June 2009 Newsletter
FROM THE DEAN…
I always love this time of year at the University. We have watched with pride as our seniors—our new alumni—graduated this May, and we are welcoming our new class of freshmen during Colonial Inauguration—our orientation program. Our new students continue the legacy of our graduating seniors in being some of the most academically engaged and socially conscious students to attend GW. We expect to enroll this coming fall approximately 2,550 freshmen and 200 transfer students. I am pleased to share the following information about our new Colonials.
- The new class was selected from 19,800 freshman applications and 2,400 transfer applications.
- 46 states and 43 countries are represented in the class. The four missing states are North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and West Virginia. The geographic breakdown:
--18% from New England
--38% from the mid-Atlantic
--15% from the South
--9% from the Midwest
--12% from Western and Mountain states
--8% from U.S. territories and abroad.
- There is a strong legacy presence with 182 students who have a sibling who is either a current GW student or a GW alumnus and 82 have parents who graduated from GW.
- 31% of the entering class is multicultural.
- 1420 high school are represented in the class.
Although their GW careers are just beginning, in four short years, our incoming freshmen will share very similar experiences to those of the new alumni who are highlighted in this newsletter. We are excited to welcome these four graduates, as well as all new alumni who are interested in volunteering, into the AAP program. Joining close to 1,000 volunteers, we believe these recent graduates will be valuable contributors to the Program providing a fresh perspective on what it’s like to be a GW Colonial. We look forward to working with the newest members of our program and all AAP members this fall as we recruit the Class of 2014!
I hope that you have a relaxing and enjoyable summer!
In this issue:
Andy Bergbauer- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Lizzy Cantor- Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Vanessa Okoro- Elliott School of International Affairs Chris Borgeson- School of Business
