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Revolutionary Ambition. Driving Progress LISNER’ S SECOND ACT /// THE SUN RISES /// GIFT GUIDE T H E G E O R G E W A S H I N G T O N UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE FALL 2014 Revolutionary ambition. Driving progress. IN THIS ISSUE A 28-page pullout supplement details the ideas, goals, and people behind GW’s new $1 billion philanthropic campaign. GW NEWS B / gw magazine / Fall 2014 CONTENTS GW MAGAZINE FALL 2014 A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS The a cappella group Sons of Pitch performs at Lisner in August as part of a student showcase. [Features] [Departments] 32 / Making History, One Experience at a Time 3 / Editor’s Note The university embarks on a $1 billion philanthropic campaign. / / By James Irwin 4 / Postmarks 38 / Here Comes the Sun 7 / GW News The university inks a deal to receive half of its electricity from solar power as it endeavors to become 58 / Philanthropy Update carbon neutral and a model of sustainability in the city. / By Laura Hambleton / 62 / Alumni News 44 / Inside the Monkey Cage If politics can be a bit of a circus, then political science professor John Sides and his team of bloggers aim to bring a little order to the chaos. / 48 / Stage Presence For more than seven decades Lisner Auditorium has shined a spotlight on movers, shakers, and thinkers. With a raft of new upgrades, the venue is primed for a second act. / By Mary A. Dempsey / 54 / A GW Gift Guide From bamboo bicycles to umbrellas that help build wells in Uganda, businesses run by fellow On the cover: Colonials might just have the perfect thing to give—or get—this holiday season. / By Kelly Danver / JESSICA MCCONNELL BURT JESSICAMCCONNELL Photo by William Atkins gwmagazine.com / 1 SIGN UP TO RECEIVE THE LATEST NEWS from GW Today via e-mail Be Informed Be Connected Be Notified gwtoday.gwu.edu FROM THE EDITOR m anaging editor Danny Freedman, BA ’01 a ssociate editor Jamie L. Freedman, MA ’96 a ssistant editor Ruth Steinhardt contributors GW Today staff: Keith Harriston (senior managing editor), Brittney Dunkins, Lauren Ingeno, James Irwin, Julyssa Lopez interns Kelly Danver, BA ’14; Rebecca Manikkam A Future Focus university photographer Jessica McConnell Burt photo editor They came in blue blazers and in volleyball uniforms; they came before leading William Atkins the 3 p.m. visitors’ tour around campus, and after a summer spent smiling design through five sessions of Colonial Inauguration. Doctoral students broke from their GW Marketing & Creative Services research, and staffers put on hold countless tasks that keep the university running a rt directors seamlessly. Dominic Abbate, BA ’09 John McGlasson, BA ’00, MFA ’03 The volunteers—students, alumni, staff, and faculty members—who grace the cover of this issue were offered nothing in exchange for their time: no pizza, no president of the uni v er sit y silly swag. The magazine put out a call to help us illustrate our cover story about Steven Knapp v ice president for external GW’s $1 billion philanthropic campaign, and they answered, simply because they relations are GW. Dozens of people showed up, creating a rare crowd during an otherwise Lorraine Voles, BA ’81 sleepy stretch of August. a ssoci ate v ice president for communications The campaign is about them—and all of us here, and you. It’s about the future Sarah Gegenheimer Baldassaro that the GW community is helping to create, and there are glimpses of that world ex ecu ti v e direc tor for throughout this issue. editorial services It’s a future that is looking a shade greener, at least around campus, where soon Rachel Muir 50 percent of GW’s electricity needs will be generated by an array of hundreds GW Magazine (ISSN 2162-6464) of thousands of solar panels in North Carolina. University officials are hoping the is published quarterly by the Division of External Relations, the George plan, which will pump green power into the D.C. regional grid, will be a model of Washington University, Rice Hall more sustainable city living. Suite 501, Washington, D.C. 20052. Businesses run by GW alumni are using profits to build wells in Uganda and Our phone number is 202-994-5709; fax 202-994-5761; email [email protected]. provide lifesaving antibiotics to infants, among other things. Their wares are postmaster Please send all featured in our first-ever gift guide, which we hope will help them do some good change-of-address notices to GW this holiday season. Magazine, GW Alumni Records Office, We also profile the political science blog The Monkey Cage, launched by GW 2100 M St., NW, Suite 315, Washington, DC 20052. Notices can also be sent to us faculty members, which is deep