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�鶹��Ƶ professor and alum Susan Howard created Go Nisha Go, an award-winning game that helps girls and young women in India navigate and negotiate life choices.

�鶹��Ƶ President Gregory Washington lauded brothers Maruf and Mahfuz Ahmed at a special event for embodying the possibilities that �鶹��Ƶ offers with its steadfast commitment to access and inclusion.

�鶹��Ƶ Night at Nationals Park on Sept. 6 was a hit. The Nationals beat the Mets 3-2 and �鶹��Ƶ faculty, staff were there to cheer them on.

The RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Success through Entrepreneurship) Program as a cohort of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's SOAR Initiative. SOAR provides a holistic model for startups and empowers individuals who do not currently have adequate access to entrepreneurship training opportunities. RISE focuses its support on aspiring entrepreneurs from refugee and immigrant backgrounds.

“The Road to the End,” a play written and performed by the School of Theater's alumni and students, won Best Drama in an audience vote at the recent Capital Fringe festival.

Alaina Ruffin will not be the first, second, or third, but fourth person in her family to graduate from �鶹��Ƶ. Her mother and two older cousins graduated from �鶹��Ƶ in 2000, 2001, and 2013 respectively.

One May 24, 27 �鶹��Ƶ EIP graduates joined the ranks of �鶹��Ƶ alumni this year, along with 130 graduating high school seniors celebrating their EIP graduation, as part of EIP’s 32nd graduating class. More than 2,100 students have graduated from EIP since it began in 1987.

Diana Parkinson, an engagement officer in �鶹��Ƶ’s Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations, is the August Employee of the Month.

Meet the alum-now-adjunct who got the throw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals baseball game. Did he throw a strike? You can trust Craig Fifer’s reply—he teaches ethics.

�鶹��Ƶ Korea Dean Robert Matz returned to �鶹��Ƶ’s Fairfax Campus to spread the word about the many good things going on at �鶹��Ƶ Korea.

For Justin Bour, returning to �鶹��Ƶ to complete his degree more than 14 years after leaving to pursue a career in professional baseball, is the fulfillment of a promise—one he made to himself.

John Tyree, one of �鶹��Ƶ’s University Business Consulting (UBC) consultants, started working at �鶹��Ƶ in 2019, but his connection to the �鶹��Ƶ Nation dates back to 2010.