In results that surprised everyone me, our poll has declared that the Hippo mascot will LIVE. One hundred and six votes were received, forty-two for execution and sixty-four for preservation. That means 60% of our blog readers like the pudgy beast. Even Obama didn’t win by that kind of margin. So … vive l’hippopotame! Now,…
Read the official press release: GW ALUMNUS AND TRUSTEE DAVID BRUCE SMITH FUNDS NEW COURSE ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE TO CREATE A “UNIQUELY GW EXPERIENCE” WASHINGTON – A new course on contemporary Jewish American works of literature has debuted at The George Washington University this spring thanks to a significant gift from David Bruce…
If you are a current undergraduate and have not yet submitted your application for our special “Screenwriting” (Jason Filardi) or “Fiction” (Edward P. Jones) courses (English 182 for spring 2009), please do so immediately. We hope to announce decisions by the end of the week. Due to a glitch, several people were allowed to register…
President Knapp graciously hosted the faculty of the English Department at his F St home yesterday. Although he holds a part-time job as president of a major urban university, Steven Knapp is most famous as a scholar of 18th- and 19th-century English literature and literary theory. He holds his tenure in the English Department at…
With the class of 2009 now safely out of GW’s hallowed (and under construction) halls, now is the perfect time to provide departing English majors with reassurance in the form of another Featured Alumnus blog post. Our subject this week is Mark Olshaker, a 1972 graduate of the GW English Department. As you’ll find, Mr….
Undergraduates who declare their English major on July 1 2008 or later will progress towards the degree under the following requirements. The previous requirements remain in effect for anyone who declared the major before July 1. No changes have been made to the major’s prerequisites or to the total number of courses required for the…
