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Fall Move-In

First-year students move in on August 21. Returning students move in on August 24.

Fall move-in is coming up! 

First-year students move in on August 21, 2019. Returning students move in on August 24, 2019.

Stress-proof your arrival to GW with these tips:  

• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food
• Mount Vernon Campus

Film: "Tears in the Fabric"

12:00pm - 1:00pm

“Tears in the Fabric” observes the toll of the factory’s collapse on one woman. Razia Begum lost both her daughters and her son-in-law and now struggles to care for her two surviving orphaned grandsons. In addition to the enormous personal loss, the tragedy rendered Begum and her grandsons homeless—the result of losing her family's livelihood. (Rainbow Collective, 2014, 30 minutes.)

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Sustainability

GW Naach: Just Dance Party

7:00pm - 9:00pm

Join us and 'Just Dance' to your favorite songs! Get to know the recreational dance group GW Naach and meet new students. Grab some free pizza! 

• Diversity
• Free Food
• Student Organizations

Human Centered Design Workshop

5:45pm - 7:45pm

Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship presents the Human Centered Design: Designing Innovative Solutions for Social Challenges workshop. This experiential and interactive workshop exposes students to the tools, tactics, and frameworks used by innovators, entrepreneurs, and designers to empathize with populations they seek to serve, define problem sets, and come up with

• Academic Events
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

• Elliott School of International Affairs
• School of Business
• School of Engineering & Applied Science

PITCH-A-PALOOZA

6:00pm - 8:00pm

 

Do you have an idea? A problem that needs solving? Follow your innovative itch to pitch at the annual GW PITCH-A-PALOOZA. Join the GW Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and your classmates to hear and vote for your favorite ideas. Did we mention we have pizza? There’s that too.

 

• Academic Events
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Elliott School of International Affairs
• Milken Institute School of Public Health

Pitch'n in the Kitchen

5:30pm - 7:00pm

 

Do you have an idea? Want to talk through your idea with the community of entrepreneurs at GW? You can!

 

The GW Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship presents "Pitch'n in the Kitchen". A casual, intimate pitch event where you can pitch your idea (no matter the stage) to your fellow peers and professional entrepreneurs

• Academic Events
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

• Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
• Elliott School of International Affairs
• Milken Institute School of Public Health

Human Centered Design Workshop

5:45pm - 7:45pm

Office of Innovation & Entrepreneurship presents the Human Centered Design: Designing Innovative Solutions for Social Challenges workshop. This experiential and interactive workshop exposes students to the tools, tactics, and frameworks used by innovators, entrepreneurs, and designers to empathize with populations they seek to serve, define problem sets, and come up with

• Academic Events
• Foggy Bottom Campus
• Free Food

• Elliott School of International Affairs
• School of Business
• School of Engineering & Applied Science

GW Gala

8:00pm - 11:45pm

Join us for an evening of food, fun, and dancing at the National Portrait Gallery!

This event will be ticketed. More information about the event details and tickets coming soon!

• Arts, Culture & Entertainment
• Free Food
• Student Organizations