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Meredith Waters New Senator
Meredith Waters (GEB 2009) was elected Freshman Senator to the GW Student Association. As Senator, Meredith represents the freshmen, acts as a liaison for students and communicates their needs and concerns to the Association and the Administration. There are three senators for the freshman class, Meredith is the only one from WLP and from the Mount Vernon Campus.WLP students win Eckles Prize
The Eckles Prize for Freshman Research Excellence recognizes students who produce a research project in their freshman year that demonstrates significant and meaningful use of library services and collections at the George Washington University. Projects are not limited to a specific length or format. All entries will be evaluated based on the following criteria:• Superior depth or breadth in the use of library collections including, but not limited to: printed resources, databases, primary resources, and materials in all media
• Exceptional ability to locate, select, evaluate, and synthesize library resources and to use them in the creation of a project in any media
• Evidence of significant personal learning and the development of a habit of research and inquiry that shows potential for future application
• Clear and effective communication of ideas
This year’s winners include two WLP students from 2009-2010:
1st place: Kirsten Ortega, “Framing Homosexuality: Media Influence in Reconciling the film Brokeback Mountain within the limits of a Hetero-normative Society.” (sponsoring faculty is Rachel Riedner, UWP)
2nd place: Art & Culture cohort student: Gretchen Gasteier, “Why Don’t We Hear From the Women?: The Female Voice in Public Settings.” (sponsoring faculty is Andrea Levine, WLP)
3rd place: Science, Health and Medicine cohort student: Caroline Freitag, “The Real World: Opening a social dialogue through stereotypical casting.” (sponsoring faculty is Andrea Levine, WLP)
Former WLP GTAs awarded fellowships and scholarships
Becky Reindel, former GTA in Science, Health and Medicine, has been awarded a fellowship by the Association of the Schools of Public Health (ASPH). As an environmental health fellow, Becky will be working at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to raise public awareness about radon, a gas found in homes and schools and the #1 cause of lung cancer for non-smokers. She begins her fellowship September 1st.
Gaby Wyatt, former GTA in Art and Culture, has been awarded a scholarship to begin her doctoral program in English at Berkeley, with a concentration in Renaissance/EarlyModern literature.
Karen Ramsey Miranda, former GTA in US and International Politics, is the recipient of a teaching fellowship in the Political Science department at The George Washington University.
Noted author to speak at Women's Leadership Program
Joanne Rendell, author of The Professors' Wives' Club and Crossing Washington Square and contributor to The Huffington Post, will be in residence for a Women's Leadership Pressentation presentation on September 21st at 7 pm in Post Hall. Joanne will be reading from her new book concerning a conversation between Virginia Woolf and Sylvia Plath. If you are interested in learning more about Joanne Rendell, feel free to visit her website: joannerendell.com
WLP faculty member, Mary Buckley, blogs from Paris
Art and Culture program coordinator, Mary Buckley, and former gradaute teaching assistant in WLP/Art and Culture conducted the 2009 summer course: Paris: Modernism and the Arts, then and now. You can read about it at their blog.
Becky Reindel, GTA for the Science, Health and Medicine (2006-2009) cohort wins top prize
Becky took part in the summer 2008 internship program at Occupational Health Internship Program and the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, advocating for the health and safety of New York Citys taxi drivers. "We were looking at how the design of any taxi vehicle affects drivers health," said Reindel, noting that the majority of New York City's taxi drivers lease their vehicles and are not permitted to make adjustments to the seats.
Four Science, Health, and Medicine alums elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Samantha Ahle, Carolyn McGann, Jessica Penney, and Tiffany Wong (SHM 2006-2007) were recently elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Congratulations!
New Book by Lee Ann Fujii, faculty member in US and International Politics
WLP's Lee Ann Fujii's new book Killing neighbors: Webs of violence in Rwanda has just been released by Cornell University Press. The book examines rural violence during the 1994 Rwandan genocide in two small communities.
Jenna Marie Armijo Kloeppel Awarded Fulbright
Jenna Kloeppel (Art and Culture 2005-06) was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship for the academic year 2008-2009!
Alpana Gowdar's New Position
Congratulations to Alpana Gowdar (SHM '06-07) on her selection for a position at the Unversity Writing Center.
Women as Global Leaders Conference Delegation
Cheer for our Women's Leadership Program delegation to the Women as Global Leaders Conference to be held in Dubai in March 2008. The students are: GTAs Karen Ramsey and Rebecca Reindel; Students Ashley Bohrer, Ama Chihombori- Quao, Ashley Wells, Gabrielle Graham, Jaskaren Randhawa, Eve Stutsman-Hubbell, Michelle Costa, Krysta Sadowski, Shahrzad Daneshvar, Elizabeth Wailes
Watch our blog to read about our last trip and see news about our upcoming trip.
Four former WLP students will be members of the Colonial Cabinet for 2007
Congratulations to Angela Chang, junior in International Affairs, Gina Fernandes, junior in International Affairs, Annie Linnemann, sophomore in International Business and Shannon Reed, sophomore in Anthropology. WLP students take leadership positions as RAC representatives! Congratulations to Katy McCoy from IAC and Becky Wailes from SHM.
Natalya Grokh Awarded Pickering Foreign Affairs Scholarship
Congratulations to Natalya Grokh (ESIA, WLP US and International Politics), GW's 2005 Pickering Foreign Affairs Scholarship Winner.
Rupal Doshi Accepted to Georgetown Law School
Congratulations to Rupal Doshi (Former WLP in US and International Politics) Rupal writes: I wanted to update you on my application status. As you know, I applied to Georgetown Law School under early decision. When I returned from break, I had a small manila envelope awaiting me bearing great news. I was accepted to the law school and I'll definitely be enrolling there next fall! (10/29/05)
Angela Chang Chosen For Young People For Fellowship
Congratulations to Angela Chang, member of the 2004-05 US and International Politics cohort of the WLP. She has been chosen to be one of 120 students to received a Young People For Fellowship.
Fellows will learn skills and strategies to become more effective leaders. The fellowship will help todays rising progressive leaders to accomplish their goals and make a difference on their campuses, in the community and across the nation. The fellowship begins with a three-and-a-half day summit from January 14-17, 2005 in Washington, D.C. with trainings on how to:
- Develop progressive networks and coalitions
- Learn effective messaging techniques
- Use the Media to get your message out
- Improve your campus and community organizing skills
Following the January summit, fellows will have the opportunity to organize an action campaign around an issue they care about.
Event Photos
Rhea Suh, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, was the guest presenter at the weekly symposium for the Women's Leadership Program
Colonial Cabinet 2009
Women's Leadership Program students are members of the Colonial Cabinmet
for the summer of 2009. They include (from the left) Katherine (Katja)
Martin and Amanda Barr (SHM 2009) Dean Heller, Sesen Giday (SHM 2008),
Tyne Alenxander (Art & Culture 2008) and Samantha Free (USIP 2009)
Trip to Dubai
10 WLP students from across all cohorts and all alumni presented their workshops at the Women as Global Leaders Conference in Dubai in March 2008.
Summer Study Abroad with Mary Buckley
