MEN’S A-10 CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT PACKAGES – ON SALE
A-10 Men’s Basketball Tournament ticket packages are now available for purchase through the Office of Alumni Programs. The George Washington Colonials are leading the Atlantic-10 Conference, and you won’t want to miss these games!

March 7–10
Boardwalk Hall
One Miss America Way
Atlantic City, NJ

The tournament runs from March 7-10, 2007 at historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The ticket packages include every game of the tournament, and the cost is $140 per package.

After you have purchased your tickets through this site, you will receive a confirmation of your order. Ticket distribution will be determined shortly. Additionally, GW is planning a pre-game reception for Thursday, March 8 – keep your eye on upcoming issues of the Colonial Cable and the Regional Round Up for details.

For more details on Boardwalk Hall, visit their website. Join the charge! Cheer for another Colonials Victory! Please note: All ticket sales are final.

GW COLONIALS VS. XAVIER MUSKETEERS (GAME SOLD OUT) – ALUMNI TAILGATE
The GW men’s basketball team takes on Atlantic-10 rival Xavier. The game will be televised on ESPN, and the University is hosting a “Buff Out” promotion. The first 50 alumni to attend our pre-game event will receive a special buff T-shirt to wear to the game so that all may see our Colonials’ pride!

Saturday, February 10
6:30 p.m. (Pre-game tailgate)
Alumni House
1925 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

8 p.m. (Tip-off)
Charles E. Smith Center
600 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20052   

Tickets will be available for pickup at the tailgate until 30 minutes before the game, after which they will be available at Smith Center Will Call. Our tickets to the game are sold out, but you can join us at the tailgate for only $5! Register today!

GW CHAMBER MUSIC SEMINAR PRESENTS MUSIC FOR BRUNCH
This free event features GW faculty, staff, students, and alumni as well as members of the Washington area performing works by Schubert, Beethoven, Piazolla, and Schumann. Also, the world premiere of Jessica Krash’s Bagatelles will be presented.

Sunday, February 11
1 p.m.
Mount Vernon Campus Hand Chapel
2100 Foxhall Road NW

For more information, please e-mail Jessica Krash.

YOUNG ALUMNI NETWORK HAPPY HOUR
Need plans for Valentine’s Day? Share the love with other young alumni!

Wednesday, February 14
5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Fadó Irish Pub
808 7th Street NW
Washington, DC

The Young Alumni Network is a new initiative designed to provide GW alumni who graduated between 1996 and 2006 with relevant social and networking opportunities. If you are not already a part of the Young Alumni Network, we hope you will join us at Fadó Irish Pub. Keep your eyes out for future events!

GW will provide light appetizers, and it is a cash bar. This event is free, but please register so that we can get a headcount.  

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL FLAMENCO FESTIVAL WITH CAMPANIA RAFAELA CARRASCO
The Seventh Annual Flamenco Festival features the world’s best flamenco music and dance. We have purchased a set of tickets for the finale performance of the week of festivities. Join GW alumni for a pre-show reception and then watch renowned dancer Rafaela Carrasco’s Una Mirada del Flamenco (A Look at Flamenco).

Saturday, February 17
6:30 p.m. (Pre-show reception)
8 p.m. (Performance of Una Mirada del Flamenco)
Lisner Auditorium
730 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Rafaela Carrasco is a breathtaking dancer and one of the most important flamenco choreographers of today’s generation. Carrasco is uniquely able to keep one foot within “old world” flamenco while seamlessly combining it with the new. She is joined by her company of dancers and musicians performing the DC premiere of Una Mirada del Flamenco.

The cost of this event is $40 and includes the show and pre-show reception. Tickets will be available for pickup at the reception until 30 minutes prior, after which they will be at Lisner Will Call. Tickets are limited, so please register today to reserve your spot. We hope to see you there!

GW COLONIALS VS. RICHMOND SPIDERS – ALUMNI TAILGATE
The GW men’s basketball team goes up against the Richmond Spiders! Join fellow alumni for a pre-game tailgate at the Alumni House, then head over to the Smith Center and cheer on the Colonials.

