)
800 21st Street NW
GW Parents' Association 13th Annual Meeting
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
800 21st Street NW
Join fellow GW parents at the Thirteenth Annual Parent’s Association Meeting.
President Administrative Fellowship Reunion
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
University Club
1918 F Street NW
Program Board Parents Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Marvin Center, 307
800 21st Street NW
Black Law Alumni Association Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Law School Faculty Conference Room
2000 H Street NW
Latino Law Alumni Association Lunch
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
Law School Great Room
2000 H Street NW
Inaugural Graduate School of Education and Human Development Alumni Reception
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Alumni House, 1925 F. Street NW
Light buffet luncheon with remarks by Dean Mary H. Futrell.
Office of Parent Services Silent Auction
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Abrams Great Hall, Marvin Center
800 21st Street NW
Proceeds from the auction will be donated to the Senior Class Gift.
Open to all.
About Faces
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Marvin Center, 1st Floor Lobby
Take a Colonials Weekend memorabilia photo using high quality color digital video and computer portraits.
Open to all.
GW Medical Education Today: What is it Like to be a Student?
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Ross Hall, Room 117
2300 Eye Street NW
Grab a sandwich and listen to a panel of current GW medical students talk about their experiences in medical school at GW and take questions from the audience. Lunches are available for purchase in the Medical School Reunion Hospitality Suite, Ross Hall, 2nd Floor, Levine Lounge.
Mount Vernon Campus Walking Tours
12:45 PM & 3:45 PM
Departing from the Clock Tower, Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road NW
Tours are free.
"Classes Without Quizzes": Richard Green, "Is there a Real Estate Bubble?"
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Marvin Center 405
800 21st Street NW
Between 1998 and last year, house prices in many markets around the United States rose at an unprecedented pace. Over the past year, however, prices in many markets softened, and the median national house price reported by the National Association of Realtors actually fell a bit recently. This talk is about why house prices rose so rapidly, and about the determinants of whether and by how much they are likely to fall in the next few years.
Open to all.
"Classes Without Quizzes": Peter Hotez, "The Neglected Tropical Diseases: New Tools and Promises for their Control"
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Marvin Center 310
800 21st Street NW
The neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) are a group of 13 major poverty-promoting and disfiguring parasitic and bacterial infections, such as hookworm, schistosomiasis, river blindness, elephantiasis, Buruli ulcer, leprosy, and trachoma. New tools and technology, including integrated control of the diseases and development of anti-poverty vaccines, show promise for their elimination.
Open to all.
"Classes Without Quizzes": Marie Price, "Cities and Immigrants: Exploring the World's 21st Century Gateways"
1:15 PM – 2:15 PM
Marvin Center 403
800 21st Street NW
There is a constellation of urban immigrant gateways that link millions of immigrants to scores of cities around the world. As global migration patterns intensify and diversify, and as more immigrants move to cities, the established models of urban immigrant settlement and assimilation can no longer adequately explain new social, economic and politics spaces being created in a wide range of urban destinations.
Open to all.
Tour the New GW Hospital
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Departs from Hospital Lobby
900 23rd Street NW
Tour the new GW hospital with members of the Medical Center administration.
Tours of the Law School
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Law School
2000 H Street NW
Octoberfest
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mount Vernon Campus Quad
2100 Foxhall Road NW
Join alumni, current students, parents, and friends for family outdoors fun, including entertainment, games, arts and crafts, tasty fall desserts, and lots more. In case of rain, Octoberfest will be held in the Lloyd Gym.
"Classes Without Quizzes": Karen Ahlquist, “Choral Singing, Community, and the Messages of Art”
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Marvin Center 405
800 21st Street NW
Nearly everyone knows someone--the local elementary school and the church down the street count--who sings in a chorus. This class explores how the chorus's dual nature as music and as people communicates a variety of messages to serve a variety of human needs. Listening to music will be included.
"Classes Without Quizzes": Nicolae Filipescu, "Science is Your Life"
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Marvin Center 403
800 21st Street NW
Not knowing science (truth) can be detrimental to your health, your pocket, and your quality of life. Learn about your life from another lens. From matter to molecules, this new perspective will wow you.
"Classes Without Quizzes" and book signing: Bill Press, "Faith and Politics: An Interesting Mix", The Paul O'Dwyer Forum on Ethics in Politics"
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Marvin Center, 3rd Floor Amphitheater
800 21st Street NW
"Classes Without Quizzes" and book signing: Russell Shorto (’81), "The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America”
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
Marvin Center 310
800 21st Street NW
Russell Shorto, a GW alumnus, will discuss his book, described as a “landmark work of history . . . [that] presents astonishing information on the founding of our nation and reveals in riveting detail the crucial role of the Dutch in making America what it is today.”
Open to all.
State of the Law School Address
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Law School Moot Court Room
2000 H Street NW
Somers Residence Hall Tour
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road NW
Elizabeth Somers Women's Leadership Program Art Exhibition Opening Reception
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Grounds for Change Lounge, Ames Building, Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road NW
Hosted by the International Arts and Culture cohort of the Elizabeth Somers Women’s Leadership Program, this reception will officially open the art exhibit showcasing the work of past and present students in the program. The artwork is diverse in subject and medium, ranging from oil paintings and self-portraits to experimental color photography, to large-scale charcoal drawing and sculpture.
"Then and Now" Reunion Tours, Classes of 1976, 1981, 1996, and 2001
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Departs from Marvin Center Lobby
800 21st Street NW
Legacy Families Wine and Cheese
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Post Hall, Academic Building, Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Road NW
Law Emeriti Faculty Reception
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Law School Great Room
2000 H Street NW
Freshman Families Reception
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Mount Vernon Alumnae House
4535 W Street NW, across from the W Street Gatehouse, Mount Vernon Campus
Associate Vice President and Dean of Freshmen Fred Siegel and his family welcome all members of the Class of 2010 and their families to enjoy an open house reception at their home.
Football 50th Reunion Buffet Dinner
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Crystal City Sheraton Hotel
1800 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington, VA 22202
Law Alumni Class Dinner & Awards
6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 17th Street NW
Medical Alumni Class Reunion Parties
6:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Fairmont Hotel
2401 M Street NW
Undergraduate Class of 1976, 30th Reunion Party
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
1957 E Street, Lindner Commons
Undergraduate, Class of 1981, 25th Reunion Party
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Duques Hall
2201 G Street NW
Undergraduate, Class of 1996, 10th Reunion Party
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
1957 E Street, City View Room
Undergraduate, Class of 2001, 5th Reunion Party
7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
K Street Lounge
1301 K Street NW
Cabaret Showcase
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Betts Theater, Marvin Center
800 21st Street NW
Join the students of GW’s music and theatre & dance departments, as they perform some classic old favorites and some exciting new ones from the Broadway Musical Theatre Songbook. These numbers from the creative minds of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Kandor & Ebb, Bock & Harnick, Stephen Sondheim, and many others, take us on a walking tour of the Broadway musical over the past century. A reception with these talented students will follow.
Open to all.
La Fiestasa
8:00 PM – 12:00 AM
Marvin Center Continental Ballroom
800 21st Street NW
Experience Latin culture at GW and mingle with current and past members of GW’s Latin community.
Open to all.