into election mode ahead of November. The at gwu.edu/~alumni/update, via email to blog has grown steadily and become a highly-regarded junction where world [email protected], or 202-994-3569. Periodicals postage paid at Washington, news meets drama-free, data-driven analysis—now from a new home on The D.C., and additional mailing offices. Washington Post’s website. Opinions expressed in these pages are those And we look at the history-laden first seven decades of Lisner Auditorium, and of the individuals and do not necessarily toward its future: the venue recently finished a two-summer interior renovation reflect official positions of the university. © 2014 The George Washington University and technical upgrade that aim to keep it competitive and, culturally, center stage. The George Washington University is an equal opportunity/affirmative Danny Freedman, BA ’01 action institution. JESSICA MCCONNELL BURT JESSICAMCCONNELL managing editor Volume 25, Issue 1 gwmagazine.com / 3 POSTMARKS and we thank you for your Recalling a Start, an End, service to George Washington, its alumni, alumnae, and friends. and the $13 credit-hour Throughout those years you and your associates have We were ecstatic this The Six-Decade Track reflected to us the tremendous summer to learn that After graduating from GW in growth—in quantity and GW Magazine has been 1951, I began to work on my quality—of our magazine. And honored with a bronze master’s part time while also the magazine(s) have told us the award for magazine staff working part time. GWU story with class. I don’t writing, issued by the Due to work circumstances think I have missed an issue Council for Advancement I was not able to complete my under your direction and I have and Support of Education. thesis by the deadline. Years enjoyed every one. This marks the third later, while retired in San Best wishes and good luck for consecutive year the magazine has been Diego, I wrote In Search of you and yours in the years ahead. recognized for excellence: Gold Mountain: A History of the Warren Gould, BA ’51, Last year the magazine was Chinese in San Diego, California. MA ’55, and former GW Vice awarded a silver in cover President for Resources I sent a copy of the book to the design, for an article on Austin, Texas Wow! Great job on the GW Geography Department cybersecurity, and in 2012 and later received a call from it won gold in the category publication. the department head saying that Best Articles of the Year, for It conveyed the progressive she was going to be attending All Write! a profile of an international attitude and mission of GW, it a conference in San Diego and We want to hear from art detective. brought the reader up to date on could we meet. you, too. Please write to numerous topics, and the health/ After finding out that I lacked us through the “Contact prevention theme was very three credits for an MA, she Us” link on our website, timely. said she would contact the dean gwmagazine.com, Fred Graves, MBA ’65 and have me reinstated, but I or send a letter to: Bradenton, Fla. would have to write a thesis. GW Magazine This proved to be a cumbersome Letter to the Editor process, but after almost a year 2121 Eye Street, NW my thesis was accepted and, in The Start of Something Big Suite 501 Our fall 2013 feature on With the arrival of your summer May 2014, I graduated. Washington, DC 20052 “Tree of Life” research issue, I was struck by my sense of In 1951, I paid $13 a credit was among the articles for obligation to GW: to the English hour, but the fee has risen to Please include your name, which we won the award. department and the friends I about $1,450. Too bad! degree/year, address, and made; to GW’s help in getting a Murray Kent Lee, BA ’51, MA ’14 a daytime phone number. Advice from alumni to the Fulbright Scholarship, which led San Diego, Calif. Letters may be edited Class of 2018 (Pg. 66) to two years’ study in England for clarity and space. and a master’s degree; and to GW’s employment office, which A Fond Farewell helped lead me to a 25-year Dear Heather, career in the foreign service and We knew the day had to come 10 years in four Asian countries. when you would decide to turn For advertising inquiries, Quite a lot, I’d say. over the editorship of one of please send an email to: [email protected]. O.J. Emory Jr., AA ’52, BA ’54 the country’s finest university Staunton, Va. magazines. The day has come Corrections • In our fall issue, a caption on page 22 includes a combination of 60 iMacs and • A class note on page 73 misrepresented misspelled the name of the host of The PC virtual desktops with software for the focus of Chris Atkinson’s work.
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