Pancakes with the Provost

So today I rolled out of bed at 10:00 am, and walked across the street to have breakfast with GW's Provost and Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs Steven Lerman. No big deal. Just another wonderful perk of living on the Mount Vernon Campus (take that Foggy Bottom).

The Mount Vernon Campus in All its Glory

Once a month the provost and his wife Laurie Lerman host a pancake breakfast at their house across the street from the Mount Vernon Campus. Each month they feature a different guest chef to help make pancakes and enjoy pancakes alongside students. Last month I got to chat it up with Laurie Lerman, who plays piano, sings, and offers lessons to GW students, as well as the Dean of the Columbian College, Dean Barrett (in case you're wondering, she did have the blueberry pancakes haha). This month's breakfast feature Helen Cannady-Saulny the Assistant Vice President of Student and Academic Support Services for the university.

A (blurry) picture of me with Provost Steven Lerman, his wife Laurie Lerman, and Helen Cannady-Saulny the Assistant Vice President of Student and Academic Support Services

If you went to GW, these Gingerbread Pancakes could be yours...dare to dream!



Coffee, Tea, and Hot Cocoa

The entrance to the dining room

A less blurry picture Provost Lerman and Laurie Lerman in action!

This is an incredible opportunity to interact with the school's administration and give them the student perspective on the GW experience. I met a few new people through this event and got to learn about what other people are planning on doing after GW. You'd be surprised how focused our student body is on making an impact in the world (cheering in my head!). More than anything, its an warm and inviting environment to have breakfast on Sunday morning...especially if your mom is 3,000 miles away in California like mine is (ahhh). I hope this is a tradition that continues because I can eat A LOT of pancakes. And provosts are awesome too.

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Also, I'll be posting pictures of SMPA tomorrow! Get excited!

Ekiria

So You Wanna See Campus Huh?

One of our readers (shout out to Cameron! How you doin?) was curious to see what some buildings on campus look like. I thought about taking pictures of the outside of each building and putting them in one blog, but then I thought-I'm taking you inside Ekiria's brain now- it's a much better idea to give you a much more detailed look at GW. He asked to see Monroe Hall, Phillips Hall, SMPA, Ivory Tower, and Gelman Library. So today I dusted off my camera and took some pictures of Monroe Hall. If any other bloggers would like to take on pictures of the other buildings, lemme know. I'll be documenting SMPA and possibly Gelman tomorrow.

Monroe Hall/Hall of Government- If you haven't figured this out already GW has a lot of buildings that actually are two buildings in one. This includes Duques and Funger Hall, Phillips and Rome Hall, and of course Monroe Hall and the Hall of Government. MonroeHall/Hall of Goverment includes 3 departments: Political Science, Economics, and Speech and Hearing. in the basement of Monroe, there is also the Speech and Hearing Center which houses clinics and various studies on speech, hearing, and the brain. It also includes several classrooms, offices, study rooms, and seminar/meeting rooms.

I think a big looming picture of the building is a nice way to start

(Note the corner of the cop car, Monroe is across from UPD)

This side of the building is the "Hall of Government"

Typical classrooms in the Hall of Goverment- I had my Voice and Diction class in here today



Hallways

Lobby



     Small Classroom in Monroe

Fancy Window

 Bulletin Board depicting departments and their floors

The Lee Sigelman Seminar Room (Political Science Department)

Inside the seminar room (above)

 The Speech and Hearing Center

Front Desk in the Speech and Hearing Center

Lobby Area- Speeach and Hearing Center

"Monroe" side of the building

Back entrance to Monroe Hall

Art outside Monroe!

Dedicated to the memory of Luther W. And Gladys L. Brady

Hopefully that give you a pretty good taste of what Monroe Hall is like!

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Ekiria

A Trip Through Campus: A Picture Blog

So on Veteran's Day this year, I decided to take some pictures of my travels throughout the day, to give you a little taste of what campus life has to offer.

The view on the Vern Express- There's the Potomac!

My office- The Office of Alumni Relations

My sweet desk

                     The United Church- 20th and G- Many student groups host performances here; affectionately known as "The German Church"

                                                                                   The Quad

Fojol Brothers-fast (delicious) Indian food getting hounded by

GW students in front of Lisner

Entrance to Kogan Plaza, another hang-out spot (chalk advertising a charity open mic)

                               Oh, hello hotdog

The "Dome" nice to sit under/do homework on a sunny day

Aftermath of Veteran's Day Memorial Service

      Veteran showing a student how to "Suit Up"

    I walk down 21st St.often cus it's purty

GW eatery: Carvings, good food

This, my friends, is President Knapp's house

(across the street from Alumni House)

  Boom!  Famed poet Thomas Sayers Ellis dropped in on my poetry class that day

      I wish I had any idea why this street has had scaffolding up for so long
(Walking to the Elliot School for class)

   Boom! The Elliot School of International (aka awesome) Affairs

Best coffee on campus- Juan Valdez

Me being overly excited about the Christmas display in Juan Valdez

 My friend Jeenie LOVES her quality coffee

This guy plays every night outside the metro

                 My friend Shimmy Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro station (Why yes, even the metro reps GW)

Let me know if there is any part of campus you'd like to see through my eyes!!: magalae@gmail.com

As always you can send me your questions, comments, and suggestions!