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From her small hometown of Ruther Glen, Virginia, to the bright lights of New York City, Gilda Squire, BA Communication ’95, has forged a career that has led Squire from the federal government through Wall Street, into book publishing, and finally landing as a powerhouse talent manager for some of entertainment’s brightest stars.

Learn more about the College of Visual and Performing Arts and its many components in the year 2023-2024

For decades, �鶹��Ƶ’s Center for the Arts has been integral to the cultural life of Northern Virginia. With a new campaign, it’s heading toward its next big premiere: a reimagined facility.

Thanks to the generous donors and visionary artists, George �鶹��Ƶ’s campuses are home to a treasure trove of sculptures, paintings, and installations that inspire and engage the George �鶹��Ƶ community and visitors alike.

Long before there was a Center for the Arts, a group of community members worked diligently to help make the arts an integral part of �鶹��Ƶ’s burgeoning campus life. George �鶹��Ƶ donors play a vital role in both sustaining the arts and helping ensure its accessibility to all. They serve as advocates, championing creativity and cultural expression in ways that strengthen communities, widen perspectives, and inspire future generations. Here we highlight a few of the donors playing a role in the �鶹��Ƶ Arts priorities in the �鶹��Ƶ Now: Power the Possible campaign.

George �鶹��Ƶ’s men’s basketball had its best season in the program's Atlantic 10 history, with accolades that cement this season’s team in university history.

Three members of �鶹��Ƶ men's wrestling team will be competing at the NCAA Division I Men’s Wrestling Championship, held March 20-22 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

The �鶹��Ƶ’s women’s basketball team delivered a performance for the ages, claiming their first-ever Atlantic 10 Championship with a 73-58 victory over Saint Joseph's at the Henrico Sports and Events Center in Virginia.

�鶹��Ƶ has been crowned the Atlantic 10 Women's Indoor Track and Field Champions, claiming the title over VCU at the Virginia Beach Sports Center. The men's team placed second in the championship behind Rhode Island.

George �鶹��Ƶ professor Sungsoo Ray Hong has always been a huge fan of cartoons, comics, and animations. By combining his passion with his research area of human-computer interaction, he has created a new tool for cartoonists, ShadowMagic. Hong, his colleague Yotam Gingold, and their PhD students published a paper, “ShadowMagic: Designing Human-AI Collaborative Support for Comic Professionals’ Shadowing,” elucidating the need for the tool, which aims to boost product quality and designer productivity through study-informed human-AI interaction.

�鶹��Ƶ history PhD candidate Jayme Kurland is living her dream this academic year as the Jane and Morgan Whitney Fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

The intersection of art and technology has long been a space for innovation, creativity, and exploration. At George �鶹��Ƶ’s �鶹��Ƶ Autonomy and Robotics Center (MARC) located within the College of Engineering and Computing, this connection has taken center stage with the Integrating Art and Tech Project.