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In Her Own Skin: Alumna Dermatologist Shares The Truth About Skincare
When you think of a nighttime skincare routine, face wash, moisturizer and even a serum may come to mind. For board-certified dermatologist Shereene Idriss, CCAS BA ’05, SMHS MD ’09, her even...
CCAS Alumnus Launches Dating App with a Twist
What are the chances that two people who were meant to be together actually meet? Thanks to Perchance, a new app developed by Dave Gottesmann, CCAS BA ’03, the odds of such an occurrence have j...
GW Alumna Brightens Lives—and Faces—of Cancer Patients
Almost everyone has been—or will be—touched by cancer at some point in their lives. Kristin Ann Fahlbusch, CCAS BA ’05, lost both her grandmother and one of her dearest friends to ...
Milken Institute SPH Alumnus Works to Improve Water Safety
GW Alumnus, Robert Steiner, MPH ’00, is a water expert, entrepreneur, and investor. When asked to describe himself, he says, “I’m a mixture of Forest Gump, Walter Mitty, and Teddy Roosevelt...
Colonials Helping Colonials: Kenny Ames, CCAS ’99, and Evan Nierman, CCAS ’00
Nineteen years ago, Kenny Ames, CCAS BA ’99, and Evan Nierman, CCAS BA ’00, played on opposing teams in a pick-up soccer game upstairs in the Smith Center gym. The two did not meet again unti...
GWSB Alumnus Takes Risks at PlanetRisk
In the fast growing fields of Information Technology and Consulting, one firm pushes itself above the rest. And Abdul Omar, GWSB MSF ’00, CFO of PlanetRisk, is ready to take the company even fu...
CCAS Alumnus Says ‘Figure Out What Excites You’
Frank Cordek, CCAS BS ’00, is uniquely qualified to talk about success in business. A director at Signal Hill Capital, a boutique investment bank specializing in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) ...
Tom Stowell, GSEHD Cert. ’09
Tom Stowell, GSEHD Cert. ’09, director of GSEHD’s Office of Career Services, was selected to receive the Carl D. Perkins Government Relations Award from the American Counseling Association. T...
Jason A. Zimmerman, CCAS BA ’07
Jason A. Zimmerman, CCAS BA ’07, joined GrayRobinson, P.A. as an associate in the firm’s litigation practice. Zimmerman began his professional career as deputy blog director for Barack Obama�...
Stephanie Leigh Batiste, CCAS MPHIL ’99, PhD ’03
Stephanie Leigh Batiste, CCAS MPHIL ’99, PhD ’03, published her first book, Darkening Mirrors: Imperial Representation in Depression Era African American Performance with Duke University Pres...
Rebecca Schimmer Kirshner, CCAS BA ’01 & Benjamin Kirshner, GWSB BA ’00
Rebecca Schimmer Kirshner, CCAS BA ’01 & Benjamin Kirshner, GWSB BA ’00, welcomed their second daughter, Isabella Jade Kirshner on September 8, 2012. Rebecca and Benjamin are also the proud...
Charlene Kannankeril, CCAS BA ’00 & Stephen Voss, SEAS BA ’01
Charlene Kannankeril, CCAS BA ’00 & Stephen Voss, SEAS BA ’01, are thrilled to announce the birth of their daughter, Lena Rose. She was born on September 5, 2012 in Rockville, M.D., weighing ...
Dan Ericson, CCAS BA’02, LAW JD ’05
Dan Ericson, CCAS BA’02, LAW JD ’05, and Ellen Cornelius Ericson are proud to announce the birth of their baby boy, Seth Robert Ericson. Seth was born on August 7, 2012 at the George Washingt...
Lucy Kafanov, CCAS BA ’05
Lucy Kafanov, CCAS BA ’05, has been nominated for an International Emmy Award for her work with Russia Today’s (RT) team of reporters covering the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Kafanov intervi...
Michael Gargano, GSEHD EdD ’01
Michael Gargano, GSEHD EdD ’01, has been named vice president for academic, faculty and student affairs for the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Gargano was working wit...
Chad Jordan, ESIA BA ’08, MA ’10,
Chad Jordan, ESIA BA ’08, MA ’10, recently published his first book, “Shut Up & Give? Eradicating Global Poverty by Breaking the Cycle of Dependency we Created.” Chad is the founder of Co...
