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GW's program is the first to offer a comprehensive online graduate certificate in
healthcare compliance. Presented at the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics' Annual International Compliance Awards Banquet in Chicago, the award recognizes leaders in the compliance field who exemplify professional integrity and strengthen the profession.
GW News Release, 6/14/07
Contact
Phyllis Borzi
Phone: 202-530-2312
E-mail: borziph@gwu.edu
First Police Science Class Graduates
The George Washington University College of Professional Studies recently graduated its first class of police science degree students. Edward L. Coates, B.P.S. '07; Stephanie L. Heyward, B.P.S. '07; and Yusuf M. Norris, B.P.S. '07, graduated from GW on May 20, 2007. All three individuals are police officers in the D.C. Metro region.
GW News Release, 6/12/07
Contact
Frederic Lemieux
Phone: 202.994.3256
E-mail: flemieux@gwu.edu
Paralegal Studies Program Granted National Honor Society Chapter Rights
GW's paralegal studies program was recently granted the right to maintain a Chapter of Lambda Epsilon Chi (LEX). Lambda Epsilon Chi is a paralegal national honor society founded by the American Association for Paralegal Education.
GW News Release, 5/10/07
Contact
Toni Marsh, J.D.
Phone: 202-994-2844
E-mail: marsht01@gwu.edu
CPS Sponsors 3rd Annual Newton Mathematics Competition
CPS co-sponsored and hosted the annual Newton Math Competition at GW this year on March 15th. Over one hundred students from regional high schools attended and competed in individual or group categories. The opening remarks were provided by Don Lehman, Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and George Gamow Professor of Physics. Dr. Paul Werbos from the NSF presented the luncheon lecture on 'Mathematics and the brain'."
See a video of the competion, 3/15/07
Contact
Ali Eskandarian
Phone: 202.994.8192
E-mail: ea1102@gwu.edu
CPS Announces New Paralegal Studies Programs
Innovative new Master's and Graduate Certificate programs in Paralegal Studies will launch in January 2007. These new programs will be the only credit-bearing, post-baccalaureate paralegal program in Washington, D.C.
GW News Release, 8/7/06
Contact
Toni Marsh, J.D.
Phone: 202-994-2844
E-mail: marsht01@gwu.edu
Healthcare Corporate Compliance Program Receives HCCB Accreditation
The Healthcare Compliance Certification Board (HCCB), which confers the premier accreditation within the healthcare compliance field, approved the accreditation of GW's Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Corporate Compliance.
GW News Release, 7/26/06
Contact
Phyllis Borzi
Phone: 202-530-2312
E-mail: borziph@gwu.edu
CPS Announces New Master's Program in Molecular Biotechnology
New integrated degree will prepare graduates for careers in bioscience and business. Unlike traditional graduate degrees in science fields, the M.P.S. program features a science curriculum that exposes the students to technology entrepreneurship and management of innovation.
GW News Release, 4/11/06
Contact
Mark Reeves
Phone: 202.994.6279
E-mail: reevesme@gwu.edu
GW's Graduate School of Political Management Joins CPS
GW announced that its Graduate School of Political Management joined its College of Professional Studies on January 1, 2006, after 10 years in GW's Columbian College of Arts and Sciences.
GW News Release, 1/17/06
Contact
Chuck Cushman
Phone: 202.994.9598
E-mail: cushmanc@gwu.edu
Healthcare Compliance Program
CPS announces new Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Corporate Compliance that will provide students with a comprehensive view of health care and the regulatory landscape to enhance compliance.
GW News Release, 8/5/05
Master's in Middle-School Mathmatics
GW's College of Professional Studies and Mathematics Department Partner with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and D.C. Public Schools to Aid Math Teachers.
GW News Release, 6/29/05
Contact
Ali Eskandarian
Phone: 202.994.8192
E-mail: ea1102@gwu.edu
Hildebrandt Partnership
GW and the Hildebrandt Institute are pleased to offer, for the first time, a Graduate Certificate in Law Firm Management. This unique executive education program is designed for lawyer and non-lawyer professionals currently holding or aspiring to hold management positions in private law firms. The programs consists of an initial nine-day residency in Alexandria, VA, followed by a three-month Internet-based distance learning segment, and conlcuding with a four-day capstone residency back in Alexandria.
GW News Release, 3/10/05
Story in "Of Counsel", May 2005
GW News Release, 12/12/05
Contact
Helen Forner
Phone: 703.299.9147
E-mail: hforner@gwu.edu
CPS Dean Appointed as UCEA President
Roger Whitaker, Dean, College of Professional Studies, and Professor, Department of Educational Leadership, was elected by the national membership of the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA) as President-elect for 2004 and President for 2005. In October, he delivered the keynote speech, "Why Be Bold?," at the UCEA Mid-Atlantic Regional Annual Conference, and, in January, presented a paper entitled "Creating Crosswalks: Competencies and Curricula" at the 2004 Workforce Development Forum, San Francisco, CA.
Read the announcement piece: "What Shall We Cause?" for the goals & initiatives of 2005-2006.
New Police Science Program
On April 15, 2004, GW's President Trachtenberg announced the new CPS undergraduate certificate and degree programs in Police Science, with special scholarships for police who are admitted to these programs, as part of the dedication ceremony of a grand archway on the campus of GW as the "Walter E. Washington Memorial Arch" in honor of the late mayor of the District of Columbia. Click below to see news releases on this program.
Washington Post Article, 11/14/04
GW News Release, 4/15/04
Contact
Frederic Lemieux
Phone: 202.994.3256
E-mail: flemieux@gwu.edu
Ford and Sloan Foundation Grants Awarded to CPS
In January '04, CPS, on behalf of the GW Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, accepted the award of four Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) feasibility planning grants from the Ford and Sloan Foundations for development of innovative professional master's degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, and the sciences.
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