Below is a snapshot of some recent alumni events in your neighborhood and across the globe.

March 12

Rama Chakaki, SEAS BS ’90, MS ’97, and Shelley Heller, associate dean for Academic Affairs at the Mount Vernon Campus and professor of Computer Science at a Reception for Engineering Alumni in Dubai. Associate Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development Adrienne Rulnick attended the March 12 event and an All-Alumni Reception in Dubai later in the month with George M. Jabbour, MBA ’83, PhD ’89, director of the Master of Science in Finance program.

March 27

President Knapp met with young alumni in Washington, D.C. to discuss sustainability in higher education. This was the first of many opportunities alumni will have to interact with President Knapp in the Colonial Conversation series. These events, hosted on GW’s campus, are one element of the president’s effort to meet with and hear from GW alumni around the globe.

April 10

Five alumni received Distinguished Alumni Service Awards for their volunteer efforts in support of the university. Left to right: Kamden Hoffmann, MA ’02, MPH ’03; Candace G. Kaplan, BA ’70; Christopher Young, BBA ’80, MAccy ’83; Amy Mazur, BA ’71, MA ’74, EdD ’77; (Jane Lingo Distinguished Alumni Service Award recipient); Alexia Morrison, JD ’72.