Elizabeth Barrett Groth, CCAS BA ’04
Elizabeth Barrett Groth, CCAS BA ’04, is nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award (IT Awards) for Outstanding Innovative Design for her puppet design in, We in Silence Hear a Whisper, ...
Stan Rifkin, GSEHD PhD ’05
Stan Rifkin, GSEHD PhD ’05, accepted a position as technical director at Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC), located at the Stevens Institute of Technology. Rifkin was previously employ...
Rachid Lakhal, SEAS MS ’07
Rachid Lakhal, SEAS MS ’07, has had two children, relocated to the country of Morocco, and established his own small business since graduating from GW. Lakhal’s business is Tayiba for Knowled...
Joy Levin Welan, CCAS BA ’05
Joy Levin Welan, CCAS BA ’05, a trial attorney in the Disability Rights Section of the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, was featured in a blog post “When Personal is P...
Michael Y. Bennett, CCAS BA ’02
Michael Y. Bennett, CCAS BA ’02, published two books. Bennett authored Words, Space, and the Audience: The Theatrical Tension between Empiricism and Rationalism, and co-edited Eugene O’Neill�...
Blythe Purdin, CCAS BA ’04
Blythe Purdin, CCAS BA ’04, accepted the position of legislative and political action coordinator for the Second Essex Senate District through the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA). In t...
David E. Bauer, GSPM MA ’06
David E. Bauer, GSPM MA ’06, accepted a position at the Association of Global Automakers located in Wash., D.C, as manager of state relations. Bauer was employed with the Maryland Judiciary as ...
Jessie Lee Epstein, CCAS BA ’05 & Scott Harris Rudin, CCAS BA ’07
Jessie Lee Epstein, CCAS BA ’05, married Scott Harris Rudin, CCAS BA ’07, in East Hampton, N.Y. on Aug. 11. The bride, 29, and bridegroom, 27, met at George Washington University, from which ...
Rebekah Anne Beaulieu, CCAS BA’03
Rebekah Anne Beaulieu, CCAS BA’03, married Patrick Thomas Ford in July 2012 in Mequon, Wis. The couple met at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, where they received master’s degrees in a...
Angelica Spanos, CCAS BA ’09
Angelica Spanos, CCAS BA ’09, won the “Outstanding Video Journalist/One Man Band Reporter” award from the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association for her work as a video journa...
Gil Weiss, CCAS BA ’05
Gil Weiss, CCAS BA ’05, a mountaineer, died in July while ascending a glacier-capped 20,000-foot peak in Peru. Weiss was the chief adventure officer of BeyondAdventureProductions.com, a team o...
Alumna’s GW connection goes coast to coast
Adina Hirsch’s first job out of college was a dream position with the United States Agency for International Development. “I would have never known how to apply for such a position had it not...
Chia-Pin Chang, SEAS MS ’03, Phd ’11
Chia-Pin Chang, SEAS MS ’03, Phd ’11, was profiled by the Washington Post‘s Capital Business section on July 15 for his work as the co-founder of OptoBioSense, a spin off company from his w...
Norman W. Getsinger, GWSB MA ’64, ESIA CERT ’02,
Norman W. Getsinger, GWSB MA ’64, ESIA CERT ’02, a retired Foreign Service officer who served in posts in Africa, Europe and Asia, died June 22 in Flint Hill, Va. He was 93. Getsinger joine...
Sherry A. Lin, GWSB BA ’09
Sherry A. Lin, GWSB BA ’09, accepted a position at TCC Global in Hong Kong as the assistant program manager. TCC partners with many of the world’s leading retailers and designs programs that ...
Jarris Louis Taylor, Jr., GSEHD MA ’97, EdD ’05
Jarris Louis Taylor, Jr., GSEHD MA ’97, EdD ’05, was inducted into the Baltimore City College Hall of Fame in a ceremony that took place in the William Donald Schaefer Auditorium, October, 28...
Marcia Kafchinski Lundin, SMHS DPT ’09
Marcia Kafchinski, SMHS DPT ’09, and Jeff Lundin are happy to announce their marriage on August 6, 2011 in Unadilla, N.Y. They reside in Springfield, Va. Fellow Colonials Sylvia Morgan, SMHS D...
Adam Ferst, GWSB BBA ’05
Adam Ferst, GWSB BBA ’05, started his own gourmet food business, Ferst Specialty Foods, in Philadelphia. Learn more at ferstfood.com. The post Adam Ferst, GWSB BBA ’05 appeared first on GW...
