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woman to hold this appointment. Former Shapiro
professors at the Elliott School include Amb.
Edward Gnehm, Leon Fuerth, Amb. James Sasser
and Abba Eban.
These professors join more than 135 full-time
faculty members, more than 100 part-time
instructors and senior policymakers who bring
expertise and experience into our classrooms.
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On campus, our diverse student body enriches
our community and the education we provide.
Our students come from 49 states, the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands,
56 countries and countless ethnic groups. They
are recent high school and college graduates,
young members of the workforce and seasoned
professionals. Our mid-career master’s program
included diplomats from the Chinese Ministry of
Foreign Affairs and the office of the president of the
Krystin Borgognone, the 2007 Sitter scholar, worked for the law firm Dickstein Shapiro,
Congressman Vito Fossella’s office, the Capital Area Immigration Rights Coalition and the
National Italian American Foundation while completing her degree in international affairs
and Italian. She also served as the president of GW’s Italian Cultural Society and as a peer
tutor, and studied abroad in Italy and Ghana.
Elliott School alumnus charles r. sitter established The Sitter Scholarship in 1997
to honor outstanding Elliott School students who have worked 25–30 hours a week
throughout their studies.
“GW provided me with the opportunity to earn my degree under unusual circumstances.
It is important to me to give back to the university that helped me become successful
and to help current students in similar situations succeed as well.”
— charles r. sitter (BA’54) former president, Exxon Corporation
6 AnnuAl report 2006-2007
Lecturers in the distinguished Women in international affairs series for 2006-2007 were (L-R)
amb. hunaina sultan ahmed al mughairy, nancy Birdsall, dana Priest and Paula dobriansky.
Czech Republic; a New York Times correspondent and
a journalist from the Xinhua News Agency.
Our students do not simply read about newsmakers;
they meet and question them directly. For instance,
our distinguished Women in international affairs
series hosted Paula dobriansky, under secretary
of state for democracy and global affairs; dana
Priest, Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for
The Washington Post; omani ambassador hunaina
sultan ahmed al mughairy, the first female
ambassador from an Arab country to the United
States; and nancy Birdsall, president of the Center
for Global Development.
Students also learn off campus by engaging the
larger Washington, DC community. Two students
of European and Eurasian studies, Kate hall and
stephen mintz, presented their proposals for the
future of the European Union to 27 ambassadors
at the German Embassy. A class assignment on
enhancing student exchange programs through
technology resulted in an invitation for alberto