Volume 108, Issue 2
Stories from the May 16, 2011 issue of the GW Hatchet. View a PDF version of this issue.
Veterans who wish to pursue a graduate degree at the University will have their tuition covered because of increased contributions for the 2011-2012 academic year by Veterans Affairs. With a boost of $10,000 provided in Veterans Affairs base funding, veterans pursuing graduate degrees from GW will be able to receive a maximum of $27,740 in […]
The University’s Board of Trustees approved $159 million in financial aid on for the coming fiscal year, a 6-percent increase from the amount allocated one year ago. The $159 allocated for financial aid came as one portion of the $640 million operating and capital budgets approved by the Board of Trustees May 13 at a […]
The University’s highest governing body pledged to spend $16 million to upgrade Gelman Library over the next three years, the administration’s most tangible promise to-date to fix the aging building. After nearly a year of persistent protest from the Student Association, groups like Get Gelman Going along with the donation of $31,000 of last year’s […]
David Dolling, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, extolled the strengths of its pool of students from around the world and assured the students that their degrees will be an incredible asset in their futures. The importance of ethics and the continued pursuit of knowledge were abundant throughout the more than two-hour […]
Clad in crisp white uniforms, shaking the hands of their superiors, 15 Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps graduates were commissioned as military officers in a ceremony May 13. Held in the William G. McGowan Theater in the National Archives Building, the ceremony brought family, friends and naval officers together to celebrate the academic graduation and […]
Two Columbian College of Arts and Sciences professors told graduating students to welcome change while planning for the future at separate back-to-back ceremonies for the University’s largest school. Political science professor John Sides and associate chemistry professor Chris Cahill headlined the first and second ceremonies, respectively, assuring graduating students without post-college plans that it is […]
The percentage of students who submitted deposits to the University dropped by 4 points this year, capping off a year of numerically-mixed admissions. Thirty-three percent of the 7,022 students admitted into the University this spring submitted a deposit, signaling their plans to attend GW in the fall. The 2,320 incoming freshmen – a number in […]
The Smith Center isn’t just the building where Jabari Edwards and Joseph Katuka played basketball during their undergraduate careers. For the two seniors, it’s representative of so much more: the sport that changed their lives. Neither player would be graduating from GW if he hadn’t played basketball, the two said. Katuka is the first to […]
Dean Doug Guthrie of the School of Business encouraged graduates to begin their futures with open minds May 13 at the school’s undergraduate students celebration, saying they should be relentless in their career hunts. “Dream big things, do great things, change the world,” he said. The graduates gathered at the Smith Center with their families […]
Education and employment authority Anthony Carnevale urged graduates of the College of Professional Studies May 14 to make the most of their statuses as part of a different strain of student. Graduates of the college represent a diverse mix of professionally focused and custom majors ranging from public relations to police science. “In the parlance […]