Plus, Art History Professor Lilien Robinson's Career Portrait
Plus, Art History Professor Lilien Robinson's Career Portrait
Columbian College

December 2017

Professional psychology students
Professional Psychology graduate students gain invaluable hands-on experience treating patients at the program’s Center Clinic. The training, combined with rigorous coursework, prepares graduates for careers as practiced-focused clinical psychologists.
Yi Zhao competes at J.Live
Yi Zhao, a junior majoring in Japanese literature and minoring in modern music, took home first place honors at the third annual J.LIVE Talk Japanese speech contest, competing against 30 students from 13 universities across the country. 
National Portfolio Day
The Corcoran School’s annual National Portfolio Day welcomed hundreds of aspiring art students from high schools across the country for personalized critiques of their work by art and design experts. 
Dean Vinson with his fellow Deans at inauguration.
The GW community came together to celebrate Thomas J. LeBlanc’s inauguration as the university’s 17th president with festivities that included the Foggy Bottom installation and reception and a dinner at the Library of Congress. 
Robinson teaching
Through 50 years of teaching, beloved Art History Professor and alumna Lilien Robinson, BA ’62, MA ’65, continues to inspire generations of students through her passion for art, writing and commitment to the power of education. 
Kristin Ann Fahlbusch, BA ’05, and patient
After losing friends and loved ones to cancer, Kristin Ann Fahlbusch, BA ’05, contributed her makeup artistry to Lipstick Angels, a nonprofit that offers complimentary beauty and skincare services to people battling the disease.
Vacquera and Cisneros scholar
With its impact on 800,000 Dreamers still in doubt, Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute’s Elizabeth Vaquera and Aaron Madrid Aksöz discussed the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Happy Holidays!
Students, faculty and members of the university community are 'Walking in a G-Dub Wonderland' in the 2017 GW Holiday Video Card. The GW family wishes all of our students, faculty, staff and alumni a joyous holiday season!

Kudos!

Joel Blecher authored the book Said the Prophet of God: Hadith Commentary Across the Millennium. He was also awarded a 2018-2019 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. 
Sara Goldrick-Rab, BA ’98, won the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Education for her research and advocacy on behalf of low-income students. She donated the $100,000 prize to the Faculty And Students Together (FAST) Fund.
Sylvain Guiriec was awarded the 2017 Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal from NASA for his work on Gamma Ray Bursts and their use as cosmological probes.
Nina Seavey won Best Documentary Feature at the Golden Gate International Film Festival for the film The Messengers.
The University Writing Program was awarded the "Writing Program Certificate of Excellence" from the Conference of College Composition and Communication.

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