University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg will address graduates next month as the keynote speaker in his final Commencement ceremony as president of GW. The outgoing president confirmed Wednesday morning that he will headline the graduation event on the National Mall May 20.
CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer will speak at Commencement with keynote speaker University President Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, the University announced Thursday evening.
The news that President Trachtenberg will be this year's Commencement keynote speaker drew mostly criticism yesterday from students, parents and faculty members.
A man working at a campus construction site last week allegedly assaulted and threatened the life of a Mount Vernon shuttle bus driver, according to a police report and interviews Wednesday.
From his temporary home in Ghana, more than 5,000 miles away from Foggy Bottom, junior Chris McLaurin writes to prospective applicants about his favorite GW professors. "Classes at GW are not just boring lectures with stuffy academics," he wrote from the coastal African nation.
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives Newt Gingrich spoke ab out political reforms he hopes young people will enact Monday night at Jack Morton Auditorium. It is rumored that the conservative Republican is considering a run for the presidency in 2008.
Veteran journalist Bob Schieffer has spent many evenings featured on television sets across the country on the CBS Evening News. He spent Tuesday evening in front of a class of about 25 broadcast newswriting students in the School of Media and Public Affairs talking about his career and the journalism industry.
Accidents in the District involving fire trucks increased by 25 percent in 2006, and fire officials have responded with an updated driving course for city firefighters. There were 126 fire truck accidents this past year, according to an article in The Washington Post.
Not many student organizations can say that hundreds of teenagers flock to Foggy Bottom to participate in their groups' annual events. But the International Affairs Society can. While the group sponsors a variety of speaker forums, seminars and outreach activities, the most important events it takes part in every year are Model United Nation forums.
Norman Mineta, former secretary of transportation for President George W. Bush and secretary of commerce for President Bill Clinton, spoke about his experiences as a Japanese-American in politics Jack Morton Auditorium Tuesday night. As a child, Mineta said he never imagined entering politics, but he remembered his father telling him, "Being a Japanese-American in politics is like being a nail sticking out on a board - you will always get hammered.
Disorderly Conduct 4/7/07 - Potomac House - 1:00 a.m. - case closed The University Police Department responded to a noise complainant. Officers knocked on the door of the room, and a female individual answered. She said she was not a student, and she did not have an ID.
Thursday Anything But Clothes Run Go to Mount Vernon in a costume for a charity run around the neighborhood. There will be prizes, food and music after the run. 6 to 9 p.m. Mount Vernon Quad Sponsored by Student Movement for Real Change Saturday Spring Fling See Regina Spektor in concert, grab free barbecue, climb a rock wall.
Shounda Lewis performs at a live slam poetry fundraiser presented by the Organization of Latino American Students in the Mitchell Theater Tuesday night. More than 60 students attended. Credit: Ryder Haske
The Student Association Senate-elect Rules Committee approved all of SA President-elect Nicole Capp's vice presidential and directorship nominees late Tuesday night in the Marvin Center, said Senator-elect Kevin Kozlowski (U-At Large), chair of the Rules Committee.
In conjunction with Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention month, the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity raised more than $2,000 for the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network last week. "Phi Psi is very proud of the difference that we have made when it comes to sexual assault," said the fraternity's philanthropy chair, freshman Connor Walsh.
Editor's note: In "Developing GW: Approved plans to change face of University, Foggy Bottom" (April 9, p. 1), a printing error prohibited all of the capital "T's" and lowercase "b's" from being visible on the portion of the story that appeared on the front page.
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