Greetings UHPers,
I wanted to take the time to tell you about the Bachelor of Science in Finance!
The Bachelor of Science in Finance is a program offered by the GWSB that allows any undergraduate student at GW, regardless of home school, to major in Finance. The program was introduced as a way to encourage a multifaceted education; it aims to foster business professionals who can offer a unique perspective in the finance industry. Consequently, the program requires a second major that is not within GWSB.
The BS in Finance is an excellent opportunity for those (like me) who love finance almost as much as they love their liberal arts. Now, you can tell your friends where the 10-yr t-bill is, whether Tesla is overvalued, and whether the Efficient Market Theory is consistent with Keynesian wage model.
Fulfilling the requirements of the honors program and two majors is a challenge, however, a detailed 4-year plan as well as valuable advice from wonderful UHP advisors ensures feasibility. Overall, the program offers you the unique chance to gain a more technical skill while continuing to pursue your other passions. You can find a more detailed description of the program here. The application is due March 15, by 11:59pm.
Please feel free to email me with any questions (use the directory to find my email address)!
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Jack Keenan
B.S. Finance & Economics Candidate May 2016
The George Washington University
School of Business
Tag: AY1314
Scholarship for Math and Physics Majors
Check out the JUMP scholarship for undergrads at GW planning to major in Math and/or Physics. This scholarship is made possible through an NSF funded program, calledJUMP: Joint Undergraduate Mathematics and Physics Scholarships at GW. For more information, please visit the JUMP website.
If you are eligible and decide to apply, you should go to the JUMP website and complete Step 1 of the application process. This involves a few simple questions that can be completed in a few minutes. (Note that the official deadline of March 10th, 2014 has been extended — fill out as soon as possible!). After that, eligible applicants will be invited to complete Step 2.
If you have any questions, please email jump@gwu.edu.
Important Registration Information
Registration Day
Fall registration is just around the corner! Please pay close attention to the following registration guidelines! Registration begins each day at 7:00 a.m. and closes at 10:00 p.m.
Fall 2014 Early Registration Schedule
***Friday, March 21: UHP Freshmen (Privileged Registration)
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March 24 |
Monday |
90 or more hours (credits) earned |
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March 25 |
Tuesday |
70 or more hours (credits) earned |
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March 26 |
Wednesday |
50 or more hours (credits) earned |
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March 27 |
Thursday |
30 or more hours (credits) earned |
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March 28 |
Friday |
Less than 30 hours (credits) earned |
Advising Hold Removal Schedule
While all honors students are encouraged to see an Honors Program Officer before registration, Columbian College students who have not declared a major MUST meet with one of the Program Officers to remove your advising hold BEFORE registration. Show up with this form filled out!
Make sure you are prepared with a tentative course schedule using the Fall 2014 Schedule of Classes and Honors course offerings. As new course information and revisions become available we will update the website. Please re-check the information on the Schedule of Classes and the Honors site before you register to ensure that you’re up-to-date!
Please use our wide selection of dates to your advantage – plan on meeting with an advisor at a time that is most practical given your registration date. Students may discuss registration and remove advising hold by one of the following options:
1. Attend an advising party:
Monday, March 17th from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. – pizza in the lounge on the 3rd floor of West Hall on Mount Vernon!
Wednesday, March 19th from 12 to 2 p.m. – pizza in the Club Room on Foggy Bottom!
Thursday, March 20th from 12 to 2 p.m. – pizza in the Club Room on Foggy Bottom!
2. Make an appointment with an advisor.
Attention ALL Students: Urgent 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.
Elliott, Business, and Engineering School students should meet with their school advisors for hold removal, if they have holds, and for registration advising, but are always welcome to Honors advising about their course selection!
Registration advising, CCAS hold removal, and PIZZA!
Get your CCAS advising holds removed and eat for free. Catherine and Mark can remove advising holds for CCAS students, and are also available to give anyone advice and scheduling help.
If you’re a CCAS student planning to get your advising hold removed by Catherine or Mark, you’ll need to fill out an Advisor Approval Form.
Pizza, Advising, and CCAS Advising Hold Removals
- Monday, 3/17, 7-9pm in West Hall (one of the Honors floor lounges)
- Wednesday, 3/19, 12pm-2pm in the UHP Club Room in Foggy Bottom
- Thursday, 3/20, 12pm-2pm in the UHP Club Room in Foggy Bottom
SPA Advising Events This Wednesday!
The UHP and your SPA have two advising events this Wednesday at the Foggy Bottom Club Room:
FOR JUNIORS: Senior Requirements Workshop at 2PM. Confused about what you need to do to senior year to fulfill UHP graduation requirements? Come talk with Catherine and some of your senior SPA who are in the process of completing those requirements right now! Get a head start on thinking about what you’ll need to do your senior year and make sure you know what the requirements are so the lead up to graduation goes as smoothly as possible!
