Well, yes, you're right. You'll notice that we're all very clever with sticking a "G" in front of all words that begin with "W" such as GWorld, GWired, GWellness, GWork, etc...life as a GW student is filled with dozens of "GW-isms."
As a GW School of Business student, GW also stands for Group Work. As a senior, I have a group project in every class this semster and I've become an expert at working with my peers, setting up meetings, working through GoogleDocs to get projects done and presenting with my project teams in front of my classes. While it was a difficult learning tool to get used to early in my undergraduate career, I have now mastered the art of working in a team. In some classes, I have been allowed to choose my own group and in others groups were selected by the professor. This semester I have had a wide variety of group projects from writing an event plan for a professional sports team fan dinner to an extensive case study about Whole Foods. Sure, there are sometimes problems. There are group members that don't participate, group members who free-ride, group members who are too bossy, but it always gets done, and each project is an opportunity to gain experience in working with different kinds of people.
In addition to academic projects that require students to work with their peers, we also have a lot of opportunities to work with teams in co-curricular events. This year, the School of Business will be hosting the first ever Battle of the Beltway case competition sponsored by Deloitte. GWSB juniors are forming teams of four to compete in this case competition which will be hosted at GW. They will be competeing against teams from Georgetown, American and Howard. I'm sure that GW will be represented by some excellent teams, and hopefully we will win the inaugural Battle of the Beltway!
GWSB Students in class in Duques Hall
Class projects and events like the Battle of the Beltway case competition provide students with an excellent opportunity to develop strong teamwork skills - a highly marketable skill for internships and jobs. Trust me, professors aren't kidding when they say that you'll be working with teams after college!
On another note, Halloween was a blast! I went to a costume party on Friday night and saw a lot of really creative and funny costumes! On Saturday, I went to a farm and pumpkin patch in Maryland with some of my business fraternity brothers. There was beautiful scenery, carmel apples, a corn maze, hay rides and lots of pumpkins!
Butlers Orchard in Germantown, MD
Hope everyone had a great Halloween! I can hardly believe that it is already November and the end of my time as an undergrad at GW is getting closer... yikes!
-Jamie
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