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Officials install entrance turnstiles for payment at dining halls

Jan 16, 2025 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

Officials installed new turnstiles at GW dining halls over winter break, changing how students pay for their meal and enter the halls. Now when students enter dining halls in Thurston and Shenkman halls, they will tap their GWorld card on a reader before two GW-branded turnstile doors swing open to let them into the hall. The same turnstiles automatically open for students in the reverse direction as they exit the dining halls.
GW met diversity, enrollment goals for Class of 2028: data

Dec 18, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

Vice Provost for Enrollment and Student Success Jay Goff said the University met all its enrollment targets for the 2024 admissions cycle despite delays in federal aid applications and the Supreme Court’s decision to ban race-conscious admissions policies. Goff said at a Faculty Senate meeting Friday that the Class of 2028 met and slightly exceeded GW’s enrollment targets despite national data showing a 5 percent in first-year enrollment this fall.
CPS, DC Parks and Recreation to launch youth development certification program

Dec 9, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

The College of Professional Studies’ Center for Excellence in Public Leadership and the D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will unveil a certification program for youth development professionals early next year. The certification will offer leadership coaching and hands-on experience to professionals working in youth programs to further their mentorship skills, according to a D.C. Department of Parks and Recreation press release.
GSPM names Angela McMillen Ayres as interim director

Nov 21, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

The Graduate School of Political Management announced its new interim executive director, its first since 2022, last week, according to a University release. Angela McMillen Ayres, an executive at nonprofit Tusk Fundraising, was named as the school’s interim executive director as it embarks on a search for a permanent director, according to the release.
School of Nursing adds virtual reality learning to simulation center

Nov 18, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

Updated: Nov. 18, 2024, at 10:20 a.m.The School of Nursing added virtual reality features to its Simulation and Innovation Learning Center this semester after years of planning.
Future of geology program remains clouded after inconclusive task force results

Nov 18, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

The Geological Sciences Program remains in limbo after a task force set up to determine its steps forward last academic year came to “no single decision,” according to the program’s director. Catherine Forster, a professor emerita of biology and the program’s director, said the task force concluded its work at the end of 2023 and came to no conclusion about the future of the program.
Officials deliver update on MFA finances to Faculty Senate in private session

Nov 11, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Hannah Marr |Tyler Iglesias

Faculty senators went into a closed-door session Friday to hear a report on the financial status of the Medical Faculty Associates, a group that owes more than $250 million to GW.
Faculty to launch Blackboard accessibility tool after calls from student advocates

Nov 11, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

Officials announced that faculty will pilot an initiative that enables an accessibility feature on Blackboard next semester during a Faculty Senate meeting Friday. Sarah Wagner, a faculty senator and co-chair of the Education Policy & Technology Committee, said at the meeting that the committee has worked over the past year with members of the Student Government Association and the Disabled Students Collective to introduce Blackboard Ally, an extension of the course management platform.
Officials warn faculty, staff of potential impacts to in-person work after Election Day

Nov 5, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

Officials provided guidance to faculty and staff should protests or demonstrations after Election Day impact in-person work in an email Friday, obtained by The Hatchet.
Officials announce campus security preparations, emergency operations center ahead of Election Day

Oct 31, 2024 | gwhatchet.com | Tyler Iglesias

Officials outlined the University’s plan to keep campus safe on Election Day in an email sent to community members Tuesday. The Office of Emergency Management set up an emergency operations center to assess campus safety and security concerns from Nov. 5 through the end of the week, and officials coordinated additional campus safety and preparedness measures with District, state and federal agencies, the email states.