Student Spotlight: Mohammad Fayaz Yourish
Here’s a PDx interview with GW graduate student Mohammad Fayaz Yourish. He is in his final year of the MA program in Global Communication, graduating this December. As an international student who has studied in India and Italy, he shares his experiences of...
Alumni Spotlight: Laura Brendle
By Alexis Posel, IPDGC Communications Student Assistant Laura Brendle graduated from the M.A.Global Communication graduate program in 2018. She was the recipient of that year’s Student Public Diplomacy Award which recognized her efforts in public diplomacy studies....
Global Comm grad student receives I/We award
Congratulations to Global Comm graduate student Rehana Paul for being a recipient of this year’s International Women of Elliott Awards! The International Women of Elliott (I/WE) Student Awards, established by the International Women of Elliott Executive Circle,...
Alumni Spotlight: Saiansha Panangipalli
By Mohamad Fayaz Yourish Saiansha Panangipalli is a former Global Initiatives Fellow at GW who graduated from the M.A.Global Communication graduate program in 2021. She currently works as the Programs and Communications Lead at the Science Innovation and Technology...
A Conversation with Christopher Teal
Last year we introduced Christopher Teal, the Institute’s Public Diplomacy Fellow for 2022-2024. As a GW alumnus, he has enjoyed his time back on campus and now being on the “other side of the academic fence”, teaching an undergraduate course in...
Student Spotlight: Gabrielle Stall
By Alexis Posel, IPDGC Communications Assistant 1. Can you tell us a bit about your background (where you’re from and/or grew up) and what brought you to GW? I’m from Dallas, Texas born and raised. I lived there all my life and then went to my undergraduate...
Orientation Day activities
It was a warm welcome for the incoming graduate students to the Elliott School late last month. The students heard from Dean Alyssa Ayres, met with their Program Directors, and attended sessions with academic advisors, career coaches and student panels. The day ended...
Student Spotlight: Matthew Snow
By Mohamad Fayaz Yourish, MA Global Communication ’25 1. Can you tell us a bit about your background (where you’re from and/or grew up) and what brought you to GW to pursue a graduate degree in Global Communication? As a non-traditional student at GW, my...
Student Spotlight: Julia Koski
By Mohamad Fayaz Yourish, MA Global Communication ’25 1. Can you tell us a bit about your background (where you’re from and/or grew up) and what brought you to GW? I was born and raised in Ridgewood, NJ, in Northern New Jersey, and initially came to Washington,...
Saudi Arabia: Contender for Superpower State in a New World Order
By Tahreem Alam, Masters in International Affairs ‘23 Saudi Arabia has taken key economic issues into its own hands, worrying its Westerncounterparts and prompting reactions from the Biden administration. These actions arereflected in Saudi Arabia’s oil policies,...