Wednesday, February 21
6 p.m. (Pre-game tailgate)
Alumni House
1925 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

7:30 p.m. (Tip-off)
Charles E. Smith Center
600 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

The cost is $10 and includes the pre-game event and a ticket to the game. Tickets will be available for pick up at the tailgate until 30 minutes before the game, after which they will be available at Smith Center Will Call. Space is limited, so register today to reserve your spot. If you already have tickets to the game, you can still attend the tailgate for only $5! 

A special number of tickets for this game have been reserved for the Young Alumni Network, a new initiative designed to provide recent GW alumni (graduation years: 1996-2006) with social and networking opportunities. Please indicate when you register if you identify yourself as a member of the Young Alumni Network.

This event is sponsored by Deloitte Consulting.

ENGINEER ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BASKETBALL TAILGATE
Join fellow SEAS alumni to watch the GW men’s basketball team take on the Richmond Spiders. The night begins with a pre-game tailgate at the Alumni House, then head over to the Smith Center and cheer on the Colonials.

Wednesday, February 21
6 p.m. (Pre-game tailgate)
Alumni House
1925 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Basketball Game
7:30 p.m. (Tip-off)
Charles E. Smith Center
600 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

The cost is $10 and includes the pre-game event and a ticket to the game. Tickets will be available for pick up at the tailgate until 30 minutes before the game, after which they will be available at Smith Center Will Call. Space is limited, so register today to reserve your space. If you already have tickets to the game, you can still attend the tailgate for only $5!

This event is sponsored by Deloitte Consulting.

EDUCATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATIONS FOR SCHOOL OF EDUCATION ALUMNI
Plan to attend the 4th annual Educational Symposium for Research and Innovations (ESRI). This symposium provides strategic and significant support for the advancement of academic excellence and professional development for students and alumni of The George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Saturday, February 24
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.
The Marvin Center, 3rd Floor
800 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Early registration is encouraged to receive a discount. However, walk-in registrations will be processed. For registration and program information, please visit our website. For additional information, contact Lorraine Sloma-Williams at SLOMAL73@gwu.edu or 202-994-1179.

HEDGE FUND 101 WITH RAY NOLTE BBA ’83
The Finance and Investment Club, the F. David Fowler Career Center and the Office of Advancement present Hedge Fund 101 with Ray Nolte, BBA ’83, the CEO of the Fund of Hedge Funds Group at Citigroup Alternative Investments. He also serves as the Chairman of the Fund of Hedge Funds Group’s Investment Committee.

Nolte was the founder and Head of the Investment Committee for Deutsche Bank’s first fund of hedge funds. The business was composed of several multi-manager multi-strategy funds and several strategy specific funds of funds and separate accounts.

The event is open to GWSB students and alumni.

Hedge Fund 101
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
The Crain Student and Alumni Center, Duquès Hall
2201 G St. NW
Washington, DC
20052

Seating is limited and RSVP is required. Please click here to register.

HOW TO BEGIN PLANNING RETIREMENT NOW
Think it is too early to begin planning for retirement? Not sure where to begin? Join us for this financial seminar, which will help you start saving for the future.

Wednesday, March 7
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Alumni House
1925 F Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Retirement planning can be tricky – let Amit Shashidharan, GWSB ’01, and Aaron Brachman, GWSB ’02, guide you through the process. Shashidharan and Brachman, who each have more than eight years of experience in retirement planning, will speak on this topic and are happy to answer your questions.

This event is free, but please register so that we can get a headcount.

GWSB ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAME BLOCK AND PRE-GAME PARTY
Join your GWSB Alumni friends and families for a pre-game party before GW takes on Duquense in their last game of the season.  Already have tickets to the game?  No problem!  Join us anyway at the pre-game party.

Saturday, March 3
12:30 p.m. (Pre-game Party)
Duquès Hall, 1st Floor
2 p.m. (Tip-off)
Charles E. Smith Center

To register for this event, please click here.

