News at 6: Thursday April 26, 2012

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WRGW News at 6 - Thursday April 5, 2012

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CGI U Brings Service Driven Students to Foggy Bottom

Former President Bill Clinton kicked off the 5th CGIU conference in the Smith Center on Friday night. The conference, which hosted more than 1,000 students from around the world, spanned two days and encompassed various panels and speaker series.

A number of high-profile guests joined Clinton during the opening plenary session on Friday night, including: former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, singer Usher, University President Steven Knapp, and activists Rye Barcott and Sadiqa Basiri Saleem. Each spoke at length about the various service projects on which they have worked. The session also included a question-and-answer portion where the panelists gave the students advice about how they could become more active in serving the world. Usher closed out the event by singing "Greatest Love of All," by the late Whitney Houston.

During the weekend, other successful figures, such as Craigslist founder Craig Newmark and "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart, told students about how they could make a difference in the areas of public health, education and the environment.

In addition to speaker sessions and workshops, the conference also featured a project challenge. Various Universities submitted projects, to be featured in a NCAA-style bracket, which could be voted on by the general public. Panda Cycles, a project submission from GW focused on providing sustainable bamboo bicycles, won the entire competition.

The conference finished on Sunday with a DC-centric community service event.

News at 6: Thursday, March 29, 2012

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WRGW News at 6: SA Election Runoff Special - February 29, 2012

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Deadline Nears for Bernanke Class Applications

Students interested in learning about the Fed directly from Ben Bernanke have less than a week left to register for "BADM 4900, Reflections on the Federal Reserve and it's Place in the Economy Today." The application deadline is Friday February 17th at 6 p.m.

The business school class will focus on the history of the Federal Reserve as well as its role in the 2008 financial crisis. The University announced on January 26th that Chairman Bernanke would be a guest lecturer for the 1.5 credit course, but details of the registration process did not emerge until late last week. Interested students must submit a resume as well as write a one page statement addressing their motivations for taking the class and outlining what questions about the Federal Reserve are most important in today's economy.

Completed applications must be submitted to Larry Fillian, the Director of Undergraduate Advising for the business school, whose office is located in Duques Suite 456. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance into the class by March 9th. Although there are only 30 spots in the class, the entire GW community has the opportunity to virtually sit in on Chairman Bernanke's lectures. The class will be live streamed over the internet.

The half-semester class will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:45 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. and will run from March 20th to April 26th. Business ethics professor, Timothy Fort, will teach the course and Chairman Bernanke will lecture during the March 20, 22, 27 and 29th meetings of the class.

DC Census Results Hold GW Ramifications

Some may remember the University's campaign last Spring to get students to fill out U.S. Census forms. Though many students may not have seen the significance of the effort at the time, population data has a large effect on the District, as evidenced by the recently released Census 2010 data. Students have helped propel Washington DC's population to upwards of 600,000 people for the first time ever and GW's on campus population climbed to 20,000, up from 17,000 in 2000.

However, some of the most interesting insight gained from this data is that DC needs to redistrict. By law each of DC's eight wards must have roughly equal populations, plus or minus 5%. Currently Ward two, the home of GW, is too large, while Wards seven and eight, located mostly south of the Anacostia River, are too small. While the ideal ward size should be around 75,000 people, ward two has almost 80,000 residents.

The impending redistricting and shrinking of ward two may affect campus life in the future. As a result of redistricting, Advisory Neighborhood Commission (ANC) district lines will be redrawn. It is these commissions, which could most impact campus life. ANC's provide representation for their population to various parts of DC government, giving input on new laws and regulations.

Runoff Between Clark and Richardson for President; Galonek and Costigan for EVP

President:
1st - Chris Clark - 26.5%
2nd - John Richardson - 25%

EVP:
1st - Ted Costigan - 32.5%
2nd - Amanda Galonek - 26.5%

Runoffs will be held on March 23rd and March 24th.  More results to come...

On Campus Recruiting in Full Swing at GWSB

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As spring break approaches, many GW students are inundated with papers, projects and cramming for midterms. Though this time is stressful for the entire student body, many School of Business students have the added pressure of trying to secure a coveted summer internship or full time job. Luckily, they are not alone on the job hunt. As the only undergraduate school at GW with its own career center, the School of Business takes special focus in getting students jobs through on campus recruiting.

This process, which brings employers directly to campus in order to interview students, helps open the door for job-seeking students in a persistently tough economic climate. The on campus-recruiting program has brought consistent numbers of employers to campus over the past four semesters aside from a decrease in Spring 2009, at the height of the economic downturn.