Welcome to The George Washington University. I am honored and humbled to be the 16th president of GW, a university with a rich heritage and a bright future. George Washington long ago dreamt of a university that would draw students to the nation’s capital, a community of scholars in which they would forge a shared identity and become the citizen-leaders of a new democracy. Today that dream is a reality in the university that proudly bears his name, a university that also welcomes the citizens and future leaders of nations around the world.