September 2006
Issue 47






 
 
NEW YORK

HAPPY HOUR IN MANHATTAN WITH GW ALUMNI

Join GW alumni for a happy hour in Manhattan. It is a cash bar, but GW will provide some light appetizers.

Thursday, September 21
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Windfall
23 West 39th Street (between 5th/6th)
New York, NY

There is no cost to attend this event, but please register so that we can get a headcount. Hope to see you there.

NEW YORK CARES DAY – VOLUNTEER WITH GW
Join fellow alumni and help to clean up and renovate New York Public Schools. Be a part of the more than 8,000 New Yorkers who volunteer to help the city’s most needy schools.

Saturday, October 21
9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Sign up at www.newyorkcaresday.org, under the “George Washington University NY Alumni and Friends” team. Team captain Jen Battista, BA ’98, will e-mail details, including a meeting place, to all of the registrants closer to the event. Hope to see you there!

TOWN HALL MEETING
We want to know your hopes and aspirations for the future of GW. As The George Washington University begins a search for its next president, the Board of Trustees and the George Washington Alumni Association will hold town hall meetings in New York to talk about a vision for GW for the next 20 years. Your input is essential.

The event will be hosted by Nelson Carbonell, BA ’85, Chair of the Board of Trustees Committee on Advancement, and Christopher G. Young, BBA ’81, MAccy ’83, GWAA President.
A series of questions to start the discussion will be available in a briefing paper available at www.alumni.gwu.edu/GWbriefing and we urge you to look at the paper and the questions before you come.

Tuesday, September 12
6:30 p.m.
Princeton Club
15 West 43rd Street
New York, NY

Alumni are strongly encouraged to register for the town hall meeting.

PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTION IN NEW YORK
You are cordially invited to a reception honoring Stephen Joel Trachtenberg on the occasion of his transition to President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service of The George Washington University.

Tuesday, October 24
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Grand Hyatt at Grand Central
Park Avenue at Grand Central Terminal
New York, New York 10017

There is no cost to attend this event, but alumni who would like to attend must register by October 17, 2006.

HAPPY HOUR AT TONIC BAR
Join GW alumni for a happy hour at Tonic Bar. It is a cash bar, but drink specials will be available, and GW will provide appetizers.

Thursday, November 9
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Tonic Bar
727 7th Avenue
Between 48th & 49th Streets
New York, New York 10019

There is no cost to attend this event, but please register so that we can get a headcount. If you would like more information about Tonic Bar, visit their website.



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