Fall 2023 Registration Guide

It’s almost time to register! To help prepare, check out these tips and reminders.

Early Registration Date: Friday, April 14th @ 9AM-11:59PM EST

Early registration is for your 2nd, 3rd, and 4th semesters!

Regular Registration Schedule

Priority Registration

Date Day Category Eligible
April 13 – Aug 23 All Degree-Seeking Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students:

April 17 Monday 90 or more credits earned

(use your transcript to find your total credits)

April 18 Tuesday 70 or more credits earned

(use your transcript to find your total credits)

April 19 Wednesday 50 or more credits earned

(use your transcript to find your total credits)

April 20 Thursday 30 or more credits earned

(use your transcript to find your total credits)

April 21 Friday 0 or more credits earned

(use your transcript to find your total credits)

If you’re not sure when you register, you can check your earned credit hours in GWeb using the following path: Student Records & Registration Menu > Student Records Information Menu > Transcripts > View Unofficial Transcripts. Make sure you’re looking at overall hours earned for the accurate total!

Plan Ahead Tool

GW has launched the Plan Ahead Tool to that when used ‘ahead of time’ helps to speed up the registration process. The tool allows you to:

  • Building up to 5 different plans of classes for your upcoming registration period;
  • Using one of the plans to directly register for all of your classes when your registration window opens. Creating a plan does not guarantee that a seat in the course will be available at the time of your registration.
To access the Plan Ahead feature, follow the instructions:
  • Log into GWeb
  • Visit the Student Records and Registration Menu
  • Click on the Registration Menu
  • Select Plan Ahead
Also, check out this how-to video to learn how to use Plan Ahead. Note: the video is not closed-captioned, view transcript.
We’ve also created a guide for adding Honors courses via Planned Ahead, which you may view below:

Waitlists

The option to add yourself to the waitlist becomes available on April 24th when general registration opens. More on waitlists here.

Hold Information

Check your record via GWeb regarding holds prior to your scheduled registration time. Any hold on your account will prevent access to registration. You can view any holds on your account by looking at: Student Records & Registration Menu > Student Records Information Menu > View Administrative Holds.

Make sure to check now and again in the days leading up to registration. Check early, and check often! More on holds here.

Upper Level Honors courses

Remember that students must be registered in the HONR section in order to receive UHP credit.

Upper Level Course Substitution

If you are planning to utilize the upper level course substitution option, please review all the information to ensure the course you are considering meets all the UHP criteria. For any questions please contact a program manager.

2023 Strasser Prize Winners Announced!

Congratulations to the winners of this year’s Strasser Writing Prize competition!  We have one first place winner, and two runners-up.

1st Place:

JaeMin Chu – “Stoic Depictions in the Works of Salvator Rosa”  Click here to read their essay! 

Runners Up:

Anna Weber – “The Cold War-Era Jazz Ambassadors Program: A State Department Success. Click here to read their essay!

Ryan Tiedemann – “The American Folk Revival and Confucianism: A Comparative Analysis”  Click here to read their essay!

Honors Student Spotlight: Lilly Swank

Lilly Swank is a graduating senior majoring in Economics. During her time at GW, she’s focused on fostering relationships in various orgs like GW Women’s Rugby, TEDxFoggyBottom, and most importantly the UHP! She loves working at the Townhouse to help plan UHP events, and the crucial job of optimizing snack options. She is passionate about helping others succeed, as a Peer Advisor to the best advisees in the world and a Teaching Assistant to the honors class “Personal Finance for the Greater Good”. After graduation, she hopes to become a financial advisor and help those in need by assisting them in improving their financial health.

