Category: Extracurricular Opportunity

Join The Review!

Events, Extracurricular Opportunity, General News, Student Peer Advisors

Are you looking to read more in the new year? Do you wish you could read more contemporary literature outside of the classroom? Consider joining The Review, the UHP’s book club! We are a small group of individuals who share a love for reading, yet find it challenging to find time to read for fun in our busy college schedules. In The Review, we will be reading a piece of contemporary literature each month, and will be reviewing each book and share our thoughts with the rest of the UHP.

Our first meeting with be in January 2020 where we will be discussing the novel The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. Winter break is a great time to get ahead on some reading!

If you are interested in joining and would like to hear more before our first meeting, please add your email to our interest form here!

The univie: winter school for Cultural Historical Studies 2020

Extracurricular Opportunity

“The Discovery of Modernity – Vienna Around 1900”
University of Vienna
Vienna/Austria
January 31 – February 14, 2020
The univie: winter school for Cultural-Historical Studies takes place in Vienna, the capital of the former Habsburg Monarchy (and Austria of today) where traces of the outstanding culture of the late 19th and the beginning of the 20th century are still visible.
The two week program combines first class academic courses with an extensive social and cultural program. Vienna’s rich cultural heritage, especially the museums, will lead to a thorough understanding of the input of the fin-de-siècle on the modernization of Europe.
This unique program consists of high level lectures in the morning and guided excursions to the city of Vienna (e.g. the Schönberg Center and city walks around the Ringstraße and Art Nouveau buildings) and to different museums (the Museum for Applied Arts and Schönbrunn Palace) in the afternoon.
Outside the framework of classes Vienna offers plenty of opportunities to explore additional museums and sights such as the St. Stephan’s Cathedral, the Imperial Palace, and the Treasury.
The academic course environment encourages intercultural and social exchange and favors mutual understanding within the international student population. Participants thus broaden their horizon, meet colleagues from different fields of study, make friends for life and build connections for their future professional careers.
For more information please visit our website:
https://shs.univie.ac.at/content/site/shs/winterschool/home/index.html

Real Estate & Finance Alliance Application Open to Sophomores

Extracurricular Opportunity

REFA (Real Estate and Finance Alliance) is currently accepting applications for sophomores from all schools. REFA is a program that is sponsored by GWSB, with the goal of accelerating students into prestigious Investment Banking and Real Estate internships and full-time positions. REFA has had a 100% success rate in placing member students in these exclusive positions. There are 104 graduated REFA alumni, who make up the association of mentors to the REFA student class. They open the door to Wall Street finance and Real Estate.
The REFA program application is now open and available at the following link: https://go.gwu.edu/applyrefa2022
The selected candidates will participate in the in-person interviews (Superday Format) with the REFA Seniors and Juniors and GW staff on Thursday, September 26th (Real Estate) and on Friday, September 27th (Finance). Candidates will have phone interviews with alumni mentors between Friday, September 27th and Sunday, October 6th.
Please feel free to reach out with any further questions you may have. suzanne_dann@gwu.edu

Win $500 with the SURE Award

Extracurricular Opportunity, General News

Did you know that Honors students have the opportunity to win up to $500 for their research? Apply for the UHP/Sigelman Undergraduate Research Enhancement (SURE) Award for your chance.

“Undergraduate Research Enhancement” may not sound the most exciting (well, to most people at least, but you are UHPers), but the funds can contribute to incredible research. Previous SURE Award winners used their winnings to conduct 3D scanning of bones at the Smithsonian, study lasers and present their findings at a national conference, and research the influence of sports rhetoric on political campaigns,

The application, due Friday October 4th, includes:

  1. Student Application Form
  2. Faculty Statement of Support
  3. Unofficial GW Transcript

Good Luck!

If you have any questions, reach out to Brianna at bcrayton@gwu.edu.

Apply to be an Enosinian Scholar!