FOR UNDERCLASSMEN: UHP requirements beyond freshmen year workshop, at 6:30PM. Freshmen and sophomores don’t need to really start worrying about senior graduation requirements just yet, but between now and the end of senior year you’ve got other UHP requirements to fulfill. Your SPA will walk you through what those requirements are so you can make sure you’re on the right path to get all of your UHP requirements done by graduation!
We know thinking about this stuff can be stressful, but trust us: it’s going to be okay.
Food for Thought with Prof. David Fontana [Free Lunch]
Join the Honors Program for a lunch time discussion on
“Government by Location”
Friday, March 21st at 12:30pm in Ames 101
What if we moved the capital of the United States to Wyoming instead of Washington? Or what if we moved the Congress to San Francisco and kept the White House in Washington? Where government is located is a big part of how government operates, and Professor Fontana will talk about the many reasons that is the case.
Seats are Limited, Reserve Yours Now!
Translated From the English: British Reality on the Global Screen
Presented in Collaboration with The GWU English Department:
Translated From the English:
British Reality on the Global Screen
Professor Jim English, John Welsh Centennial Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania
Director of the Penn Humanities Forum
Wednesday March 5, 2014 – 2:30 – 4 pm – Marvin Center, Room 404
What is Britain’s role in the “world space” of cinema and television? When we speak of the globalization of art and entertainment media we tend to assume that the overarching story is one of Americanization: with each passing year the world’s screens become more pervasively dominated by American products and styles. In this presentation, Jim English will offer a different story, emphasizing the continuing power of Britain to shape the contours of global screen culture. Drawing on examples from the documentary film movement of the 1930s through the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire and recent television hits such as American Idol and X Factor, with their dozens of international variants, Professor English will argue that much of what succeeds best in today’s transnational markets depends on a specifically British-imperial system of “glocal” reality production. Jim English is author of Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain (Cornell UP) and The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value (Harvard UP).
This event was made possible by a generous gift from English alum Sharyn Rosenblum (BA ’86)
The Making of Jerusalem [Event]
George Washington University’s Rabin Chair Forum and Middle East Policy Forum, together with the Middle East Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, invite you to a program about the making of Jerusalem.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 ▪ 6:00 to 7:30 PM
Harry Harding Auditorium
Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E St. NW, Washington, DC (Second Floor)
FREE RSVP
Using the world’s most advanced 3D and IMAX film technology, JERUSALEM brings to audiences spectacular, never-before-seen footage of this much-loved 5,000-year- old city. The film tells the complicated and fascinating story of Jerusalem through the viewpoints of the three main religions—Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Each is represented by a young woman who shows us “her” Jerusalem. The archaeology of Jerusalem is also explored in the film to understand its importance in world history.
In this program, join the young women from the film—Farah Ammouri, Nadia Tadros and Revital Zacharie—for a discussion about the making of the film and its themes. Introduction by Lisa Truitt, president of National Geographic Cinema Ventures.
Jerusalem is produced by Cosmic Pictures and Arcane Pictures, Distributed worldwide by National Geographic Entertainment. Additional footage and information about the film is at jerusalemthemovie.com. This program is co-sponsored by George Washington University’s Judaic Studies Program and GW Libraries. Film now playing in Washington, D.C. at the Samuel Johnson IMAX Theatre at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
Audition for Taming of the Shrew, Directed by a UHPer
This week, UHP student Rozzie Kopczynski begins a new adventure in her school career- directing a play for the GW Shakespeare Company. This Thursday and Friday, the company will be holding auditions in Ivory Tower from 7-9 pm for Taming of the Shrew, one of William Shakespeare’s many classic and oft-retold plays.
The play itself concerns Petruchio, a young man, who seeks to win the hand and heart of Katherine Minola, who is known for being difficult and “shrewish”. Meanwhile, her younger sister Bianca is courted by throngs of men waiting for the chance to woo her. Characters use disguises, switched identities, and many other often-questionable strategies to achieve their goals.
Ms. Kopczynski’s vision for the play is “the feminist interpretation”. Set in a 1950s diner, the strict gender roles and societal expectations of the time period provide a topical background to the events of the play. Katherina is talked down to and insulted because she refuses to submit to the expectation of an arranged marriage chosen by her father, while Bianca, her quieter sister, is seen as docile and obedient because she doesn’t verbally object to her many suitors. But first impressions are not always correct, and the characters are not always the face they portray.
Contact gwshakespeare@gmail.com for more information- and we hope to see you on Thursday or Friday!
Paid NASA Internships
NASA is still actively recruiting interns for its paid summer internship program! Internships are available in a wide variety of disciplines including engineering, physics, astronomy, life and earth sciences, and even some business and finance.
The deadline is March 1st. To apply, visit http://intern.nasa.gov to complete your base application and apply for up to 15 specific internship opportunities.