Jill Caren Goldblatt, GWSB BBA ’03
Jill Caren Goldblatt, GWSB BBA ’03, and Ari Andrew Jordan were married Saturday, July 8 at the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Miami. Read the wedding announcement in the New York Times. The pos...
Ben Thornewill, CCAS BA ’07, Jesse Kristin CCAS BS ’07, Tom Seigel ’07 CCAS BA ’07
Ben Thornewill, CCAS BA ’07, Jesse Kristin CCAS BS ’07, and Tom Seigel ’07 CCAS BA ’07, were profiled by NPR in June. The trio, better known as Jukebox the Ghost, recently released their...
Joseph J. Patry, ESIA BA ’03
Joseph J. Patry, ESIA BA ’03, joined Blank Rome LLP as an associate in the Consumer Finance Litigation group and as a member of the Consumer Financial Services industry team. Patry is based i...
Bethany McFetridge, SMHS CERT ’02, MA ’02
Bethany McFetridge, SMHS CERT ’02, MA ’02, and Robert Fanelli married July 6. The ceremony was held at Chapel Hill in Rochester. Read their wedding announcement in the Chronicle Express...
Twin Cities Science Museum Alumni Event
Ashley Irl, GWSB BBA ’08, Catherine Kedzuf, CCAS BA ’08, and Catherine O’Conner, CCAS BS ’07, attended a GW Twin Cities alumni event at the Science Museum of Minnesota in June, where ...
Todd Smith, CCAS BS ’07, and R. Alex Drossler, ESIA BA ’06
Todd Smith, CCAS BS ’07, and R. Alex Drossler, ESIA BA ’06, started Stunner of the Month, an online subscription service, in 2009. Based in San Francisco, the club mails members a unique p...
Meghan Harrison, ESIA BA ’03
Meghan Harrison, ESIA BA ’03, received a master’s in national security strategy from National War College on June 7, 2012. She is also the recipient of the 2012 “Sherman Kent Award.” ...
David Bauer, GSPM MA ’06
David Bauer, GSPM MA ’06, accepted a position at the Association of Global Automakers located in Washington, D.C. as manager of State Relations. He graduated from the University of Baltimore Sc...
Guilherme Clasen Roschke, LAW JD ’06
Guilherme Clasen Roschke, LAW JD ’06, married Emily Sloat Shaw July 1, 2012, at the Bumper Car Pavilion of Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Md. Alexander Malek, a friend of the couple officiated. ...
Rene Utianski, CCAS BA ’08, and Arlene Arrigan Pietranton, CCAS BA ’74, MA ’76, PHD ’93
Rene Utianski, CCAS BA ’08, a doctoral student at Arizona State, will begin her second term as president of the National Student Speech-Language Hearing Association, the pre-professional organ...
Jeffrey Poirier GSEHD MA ’03
Jeffrey Poirier, GSEHD MA ’03, co-edited the upcoming book, Improving Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes for LGBT Youth: A guide for Professionals. Poirier also contributed to several chapters...
Kris Meade, LAW JD ’90, Steve McBrady, LAW JD ’06, and Steve Rice, LAW JD ’07
Kris D. Meade, LAW JD ’90, Steve McBrady, LAW JD ’06, and Steve Rice, LAW JD ’07, will all participate on a panel of experts in the L2 Federal Resources Webinar: “Sequestration: Prepari...
Mark Taticchi, LAW JD ’10
Mark Taticchi, LAW JD ’10, will begin a yearlong judicial clerkship with Justice Anthony Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court. Taticchi spent the last year working in the Washington, D.C., office...
Yael Krigman, LAW JD ’09
Yael Krigman, Law JD ’09, was profiled in The White House’s blog feature: ” Women Entrepreneurs are Creating Jobs: An Interactive Timeline.” Krigman started baking to relieve stress as ...
Dorothy Rita Nederman, ESIA BA ’06, GWSB MBA ’10
Dorothy Rita Nederman, ESIA BA ’06, GWSB MBA ’10, and Joseph William Hildebrandt were married Saturday in Westhampton Beach, N.Y. The Rev. Richard E. Hildebrandt, the father of the bridegroo...
Bobby Lucas Jr., GWSB BBA ’10, GSEHD MA ’12
Bobby Lucas Jr., GWSB BBA ’10, GSEHD MA ’12, was recently profiled in the June 1 Baltimore Sun for finishing his master’s degree in human organizational learning last month. A Baltimore n...