August 10, 2009 

MEDIA CONTACT: Nick Massella
202-994-3087; massella@gwu.edu 

GW AND THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA ANNOUNCE BRANDON GRANT WOLFE THE FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE ALEXANDRIA PARTNERSHIP FELLOWSHIP

WASHINGTON - Brandon Grant Wolfe, a pre-doctoral candidate enrolled in the educational administration and policy studies program at The George Washington University's Alexandria Graduate Education Center, has been named the first recipient of the City of Alexandria and GW's Alexandria Partnership Fellowship. GW President Steven Knapp created the full-tuition fellowship to celebrate the enduring partnership between the University and the City of Alexandria and announced its creation at the celebratory opening in October 2008 of GW's Alexandria Graduate Education Center.

"Brandon is an ideal first recipient of this fellowship," said Knapp. "As a student in GW's Graduate School of Education and Human Development pre-doctoral program, he has demonstrated a commitment to the Fairfax County Public School system that exemplifies the service aspect of this partnership."
 
The fellowship is conferred with the understanding that the recipient will return the benefit to the city in appropriate community-based service. Wolfe began volunteering this summer as part of his community service project. He intends to develop a program designed to increase the participation of students from the Alexandria City Public Schools system in service learning projects.

"I am extremely excited and honored to have been named the recipient," said Wolfe. "My coursework at GW, combined with my volunteer experience in the city of Alexandria, will allow me to utilize my education in my volunteer work in Alexandria and my professional career in Fairfax County."

Wolfe is a resident of Alexandria and currently serves as the dean of students and emotional disabilities department chair at Falls Church High School in the Fairfax County Public Schools system. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in history and anthropology from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's of education in special education from George Mason University.

Located in the Carlyle neighborhood, three blocks from the King Street Metro, GW's Alexandria Graduate Education Center is a 24,000-square foot education center which features smart classrooms, a Windows and Mac computer lab, six counseling rooms, an art studio with original multimedia art, a 17-seat student lounge and kitchen and a 30-foot terrace overlooking Carlyle Circle. GW's Alexandria Graduate Education Center offers programs in art therapy, educational administration and policy studies, educational leadership and administration, engineering and technology management, engineering management and systems engineering, healthcare corporate compliance, human resource development, landscape design, law firm management, publishing, school counseling, strategic public relations, survey design and sustainable landscapes.

For more information about GW's Alexandria Graduate Education Center, visit http://nearyou.gwu.edu/alexandria.

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