Check out these events as part of GW Hillel, Kappa Alpha Psi, and SAFI’s Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Week. The events will serve as a memorial to victims of the Holocaust, allow students of all backgrounds to take an active role in remembering the many victims of the Holocaust, and heighten awareness of genocide across the world.
The three events of the week will be:
Name Reading in Kogan Plaza – Monday, April 8th from 1pm-4pm in the mid-campus quad section of Kogan Plaza. Students will have the opportunity to read the names aloud of those individuals who perished in the Holocaust.
Memorial Service – Monday, April 8th in Marvin Center Room 308 from 6:00pm-7:30pm. A 10-15 minute memorial service will be held in honor the victims followed by a Holocaust survivor’s story.
Panelist Discussion – Wednesday, April 10th in Marvin Center Room 413-414 from 7pm- 8pm. Panelists will discuss the Holocaust, issues in human rights, and contemporary genocide. The last 15 minutes will be open to questions from the audience. Dinner will be provided.
For more information, please visit the Facebook event page for Holocaust Remembrance and Genocide Awareness Week.
Category: Events
"The Tibetan Code of Happiness" – [Recommended Event]
This Thursday (April 4th), Khenpo Sodargye of the Laung Gar Buddhist academy in China will give a talk titled “The Tibetan Code of Happiness.” The talk will take place at GWU’s Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, Marvin Center (800 21st Street NW), 6:30pm. Khenpo Sodargye is one of the leading Tibetan Buddhist teachers in China. He is a published scholar and popular speaker in leading universities on the mainland. This is his lecture series in North America and Europe. Check out the poster below: Continue reading “"The Tibetan Code of Happiness" – [Recommended Event]”
Food for Thought: Social Media and Police [Lunch]
Have you signed up yet?
Join us for this lunchtime event on Thursday, April 11th at 1pm in the UHP Clubroom in Foggy Bottom. Prof. Lori Brainard presents on police department use of social media, with the help of her research assistant, UHPer Andrew Beauregard.
Lunch is free, but seats are limited. So sign up now!
The Very Model of a Roman Woman Warrior [Recommended Event]
Come attend Professor Judith P. Hallett’s lecture, ” The Very Model of a Roman Woman Warrior,” on April 11th. There will be a reception at 6 p.m., with the lecture at 6:30 in Funger Hall 103. Professor Hallett (UMD) will be discussing contemporary Roman Republican and later Imperial images of Fulvia, the formidable second wife of Roman general and politician Mark Antony and the venomous enemy of Cicero.
Prof. Hallett is a dynamic lecturer who is well known in the US and England for her expertise in Roman literature and culture, especially Latin love elegy, and as a faculty member at the University of Maryland, she is our neighbor as well. Her lecture “The Very Model of a Roman Warrior” will focus on the formidable Fulvia, second wife of the Roman general and political leader Mark Antony– Prof. Hallett has provided a vivid image for the poster that pungently illustrates the provocative nature of her persona to a 19th-century artistic imagination!
Food for Thought: Social Media and Police [Lunch]
Join us for this lunchtime event on Thursday, April 11th at 1pm in the UHP Clubroom in Foggy Bottom. Prof. Lori Brainard presents on police department use of social media, with the help of her research assistant, UHPer Andrew Beauregard.
Lunch is free, but seats are limited. So sign up now!
See "Girl Rising" [Recommended Event]
Come see the New York Time’s fifth most popular movie- Girl Rising! Girl Rising follows the stories of nine girls around the world as the triumph over the odds to achieve the education that they deserve. The GW Chapter of Room to Read, the Half the Sky Ambassadors, and the Global Women’s Institute are co-sponsoring a screening on March 28th at 7:30pm in Elliott School Room 113. Check out our Facebook event at bit.ly/gwgirlrising. Don’t be afraid to email us at roomtoreadgwu@gmail.com if you have any questions.
UHP's Relay for Life T-Shirt Decorating [Event]
Are you on the UHP’s Relay for Life team? Want to represent? Have a white t-shirt? Then come to our Relay for Life Team t-shirt decorating party! We’ll be meeting 5 to 7 in the Foggy Bottom Townhouse basement on Thursday, March 28.
Come and hang out with the team and decorate a t-shirt to show off the UHP’s collective swag. Don’t worry about bringing markers, we have ALL the colors. Just bring a white t-shirt (make sure to wash it first) and your lovely selves. Not on the team yet? Don’t worry about it. Come anyway and we can even help you sign up there. Don’t forget your white t-shirt! And don’t forget Relay for Life on April 20!
UHP, Camp Kesem GW, and GW Club Cross Country [Event]
Check out Camp Kesem GW and GW Club Cross Country’s Caterpillar Crawl!
Join UHPers Kimya Forouzan, Brittany Harvey, Sydnee Fielkow, Shailly Gaur and many many others on March 23rd at 10:30 am to kick off cherry blossom season with a Campus Recreation sponsored 6K on the National Mall.
Registration will be $15 and all proceeds will go towards Camp Kesem GW, a free one-week summer camp for the children of cancer patients.
Stop by Kogan Plaza after the race for a barbecue with food and music for all racers and their friends! This 6K also offers points for all Greek organizations and kicks off the Campus Rec Cup – a three part series extending from March to late April.
Come out to support a great cause, see the cherry blossoms, and enjoy some food with your fellow UHPers!
Join UHPers Kimya Forouzan, Brittany Harvey, Sydnee Fielkow, Shailly Gaur and many many others on March 23rd at 10:30 am to kick off cherry blossom season with a Campus Recreation sponsored 6K on the National Mall.
Registration will be $15 and all proceeds will go towards Camp Kesem GW, a free one-week summer camp for the children of cancer patients.
Stop by Kogan Plaza after the race for a barbecue with food and music for all racers and their friends! This 6K also offers points for all Greek organizations and kicks off the Campus Rec Cup – a three part series extending from March to late April.
Come out to support a great cause, see the cherry blossoms, and enjoy some food with your fellow UHPers!
More details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/379315022176189/?fref=ts
Lunch with the Director
***UPDATE*** This event is being rescheduled! We’ll let you all know when the new date is set! ***UPDATE***
Maria Frawley, Director of the University Honors Program will meet with students over lunch for a direct conversation about the University Honors Program. Bring your questions, concerns, and great ideas for the program! But sign up fast, because seats are limited!
Lunch with the Director: Tuesday, March 26th at 12pm in Ames 101Q.
Sign up now! (Students only, please.)
Tomorrow: Food for Thought w/ Prof. Sides
Never put off tomorrow what you can do today! Particularly apt in this case, since today’s your last chance to register for this free lunch and lecture with Prof. John Sides!
Food for Thought: The Story of the 2012 Presidential Campaign (in Graphs!)
“Game changer.” We heard it so many times during the 2012 U.S. presidential election. But what actually made a difference—and what was just hype? John Sides will tell the story of the election in just a few graphs — using a “moneyball” approach that gets beyond the anecdote, folklore, and conventional wisdom that often pass for election analysis.
Tuesday, March 19th from 11:30am-12:30pm in Ames 101Q (MVC).
Seats are capped at 15, so register now!
