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Honors College student Marisa Parikh embodies the drive, curiosity, and global mindset that define Â鶹ÊÓƵ students. She serves as president of Be the Change, a student-led organization dedicated to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals on campus. Under her leadership, the group focuses on raising awareness and inspiring action around the goals that most directly affect George Â鶹ÊÓƵ students. 

HackFax x PatriotHacks 2026 united two Â鶹ÊÓƵ tech communities for a high‑energy Valentine’s weekend hackathon, blending workshops, industry networking, and student creativity into one collaborative, community‑building event.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Debate Team won the prestigious West Point Sword at the United States Military Academy’s 60th annual National Debate Tournament in West Point, New York. 

There are few Â鶹ÊÓƵ students as busy as senior Rakibul Alam. A senior majoring in business and concentrating on management and marketing, Alam has become one of the most visible student leaders in the Costello College of Business, where he works as a marketing and communications intern. Recently he was among the speakers welcoming the community at Fuse’s grand celebration in September at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Square.

This spring, Accessible, a registered student organization (RSO) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ Korea, expanded its mission of promoting inclusive environments across continents.

For more than 30 years, the student-run bilingual literary journal Hispanic Culture Review (HCR) at Â鶹ÊÓƵ has published poetry, essays, and narratives in both Spanish and English and highlighted photography and visual art. HCR has been awarded a 2024 National Magazine Pacemaker Award by the Associated Collegiate Press (ACP). Volition, George Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s undergraduate literary and arts journal, was named a finalist in the same category.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has won four consecutive Gold STARS (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) Assessment, and it’s thanks in part to campus systems and organizations such as the Food Recovery Network (FRN).

Every year, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) allows its college chapters to participate in competitions that showcase the engineering knowledge and finesse of civil engineering students across the country. Two Â鶹ÊÓƵ ASCE teams—Team Surveying and Team Sustainable Solutions—participated and won in the annual competition.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Native American and Indigenous Alliance (NAIA) works each semester to foster a sense of community for Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Native and non-Native students. But the month of November is an especially busy time for this student organization.

U.S. Senator Mark Warner spoke with about 50 students Friday, Sept. 30, on Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Fairfax Campus at an event hosted by the student group Democrats at Â鶹ÊÓƵ.