September 7, 2010

We are G-dub We wanted to take a minute to thank the entire GW community for helping us to start the year off with a great first weekend. Program Board’s Fall Fest, featuring Wale and Travie McCoy, was an epic success drawing crowds of over 5,000 people to University Yard for a full day of […]

Nearly 5,000 people crowded University Yard Saturday for Program Board’s annual Fall Fest event, the executive chair of PB said, making this year’s festival one of the largest in recent GW history. The event featured performances by big-name rapper Wale – a D.C. native – and Travie McCoy, who performed at GW’s Spring Fling in […]

This past Labor Day weekend was one that GW should be proud of. Fall Fest was well-planned, well-attended and entertaining, and the more intimate FoBoGro and Tonic Welcome Back Party and BBQ proved that many sponsors could come together to host a fun event aimed at simply welcoming students back to campus. The success of […]

Despite recent outbreaks of bedbugs in New York City this summer, there have yet to be any cases of bedbugs at the University, an official said last week. Bedbugs have been reported in GW residence halls in the past, but no cases have been reported so far this semester, University spokeswoman Michelle Sherrard confirmed in […]

Elliott School of International Affairs professor Dr. Scheherazade Rehman has been a foreign-exchange and money-market trader in Bahrain and is an authority on global and emerging financial markets. But the international business and finance professor says she just wants to educate and remedy the global crisis in the financial world. Her family moved around the […]

After living in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a little under a week now, it seems as if the city has received enough rain to be considered a rainforest. Half of my umbrellas have already collapsed, and I’m afraid that the waterproofing on my raincoat is going to wash off soon. Most of the city – or […]

The average number of university administrators nationwide has grown steadily over the past 14 years, but GW bucks the national trend, according to a report released by the Goldwater Institute. While the number of administrators has grown at other colleges across the country, GW has decreased the number of administrators per 100 students by nearly […]

W. soccer freshman wins A-10 Rookie of the WeekW. soccer freshman wins A-10 Rookie of the Week GW women’s soccer freshman Melanie Keer was named Atlantic 10 Co-Rookie of the Week Monday. Keer, who typically plays defender for the Colonials, earned the overtime assist that led to GW’s game-winning goal against Mount St. Mary’s Sunday. […]

GW ranks among the top 15 percent of “military-friendly” schools across the country, as ranked by G.I. Jobs magazine in August. According to the magazine, the University offers program flexibility, veteran support, financial benefits and social outlets, including having a student veterans’ organization on campus. One specific financial benefit noted is the University’s participation in […]