George Washington University

Recognized by The New York Times as "The West Point of the Political Wars", The Graduate School of Political Management at The George Washington... University in Washington, D.C., offers graduate programs in political management, legislative affairs, strategic public relations, and PAC management, as well as a certificate in community advocacy for not-for-profit organizations and international programs in Latin America and Europe. The GSPM seeks to improve politics and management by educating its students and professionals about the tools, principles, and values of participatory democracy and institutional excellence, preparing them for careers as ethical and effective advocates, leaders and communicators at the international, national, and local levels. The GSPM has no political party affiliation and encourages a dialogue amongst students. Each year, scores of GSPM students plan for careers in professional politics, legislative affairs and strategic public relations by pursuing one of three master’s degrees or two graduate certificates.
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The George Washington University Law School, commonly referred to as GW Law, is the law school of The George Washington University. It was founded in... 1825 and is the oldest law school in Washington, D.C. The school is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a charter member of the Association of American Law Schools. It is located on the main campus of The George Washington University at the corner of 20th and H Streets in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood. From 1959 to the mid-1990s, the law school was officially named the National Law Center . The name was changed to emphasize its position as The George Washington University's law school. Though it would be decades before George Washington’s namesake university would be established by an Act of Congress, the George Washington University Law School—founded in 1825, closed in 1826 due to financial difficulty, and then reorganized in 1865—was the first law school in the District of Columbia.
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The George Washington University School of Business is the business school of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., United States. The... GW School of Business is a top-tier institution that offers both undergraduate and graduate business degrees in a variety of programs. Located in the heart of one of the most powerful and influential cities in the world, the GW School of Business affords its students and faculty the unique opportunity to conduct academic research on and collaborate with US government agencies, multilateral development banks, non-profit organizations, and thousands of national and multinational corporations. In 1928, the School was founded on the idea that business and government might become partners in promoting national prosperity and international development. Beginning with a $1 million endowment from The Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction, GW President Cloyd H. Marvin established what was known as the School of Government, with degree programs that integrated business and politics on the national and international levels.
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The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. is a technical school which specializes in... engineering, technology, communications, and transportation. The school is located on the campus of the George Washington University and offers both undergraduate and graduate programs. Currently, The School of Engineering and Applied Science resides in Tompkins Hall of Engineering. Tompkins Hall has housed George Washington's engineering school since it was built in 1956. In May 2011, site preparation began for construction of GW's new Science and Engineering Hall, the future home of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. This 275 million dollar project will be completed some time in 2014, bringing with it much needed state of the art learning and research facilities. This undertaking is exemplary of George Washington's efforts to strengthen it's reputation as a premier research institution. With approximately 580 students enrolled, SEAS has a variety of undergraduate programs. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at SEAS has eleven full time teaching and/or research faculty.
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Established in July 1997, the School of Public Health and Health Services brought together three longstanding university programs in the schools of... medicine, business, and education that we have since expanded substantially. Today, more than 900 students from nearly every U.S. state and more than 35 nations pursue undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral-level degrees in public health. Its student body is one of the most ethnically diverse among the nation's private schools of public health. The School also offers an array of joint degree programs, allowing students to couple a law degree with the Master of Public Health , or to combine an MPH with a medical degree or an MA in International Affairs. An MPH/Physician's Assistant program, the first in the world, is available at the SPHHS, as is the opportunity to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer while pursuing an MPH. The public health programs of the SPHHS have full accreditation from the Council on Education for Public Health. The program in health services administration is fully accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education.
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The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences was established in 1824 due to the need for doctors in the District of... Columbia but formally opened its doors a year later in 1825. It is the eleventh oldest medical school in the country and the first medical school established in the nation's capital. The school has more than 700 medical students currently enrolled in its Doctor of Medicine program. Over the past few years, GW has seen a dramatic rise in the number of applications it receives. For the past six years, it has been the most applied to medical school in the country, receiving almost 14,000 applications , per admission cycle. What was once a medical institution ravaged by various wars and battles gained prominence in 1981 when US President Ronald Reagan, shot at close range, was rushed to its ER and given the proper care and assistance. Politics aside, the George Washington University School of Medicine has always been at the forefront of technology for research and application.
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The George Washington University School of Education and Human Development, is a part of George Washington University offering specializations is... higher education, educational policy, counseling, teaching, and other educational programs. It is consistently ranked one of the top schools of education in the nation. Although teacher education has been offered since the university’s founding in 1904, the School itself officially started in 1909. The Graduate School of Education and Human Development is now composed of three distinct academic departments. This is one of the largest schools within the George Washington University. U.S. News & World Report ranked the graduate school in the Top-20, and was 5th overall in total research expenditures. Mary Futrell became the School’s dean in 1995. Three departments make up the School of Education and Human Development. The largest department, Counseling/Human and Organizational Studies, offers teacher certification, masters, and Ph.D. programs. The Department of Educational Leadership has 12 areas of specialization.
