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📣 PLENARY SESSION! Delivering on Our Promise: Higher Education, Public Trust, and the Work Ahead by Dr. Lynn Pasquerella, President of the American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U), the organization that coined the term “inclusive excellence”

🗓️ Thursday, October 29th
⏰ 1pm - 2pm ET
📍 Virtual

What did higher education promise you? How do your identities and lived experiences feel seen, celebrated, and acknowledged in higher education? What would it take to rebuild public trust? Join Dr. Pasquerella as she names how we deliver on our promise.

Register to attend by visiting communitysummit.gwu.edu - link in bio Plenary

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Join us on Friday, October 30th at 11:30am for the OneGW Summit closing lunch session on our day of action featuring reflections from Provost Ed Balleisen followed by a moderated discussion with SGA President MJ Childs! This session will highlight how we remove silos at GW, our ongoing commitment to diversity and inclusion, and how we strive toward OneGW together.

🗓️ Friday, October 30th
⏰ 11:30am - 1pm (doors open at 11:15am)
📍 Continental Ballroom, University Student Center 3rd Floor
🍽️ Lunch will be provided

Bring your questions. Use your voice. Take action to foster OneGW together.

Register to attend by visiting communitysummit.gwu.edu or through the link in our bio.

Raise High, Revs & Be Bold! 💙 Closing session

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It’s that time! Join us for the OneGW Community Festival 🩵🩷💛💙🤍

Meet us on the square - Columbian Square - for the annual OneGW Community Festival! Music, food from across the world, swag, performances, speakers, dancing, games, and more. All students, faculty, staff, and alum are welcome. All are celebrated in the square 💙

🗓️ Wednesday, October 28th
⏰ 4pm
📍 USC 1st Floor, Columbian Square

Come hungry and curious! Leave full and with new friends 🫱🏻‍🫲🏿

FREE! Register to attend via communitysummit.gwu.edu (link in bio). Community Festival

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INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY • October 12, 2026

Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day. We honor, celebrate, and give gratitude to the Piscataway and Nacotchtank (Anacostan) People, the Indigenous Peoples’ on whose ancestral homelands we gather at GW and in Washington, DC. Today is a powerful reminder that the stories, wisdom, and resilience of the first inhabitants of this land deserve recognition, honor, and celebration. This is a time to embrace diversity, heal historical wounds, and create connection that unifies us together across cultures. This is a time to Raise High, together, as OneGW 💛💙

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📚✨ GRADS, IT’S TIME TO GET CONNECTED! ✨📚

New semester, new reads, and new connections! 💜

Join us for GradConnect Book Club, where stories spark conversations, perspectives are challenged, and graduate students come together to build community beyond the classroom! 📖💬

📅 Thursday, October 29
📍 Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC)

📖 Before our first meeting: Read through Chapter 8 so you’re ready to jump into the conversation!

🎁 Need a copy of the book? We’ve got you! A limited number of FREE copies are available at the MSSC. Stop by and connect with Jen to pick yours up!

Whether you’re an avid reader or simply looking for a space to unwind, connect, and engage in meaningful conversations, there’s a seat for you! 💕

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communiTEA ☕️

⏰ Tuesday, September 15th from 10am - 11am

All @gwuniversity students, faculty, and staff are invited to communiTEA 💙

communiTEA is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to come together across identities, experiences, roles, schools, and divisions to connect and chat over coffee, tea, and tasty treats

Come for the treats, leave with a stronger connection to our GW communiTEA 💛 communiTEA event

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Mark your calendar! Grounded in the visionary framework of José Esteban Muñoz’s Cruising Utopia, Dr. Z Nicolazzo, Rabbi Abby Stein, and Dr. Darin M.L. Stewart will explore radical trans futurity amidst intense political and social backlash. The conversation will critically examine how transgender individuals and communities can navigate the stark realities of “interest divergence” within modern institutions.

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Keileen Estrada M.A., Human Development & Education, Organizational Leadership & Learning 🤍

What a transformative chapter this has been. From the late nights and early mornings, to moments of doubt, growth, resilience, and becoming, this journey changed me in ways I’ll carry forever.

As a first generation daughter of parents who came to this country and sacrificed so much for a better future, earning my master’s degree means more than I can put into words. Their hard work, love, and faith opened doors I once only dreamed of walking through.

Today, I carry this accomplishment not only for myself, but for my family, my community, and every little girl who wonders if she belongs in these spaces too.

I’m endlessly grateful for my family, my friends, my cohort, my professors @humanorglearning_gwu and every person who believed in me when I was still learning to believe in myself. Thank you for pouring into me along the way.

And with time, who knows what comes next…

Special thank you to @ericjovel_ 📸 for capturing these moments so beautifully on both film and digital. Your eye for the little details and the way you make every photo feel timeless means so much!

#masteredit

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Holding onto all of the memories from the 2025 - 2026 academic year 💛💙 Here are just a few highlights from the spring! ✨

🩷 Community formed
🩵 Culture celebrated
💚 Inclusion prioritized

Thank you to the GW community and all of our partners for your support, collaboration, and commitment to making our university as inclusive as possible for all. Raise High, Revs!

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HOL SPOTLIGHT.

Is critical thinking enough?

Shaista E. Khilji, Department Chair of Human and Organizational Learning (HOL), challenges us to think further,arguing that critical thinking alone is not sufficient in today’s complex, rapidly changing world.

For us in HOL, this hits home
Our work sits at the intersection of people, systems, and change-where learning is not just about analyzing problems, but about understanding human dynamics, navigating uncertainty, and transforming how individuals and organizations make meaning.

For organizations, this means that analysis alone won’t drive effective decision-making or change. Leaders must move beyond logic to engage with context, relationships, and the lived experiences of people.

What’s needed? A deeper, more human-centered approach to learning one that includes reflection, empathy, and the ability to engage with complexity.

Read the full piece by clicking on the link in bio🔗
#HOL #CriticalThinking #GSEHD #RaiseHigh

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COMMUNITY 💛 CULTURE 💙 INCLUSION 💛

Let us do the next right thing together, as OneGW, to make our university inclusive for all and a place where everyone has the opportunity to thrive as their most authentic selves.

Raise High, Revolutionaries! 💛💙

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