Honors Student Spotlight: Anne Laurie Joseph

Anne Laurie Joseph is a graduating senior in the UHP double majoring in English and Music. Throughout her time at GW Anne has anchored her academic studies on the intersections of the arts, social justice, personal and social healing. This semester, Anne will appear as the lead in The Corcoran Program of Theatre and Dance’s production of By The Way, Meet Vera Stark (tickets) — a screwball comedy that investigates racial stereotypes on the silver screen in the 1930’s. In addition, Anne will also be directing an original musical, No Safe Place, as her UHP senior thesis project. The show is a comedic drama that takes a look into the female experience of healing and justice in the face of domestic abuse and sexual violence. More information on tickets for No Safe Place will be available soon.

Congratulations UHP SURE Award Recipients (Spring 2023)

Congratulations to the following Spring 2023 recipients of the UHP SURE Award, an individual grant of up to $1000 to support UHPers’ research activities:

Caleb Auerbach, Senior, Political Communication

Lexi Carmine, Junior, Biomedical Engineering

John Fine, Senior, Political Communication 

Sana Hafiz, Junior, Public Health

J.P. Infortuna, Senior, Political Communication 

Anne Joseph, Senior, English Literature and Music

Priscilla Pang, Junior, Neuroscience

Anuka Upadhye, Senior, International Affairs (International Environmental Studies concentration) 

Peri Wivell, Junior, Biology (Cell and Molecular Biology concentration) 

We look forward to hearing more about their research projects later this academic year through our SURE Stories series. We will be sure to keep you posted!

Sustainability Work-Study Job Opportunities!

Are you interested in a work-study position at GW that involves sustainability next school year? The Office of Sustainability recently posted several jobs on GW’s student employment website for undergrads, including:

Student Project Assistant I (Student Group Coordinator)

Student Project Assistant II (STARS Analyst)

Student Project Assistant I (Textile Reuse Interns)

Student Research Assistant I (Staff Engagement Interns)

 

There are also graduate positions available:

Student Project Assistant III (SustainableGW Fellows)

Student Project Assistant III (Zero Waste Research Assistant)

 

The position postings will close by 4/15/23.

UHP Visit to the Smithsonian!

As part of the course “Life: A Journey Through Earth’s Biodiversity” Professor Moreira took UHP students to a visit through the scientific collections of the National Museum of Natural History. There, they learned about the importance of Biological collections for biodiversity and conservation efforts. Many thanks to Dr. Floyd Shockley, Collections Manager of the Entomology department and Dr. Hannah Wood, Curator of Arachnids and Myriapods!

Food for Thought with Professor Sharon Hill!

Join us Friday, March 10th, from 12-1PM in the townhouse Club Room with Professor Hill to discuss: Leading the Virtual Workforce. RSVP Here

Title: Leading the Virtual Workforce

Description:

Over the last few decades, there has been a significant growth in virtual/remote work (i.e., interactions between employees that are not in person and occur using technology-mediated communication), which was further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Numerous studies show that the shift toward virtual/remote work is one of the most significant trends for the future. My research primarily focuses on how leaders can promote positive work outcomes for their employees and teams in virtual settings. This includes pressing issues for leaders such as facilitating effective teamwork, fostering employee well-being, and ensuring equal career outcomes for all employees regardless of their work arrangement. My research shows that virtual work can be a double-edged sword; thus, as organizations accelerate their implementation of virtual work, leaders must understand how to leverage its benefits while mitigating its negative effects.

Aisthesis – Seeking academic and creative submissions

Aisthesis–University of Minnesota-Duluth’s undergraduate interdisciplinary honors journalist, is currently seeking academic and creative submissions for the 2023 issue of Aisthesis, our undergraduate honors journal. As an interdisciplinary publication, they welcome academic work, including honors capstone projects, literature reviews, and research articles, from all fields of research. Creative submissions of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and visual art (including but not limited to painting, sculpture, short film, multimedia, and photography) are also encouraged. If you are hoping to build your resume, share your work, and publish as an undergraduate, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

The submission deadline is March 6, 2023. Guidelines can be found at https://pubs.lib.umn.edu/index.php/aisthesis/submissionguidelines.

Please email questions to honorsaisthesis@d.umn.edu