GWSB ALUMNI AND FRESHMAN NETWORKING RECEPTION
Share your career paths and professional insight with School of Business freshmen as they begin to plan for their own careers. As part of the First Year Development Program, GWSB freshmen learn about different professional fields such as finance, marketing, accountancy, etc., but only our alumni can provide the valuable insight about what life in those business careers is really like. We invite you to share your experiences and advice with the Class of 2010 at an informal. During the reception, tours of Duquès Hall will also be available.

Friday, February 23
3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Duquès Hall, 4th Floor
2201 G Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

Please RSVP to Linda Christensen by phone at 202-994-6858 or by email.

FOURTH ANNUAL WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE: AGENTS OF CHANGE – SIGN UP TODAY!
The 2007 Women’s Leadership Conference, Agents of Change, has a great line up scheduled for this year’s program. To kick-off the day, keynote speaker, Francine Zorn Trachtenberg, will reflect on her 18 years here at GW in her talk What I Did With My Liberal Arts Education. 

Next, choose between two workshop sessions, “Professional Development and Leadership Style” or “Personal Finance.” The luncheon speaker is Judy Norsigian, executive director of Our Bodies Ourselves, and co-author of Our Bodies, Ourselves, the ground-breaking book that helped to launch the women’s health movement in the United States.

Friday, March 30
8 p.m. – 4 p.m.
GW’s Mount Vernon Campus
2100 Foxhall Rd NW
Washington, DC 20007

Registration cost is $50.00 ($10 for GW students) and includes continental breakfast and served lunch. For more information, please contact the Women’s Leadership Program at wlp@gwu.edu or 202-242-6697, or visit our website. Register today!

UNIVERSITY RECEPTION WITH PRESIDENT STEPHEN JOEL TRACHTENBERG IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
You are cordially invited to a reception honoring President Trachtenberg on the occasion of his transition to President Emeritus and University Professor of Public Service of The George Washington University.

Wednesday, April 18
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Marvin Center Grand Ballroom
801 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

There is no cost to attend this event, but alumni who would like to attend must register by April 11, 2007.

HOW DO I BECOME A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE?
Come hear Joseph Baca, retired Chief Justice of the New Mexico Supreme Court and one of Hispanic Business magazine’s “100 Most Influential Hispanics,” discuss his years on the bench. Baca, who received his JD in 1964 from GW, is also the recipient of an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree and the J. William Fulbright Award for Distinguished Public Service from GW’s Law School.

Thursday, April 19
7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
The George Washington University Law School
Jacob Burns Moot Court
Lerner Hall, Room 101
2000 H Street NW
Washington, DC 20052

This event is free and open to all alumni, but please register so that we can get a headcount.

This event is co-sponsored by the Career Center, Class Council, and the George Washington Alumni Association.

GW SUMMER SCHOLARS PRE-COLLEGE PROGRAM
The GW Summer Scholars Program offers two programs for academically motivated high school students: 10-day mini-courses and a 6-week pre-college program. The mini-courses are intensive, highly interactive seminars in topics such as law and evidence, photojournalism, election politics, and engineering. The 6-week pre-college program offers qualified high school juniors the opportunity to enroll in challenging undergraduate courses for credit while previewing an authentic college experience.

Summer Scholars also enroll in a writing course that focuses on honing critical thinking skills through thematically linked reading and writing assignments. Academic exploration, college life, admissions, and enrichment programs are included. Residential and commuter options are available for both programs. For more information, visit the GW Summer Scholars Program website.

KUKUWA DANCE WORKOUT – MOUNT VERNON CAMPUS
Visit GW’s Mount Vernon Campus for an invigorating workout! All GW alumni and community members are invited to participate in this low-impact, high-energy workout that is choreographed to Latin, African, and Caribbean rhythms.

Every Wednesday through April 25 (except March 14)
7 p.m.
Mount Vernon Campus
Lloyd Gym 2100 Foxhall Road NW
Washington, DC 20007

Cost: Free for all GWorld cardholders; $5 per class for all others (payable at the door).
For more information, e-mail or call 202-994-6251.