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Making an Impact

Four Columbian College alumni entrepreneurs sparked bright business ideas that led to $1 billion startup success stories—and earned them "Unicorn" status.

Learning & Discovery

For Chemists, It’s Easy Being Green

How do you safely design chemicals that won’t harm the environment? In her classroom and lab, Adelina Voutchkova-Kostal promotes green chemistry principles.

Student Spotlight

Trauma Under Fire

English graduate student Jacob Holl has traveled from the battlefield to the classroom. The combat veteran shared his insights with first-year students.

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Alexandria Cannon
“Most history classes, you are in a discussion room talking about it, but with George Washington and his World, we get to take the class on his estate and relive through what he did.”

Alexandria Cannon
BA '20
History
George Sangiolo
"The student body comes from very different backgrounds , and you can always find someone studying something you know nothing about.“

George Sangiolo
BS '18
Biophysics
Sarah Wagner
"As anthropologists, we go into communities and spend time trying to understand lived experiences. We tell people's stories. And we have an obligation to do it right"

Sarah Wagner
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Zachary Brown
"I chose GW because of the amazing faculty members in the department. I chose American Studies because of the relative amount of freedom the discipline provides in research."

Zachary Brown
PhD '27
American Studies
Debbie Wheeler
"That degree has helped me in my entire career and I am still working with the same people I went to college with many years ago. I recommend this college to anyone"

Debbie Wheeler
MS '84
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