PAF News

Season’s Greetings from the Presidential Fellowship!
Happy Holidays from the Presidential Fellowship to all of our alumni and friends celebrating this season! We wish you and your family joy and good wishes going into the new year.

Holiday Traditions across the Presidential Fellowship
As we conclude the fall semester and enter winter break, the Fellows and Advising Team members reflected on significant holiday traditions.

Special Holiday Recipes from the Advising Team!
Three of the Presidential Fellowship’s illustrious Advising Team members advise on some of their prized holiday recipes.

Presidential Fellowship Welcome Alumni, Friends, and President LeBlanc during Colonials Weekend Reception
The Presidential Fellowship celebrated its annual alumni reunion on Friday, October 26th during GW’s Colonials Weekend. The current Fellows, the Advising Team, and dozens of alumni & guests gathered together to rekindle old bonds, celebrate the program’s legacy, and toast to the program’s future. The Fellowship outlined a renewed strategy for enhancing alumni engagement. GW’s president, Dr. Thomas LeBlanc, also joined us.
Cultivating a Spirit of Service: The Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service
Since its inception, the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service has strived to more fully incorporate civic engagement into the GW community, both inside and outside the classroom.

GW Culture Initiative: University Launches First-Ever All- Faculty & Staff Survey
Camila Tapias has an inside scoop to one of the Office of the President’s recent and first-ever undertakings to assess University culture.

What Challenge are you Dealing with Today?
How do you approach conflict? Fellows Gaby Madrid and Tereese Smith recently presented on conflict management with a suggested model for resolution.

Learning on the Fly and Dealing with Ambiguity
What do marshmallows, spaghetti, tape, and string have in common? Learn more on how to resolve the ambiguity.

A Warm Welcome to Alumni and Friends of the Program
Check out the Presidential Fellowship’s most recent engagement activities with the greater university and find out more about upcoming opportunities to engage!

Lending a hand at Freshman Day of Service
On Saturday, September 8th, the Presidential fellows and members of the advising team took part in GWU’s 10th annual Freshmen Day of Service and Convocation.
Presidential Fellowship Welcomes New Advising Team Members and Reorganization
We are pleased to welcome two Advising Team members this year! Read more about the newest members of the Fellowship as GW continues to restructure.

Green Associate Certification
This summer, Dor Hirsh Bar Gai CCAS BA’16 SEAS MS ’18 used the Presidential Fellow Academic and Professional Development Fund to combat climate change.

The Fellowship Celebrates Graduating Presidential Fellows and Welcomes a New Cohort
On Friday, May 18th, amidst all commencement celebrations, the Presidential Fellowship program celebrated the graduating

The Presidential Fellowship 2017-2018 Annual Report has Arrived!
We are excited to share our 2017-2018 Presidential Fellowship Annual Report. Access it, and read about the current Presidential Fellows’ accomplishments.

Fellows Meet with Vice Provost Caroline Laguerre-Brown and Senior Counsel Richard Weitzner about Academic Freedom at GW
The Fellows coordinated a meeting with Vice Provost Caroline Laguerre-Brown and Senior Counsel Richard Weitzner to discuss the intricacies of academic freedom at GW.