Extracurricular Opportunity

The Enosinian Scholars Program is now accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. Each year, this program welcomes a select group of rising seniors to conduct student-driven research in a variety of academic areas. Students apply at the end of their junior year to begin the program their senior year.

If you are interested, please check out the program description as well as the application form. Applications are due by Friday, May 17th.

If you have additional questions, please contact Professor William Winstead at stimmung@gwu.edu.   

New Fraternity on Campus – Become a Leader Now

Extracurricular Opportunity

Who is Alpha Sigma Phi?
We are the nation’s 10th oldest and 5th largest fraternity founded at Yale in 1845. We are the nation’s fastest expanding fraternity and are here at George Washington University because we believe there are men of high-character that share in our five values of silence, charity, purity, honor, and patriotism. We are nationally renown as a gentlemen’s fraternity seeking the best men GW has to offer.
Why should you join?
Alpha Sigma Phi strives to provide our undergraduate members the best undergraduate experience promoting scholastic, professional, and personal growth within the organization. We actively provide service and philanthropy opportunities raising over $1.6 million last year for our 5 non-profits. We also have a strict scholarship plan as well as an opportunity to win a book scholarship for those men who join the fraternity. We are a group that strives to help undergraduate men be the leaders they were born to be – we believe in our vision “To Better the World Through Better Men” and want to give that same opportunity to you!
How Do I Learn More?
To learn more about Alpha Sigma Phi and our Kappa Delta Chapter reach out to Beau Grzanich at bgrzanich@alphasigmaphi.org or Neal Hoover at nhoover@alphasigmaphi.org. You can also follow our Instagram page @gwu_alphasig. We look forward to meeting you!

Free Hindi Language Course at GW

Extracurricular Opportunity

The Embassy of India and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies are excited to offer a free six-week, non-credit Introductory Hindi Language Course for Spring 2019. The course will include introduction to Hindi language including pronunciation, reading and writing of Devanagari script; speaking and comprehension of basic sentences, commands, and statements.
The course will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays from February 12, 2019 – March 28, 2019, from 4:00-5:00pm in Suite 503, 5th Floor, 1957 E St NW. The course is open to all Consortium Schools and Washington Program Consortium students.
If interested, please fill out this Google Form. If you are interested and only able to attend one day a week, we still encourage you to show up for that one day!

TEDxFoggyBottom2019 Offers Intellectually Stimulating Day of Activities

Extracurricular Opportunity

The UHP prides itself on being a place where students can gather to discuss important ideas that shape our future. On April 13th, 2019, GW students will get the opportunity to attend TEDxFoggyBottom 2019, with our theme this year being Reaction. We will explore how we react to our constantly changing world, and focus on the actions necessary to take responsibility for our future. Speakers include Jim Garvin, current Chief Scientist of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, and Alakkuu, a Somali-American poet who will be presenting his work live on stage. There are 14 additional speakers, some of whom are yet to be announced! For further information, and if you would like to buy tickets, go to tedxfoggybottom.com, or contact UHP members Max Davidson, Lila Gaber, Eliza Wizer, and Alyssa Martindale. Tickets are $20.

Volunteer in Panama this Spring Break!

Extracurricular Opportunity

VOLUNTEER IN PANAMA OR BRAZIL – JOIN AN INTERNATIONAL DANCE EXCHANGE THIS SPRING OR SUMMER
Are you looking for a unique way to volunteer this spring or summer? Join Movement Exchange for an international dance exchange to Panama or Brazil for an unforgettable volunteer experience that will combine dance, travel, history, and culture.
Upcoming Dates:

  • Panama:
    • March 9-16
    • March 23-30
    • May 18-25
    • June 22-29
    • July 14-21
  • Brazil:
    • August 3-12

To read more about the opportunity, visit www.movementexchanges.org/join/#exchanges 
Questions, comments, concerns? Email Co-Executive Director at adele@movementexchanges.org

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