JOIN AN ALUMNI INTRAMURAL SOFTBALL TEAM!
Got skills on the diamond? The George Washington Alumni Association is organizing softball teams for the spring and summer. Both leagues are social leagues. One has an extended season playing weekly (weeknights and weekends) from mid-April to mid-August. The other league has a short season, playing 10 games, and starts in mid-June.

There will be a fee to join both teams (to be determined). Please e-mail Amit
Shashidharan at amitasd@fbw.com if you are interested in participating. The deadline to register for the extended season is April 15 and the deadline to register for the short season is May 1. Please include “softball-extended” or “softball-short” in the subject line of your e-mail.

CANCER INSTITUTE GALA – FRIDAY, APRIL 7
The GW Medical Center hosts the third annual Cancer Institute Gala, which raises funds for high quality cancer resources and programming in prevention, patient care, research, policy work, and education. This year’s gala honors Sam Donaldson, Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall Jr., and Nueva Vida.

Friday, April 7
6:30 p.m. (Cocktails and silent auction)
7:30 p.m. (Dinner and program)
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, Grand Ballroom
301 Constitution Avenue NW (Federal Triangle)
Washington, DC 20004

For more information, please visit our website.

OPENING RECEPTION FOR ANNA HUNTINGTON STANLEY: A 19TH CENTURY ARTIST’S JOURNEY
On display from April 3 through May 1 during regular library hours, this exhibition showcases the paintings, sketches, and illustrated letters of Anna Huntington Stanley, a recently discovered, gifted American artist of the late 1800s.

The exhibition is made possible through the generosity of Stanley’s granddaughters, Mount Vernon Seminary alumnae Joanne Stanley Holbrook Patton, ’48, and Marian Herr Holbrook Roberson, ’54. For more information, please visit www.gwu.edu/gelman/eckles or contact eckles@gwu.edu or 202-242-6620.

KUKUWA DANCE WORKOUT
Join us at GW’s Mount Vernon Campus for an invigorating workout! All GW alumni and community members are invited to participate. The workout is a low impact, high-energy choreographed dance workout.

Wednesday, April 5, and Wednesday, April 12
7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Mount Vernon Campus
Lloyd Gym
2100 Foxhall Road NW
Washington, DC 20007

The classes are free for all GWorld cardholders; the cost is $5 per class for all others (payable
at the door). For more information, contact GW Recreational Sports and Fitness Services at 202-994-6251 or e-mail fit4life@gwu.edu. Parking is available in the garage, which is just inside the entrance.

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MEETING
You are cordially invited to the first greater D.C. area GW School of Business Alumni Chapter meeting to be hosted in the new Duquès Hall.

Tuesday, April 18
6:30 p.m. (Reception)
7 p.m. (Program)
Duquès Hall, 1st floor
Crain Alumni and Student Center
2201 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

All School of Business alumni are welcome.

GW BLACK ALUMNI ASSOCIATION EVENT WITH BET’S OWN COUSIN JEFF
Join us for State of the Union for the Young Black Professional, an event with Jeff Johnson from Black Entertainment Television (BET). Johnson, a political motivator that speaks to baby boomers, the hip-hop generation, and the Generation Y leaders of today and yesterday, will lecture on what it means to be politically, socially, and spiritually conscious.

Thursday, April 20
7 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Marvin Center, Grand Ballroom
801 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

MAIDA WITHERS: A CHOREOGRAPHER’S LIFE – A PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VIDEO EXHIBIT OF HER CREATIVE WORKS
Through photographs, costumes, and video, A Choreographer’s Life showcases Maida Withers and her history as artistic director of the Dance Construction Company, along with local and international collaborators. The exhibition celebrates work created over 40 years when Withers began to perform and choreograph in the nation’s capital.

Wednesday, April 13, through Friday, April 21
10 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Tuesday through Thursday)
11 a.m. – 3 p.m. (Friday)
Dimock Gallery (Lower level of Lisner Auditorium)
730 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

The exhibit culminates with displays of art and other items related to the creation of her latest work, Thresholds Crossed, and is free and open to all. For more information, call 202-994-1525. A reception is planned for Friday, April 21, with the artists and GW faculty, students, and alumni. If you are interested in attending this reception, please call 202-994-0739 to add your name to the guest list.

WORLD PREMIERE OF THRESHOLDS CROSSED – DANCE PRODUCTION AT LISNER AUDITORIUM
Thresholds Crossed is a multimedia performance that explores the events, ideology, and humanistic issues that link the U.S. with the former Soviet Union and the current Russia. With this project, the Dance Construction Company celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Founded 30 years ago by Maida Withers and four GW graduates – Brook Andrews, John Bailey, Betty Tittsworth, and JoAnn Sellars – The Dance Construction Company was designed to create and produce original dance and multimedia productions.

Friday, April 21
8 p.m.
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Tickets are available at the Lisner Auditorium box office Tuesday – Friday, from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m., by calling 301-808-6900, at all TicketMaster outlets, or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com.

FIRST ANNUAL GW SCHOOL OF BUSINESS GOLF CLASSIC
The MBA Association and the Graduate Women in Business present the First Annual GW School of Business Golf Classic, open to all GWSB alumni. Join us to network and play with alumni, graduate students, and faculty.

Saturday, April 22
10:30 a.m.
Herndon Centennial Golf Club
909 Ferndale Avenue
Herndon, VA 20170

More information, including registration information, will be determined soon. To find out more, or for sponsorship opportunities, please contact Neil Baquiran, MBA Candidate, ’07, and MBA Association vice president of alumni and career affairs, at Baquiran@gwu.edu.

ELLIOTT SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS LECTURE
Emanuel Teitelbaum, assistant professor of political science and international affairs, will lecture on Mobilizing Restraint: Unions and the Politics of Economic Liberalization in South Asia.

Thursday, April 27
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
1957 E Street NW
Lindner Family Commons, Room 602
Washington, DC 20052

The lecture is free, and no RSVP is necessary. Light refreshments will be served.

GW ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES SPRING SEMESTER SCHEDULE FOR JENNY MCKEAN MOORE READING SERIES
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series is presented by GW’s Department of English. The readings take place throughout the spring and begin at 8 p.m.

Marvin Center, 3rd floor
800 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

All readings are free and open to the public. For more information, and for the complete schedule, call 202-994-6180 or visit the website.