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Dear GW Families,
While the first couple of weeks of 2021 have continued to be challenging in the weeks leading up to the Inauguration, with that successfully concluded we are truly looking forward to the rest of this spring semester. Yesterday, Provost Blake announced the members of the Post-COVID Academic Innovation Task Force (see below). And, this weekend our campus will start to welcome 1,000 new students into the residence halls. They will join the 500 who lived on campus this fall. To echo what President LeBlanc said at the end of the fall semester…we can see the light at the end of the tunnel. We are excited about great things to come this semester and we hope that you are too.
Be Well,
Leah Small
Sr. Program Associate
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Update on Post-COVID Academic Innovation Task Force
In early December, the university announed the formation of a Post-COVID Academic Innovation Task Force, which will be charged with the goal of considering, and recommending, new and innovative ways of fulfulling our academic mission.
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Inauguration Prep, Vaccine Updates & Research Discussed at Recent Meeting
At last week’s faculty senate meeting, President LeBlanc shared an update on vaccine availability and distibution and recognized the difficult impact of recent events, including the riots at the Capitol, are having on the GW community. Provost M. Brian Blake also presented the annual report on research noting this past year saw the highest sponsored reseach activity in GW history.
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GW Program Getting National Attention for Database Tracking Those Arrested in the U.S. Capitol Siege
The Program on Extremism launched an online database of court records related to the Jan. 6 riots. Since its launch six years ago, the program has been committed to providing non-partisan analysis of extremism in the U.S. and abroad.
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Student Health Insurance Plan Opt-Out Deadline Reminder
ALL undergraduate students, medical, on-campus nursing, on-campus Health Science, and ALL international students holding a J1 or F1 visa are required to carry student health insurance while they study at GW. These students will be automatically enrolled in the GW SHIP and must submit an opt-out waiver if they have another insurance plan that meets the required waiver criteria. The waiver closes on February 1, 2021.
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Important Deadlines- Add/Drop Period
Students currently have the opportunity to add/.drop classes without penalty. As your student is settling into the semester now is a good time to remind them that if they want to make any adjustments to their class schedule this is the time to do it.
- Sunday, January 24 is the last day to add a course on Banweb
- Friday, February 5 is the last day to add a course using an RTF (Registration Transaction Form)
- Sunday, February 7 is the last day to drop a course on Banweb
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Upcoming Events
The Origins of Our Discontents: A Conversation with Isabel Wilkerson- January 27 @6:30pm EST
The Office of Student Life, in partnership with GW's Fraternity and Sorority Life councils and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences is thrilled to bring to the GW community a discussion with Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of the New York Times Best Seller, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. In conversation with Adena Kirstein, Executive Director of GW Hillel, Wilkerson will discuss her recent work, which offers a caste system as a framework by which we understand injustice, inequity, and discrimination in America. Wilkerson writes of topics that are difficult to read about, but her work is powerful, necessary, and comes at a pivotal moment in time for our country. Click here to RSVP.
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Counting Down to the Bicentennial!
The GW community is coming together to celebrate 200 years of phenomenal growth- join us for this incredible, historic milestone! Stay informed for all the latest bicentennial news, events and more.
Sign up for Bicentennial updates →
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