Memorial Service and Donations for James A. Miller

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Introducing Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington: Kseniya Melnik

JMM Writer-in-WashingtonKseniya MelnikPhoto Credit: Morgan DemeterThe Jenny McKean Moore Fund was established in honor of the late Jenny Moore, who was a playwrighting student at GW and who left in trust a fund that has, for almost forty years, encouraged the teaching and study of Creative Writing in the English Department, allowing us to bring a poet, novelist, playwright, or creative non-fiction writer to campus each year. While in residence, the writer brings a unique experience to ...

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On the Road: Professor Seavey on Mount Desert Island, Maine

Vacation on Mount Desert IslandNina Gilden Seavey, Sunset on Bar Harbor, 2015            So where would we go for vacation in 2015?  Various considerations set aside the old pattern of the northern Minnesota lake.  My daughter Eleanor (GWU 2010) has been living for a while with her boyfriend Greg Fortier in Manhattan.  Greg has always spent much of his summers in Bar Harbor, Maine, where his parents run the Bar Harbor Music Festival, ...

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Composing Disability: Crip Ecologies, April 7-8, 2016

Sunaura Taylor, Arctic Wheelchair, 2013Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 7" x 10"George Washington University’s biennial Composing Disability Conference returns in Spring 2016 with the theme of  "Crip Ecologies."  The event will be held April 7-8, 2016; featured speakers include Sunaura Taylor and Riva Lehrer, with others to be announced soon.  Crip Ecologies is sponsored by the Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, Disability Support ...

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GW English Alums on the Move: CJ Powell

GW English Alum CJ PowellGW English Alum CJ Powell: "Two of the investment banking managing directors in Project Finance with whom I worked had Bachelor of Arts degrees in Art History and Dance"Like a lot of our department's majors, CJ Powell (she was then CJ Hall) headed for New York City with an interest in writing and editing.  Her journey through the worlds of art and business is an inspiring and instructive one.  She shares it with us here. First, tell us something ...

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