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The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, or CCAS, is The George Washington University's liberal arts and sciences college. The Columbian College... bears the original name of The George Washington University when it was chartered by Congress in 1821. It is the largest school at George Washington, with over 5,100 undergraduate students and 2,000 graduate students, and 42 academic departments, representing the majority of the University's instructional, scholarly and research activity. The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences houses 42 departments and programs, including: While Columbian College was founded in 1821, it awarded its first bachelor's degree in 1824. Today, the Columbian College offers the following in Bachelors of Arts and/or Bachelors of Science degrees: Ten years after the Columbian College was chartered, the college conferred its first Master of Arts degree in 1831. Columbian College was also one of the first institutions in the United States to award a doctorate, as it did with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1888. However, the graduate program was formally established in 1905.
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Clara Isabel Alegría Vides is a Nicaraguan poet, essayist, novelist, and journalist who was a major voice in the literature of contemporary... Central America. She writes under the pseudonym Claribel Alegría. Alegría was born in Estelí, Nicaragua and grew up in the Santa Ana area in western El Salvador. In 1943, she moved to the United States and in 1948 received a B.A. in Philosophy and Letters from George Washington University. Alegría was committed to nonviolent resistance. She had a close association with the Sandinista National Liberation Front , which overthrew Anastasio Somoza Debayle and took control of the Nicaraguan government in 1979. Alegría returned to Nicaragua in 1985 to aid in the reconstruction of Nicaragua. Alegría now lives in Managua, Nicaragua. Alegría's works of literature reflect the style of the popular literary current in Central America during the 1950s and 1960s, "la generacion comprometida" . Her works follow the practice of several poets of her generation who are critical of their societies and make claims for rights using a language which is often counter-literary.
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James Tiptree, Jr. was the pen name of American science fiction author Alice Bradley Sheldon, used from 1967 to her death. She also occasionally... wrote under the pseudonym Raccoona Sheldon . Tiptree/Sheldon was most notable for breaking down the barriers between writing perceived as inherently "male" or "female" — it was not publicly known until 1977 that James Tiptree, Jr. was a woman. Bradley came from a family in the intellectual enclave of Hyde Park, a university neighborhood in Chicago. Her father was Herbert Bradley, a lawyer and naturalist, and her mother was Mary Hastings Bradley, a prolific writer of fiction and travel books. She travelled the world with her parents from an early age. In 1921-22, the Bradleys made their first trip to central Africa, which later contributed to Sheldon’s short story, “The Women Men Don’t See.” She was a graphic artist and a painter, and—under the name "Alice Bradley Davey"—an art critic for the Chicago Sun between 1941 and 1942. She was married to William Davey from 1934 to 1941. She met and married her first husband at age 19 because she felt as if it was her duty as a daughter.
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Kerry Washington is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Ray Charles's wife, Della Bea Robinson, in the film Ray , as Idi Amin's wife... Kay in The Last King of Scotland, and as Alicia Masters, love interest of Ben Grimm, The Thing, in the live-action Fantastic Four films of 2005 and 2007. She has also starred in the critically acclaimed independent films Our Song and The Dead Girl, and will be the lead actress in the 2012 ABC drama Scandal, a Shonda Rhimes series where Washington will play Olivia Pope, a former crisis management expert to the President. Washington was born in the The Bronx, New York City, the daughter of Valerie, a professor and educational consultant, and a real estate broker father. She performed with the Tada theater teen group and attended the Spence School in Manhattan, graduating in 1994. Washington went on to earn a Presidential Arts Scholarship to attend The George Washington University, graduating in 1998. She also studied at Michael Howard Studios in New York City.
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Howard Morley Sachar is an American historian. He is Professor Emeritus of History and International Affairs at George Washington University in... Washington, D.C. and the author of 16 books, as well as numerous articles in scholarly journals, on the subjects of Middle Eastern and Modern European history. His writings, which have been published in six languages, are widely regarded as solid reference works. He was born to Dr. Abram L. Sachar and his wife, Thelma Horwitz, during his father's tenure as a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri and raised in Champaign, Illinois. He was the eldest of three brothers; his brother Edward J. Sachar became a pioneering biological psychiatrist and David B. Sachar became a gastroenterologist. He completed his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University. Sachar was a full-time faculty member of the Department of History and the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University for 40 years.
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Jenna Weissman Joselit is the Charles E. Smith Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History at the George Washington University.