University Resources for Current Students

There are an abundance of resources available to support you in your time as a GW Business student. The list below is not comprehensive, but it provides a quick directory to some key departments and tools you may need to access.

Student Services (Student Financial & Registration Services)

Student Services Hub

• Student Financial Assistance: Financial Aid & FAFSA Support
• Student Accounts: Tuition, Bill Payment
• Registrar: Course Registration, Academic Records/Transcripts
  • Located on the ground floor of the University Student Center

GWeb

• Receive secure, real-time access to academic and financial records in the University’s administrative database. In order to access GWeb, you must have your GW UserID.

GW Bulletin

• Official record of academic degree program requirements & University policies

Office of Graduate Student Assistantships & Fellowships

• Provides resources for funding opportunities for Master's and PhD students, including assistantships, on-campus employment, funding searches and more.

Student Success & Engagement

Student Affairs

• Business Services: Auxiliary Services including Dining, the Campus Store, Licensing & Trademarks, Laundry, Vending, Summer Storage and the U•Pass program
• Campus Living & Residential Education: On-Campus Housing and Related Resources
• Campus Recreation: Lerner Health and Wellness Center, West Hall Gym, and GW's recreation programs
• Center for Interfaith & Spiritual Life: Opportunities to engage with spiritual life on campus through interfaith engagement, education, service, worship, and meditation
• Conflict Education & Student Accountability: Report an Incident, Code of Academic Integrity & Student Conduct, Conflict Education & Resolution Pathways, Records Requests
• Military and Veteran Services
• New Student Orientation: Orientation for first-year students, transfer students and families
• Student Life: Student Organizations, Fraternity & Sorority Life, Leadership Development, Events
• Student Outreach & Support
  • Student Health Center: Medical and Psychiatric Services, Counseling and Psychological Services, Health Insurance, Health Promotion and Education
  • CARE Team: Students, parents, faculty, and staff can identify students that may need additional support through the CARE Team’s online form. Students are connected to resources through inter-departmental collaboration to provide them with appropriate and personalized outreach.
  • Student Assistance Funds: Help assist students with unanticipated expenses that are creating a financial hardship
  • The Store (Food Insecurity): GW’s on-campus food pantry, providing students free access to fresh food, dry goods, and hygiene items

Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement

• Disability Support Services
• Multicultural Student Services Center
  • Communities & Cultural Events
  • LGBTQIA+ Resources
• Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service

Office of Access and Opportunity + Office of Equal Opportunity

• Equal Opportunity, Nondiscrimination, Anti-Harassment, and Non-Retaliation Policy
• Title IX

International Services Office

• The first stop for the GW international community, the ISO will help eliminate administrative challenges when studying in the US.

Career Services

• Fowler Career Center
• GW Career Services

GWSB Graduate Clubs and Organizations

• Joining a club or organization at the GW School of Business (GWSB) is one of the best ways to enhance your graduate experience.

Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

• The office provides programming around innovation, education, venture creation, and making connections to support GW entrepreneurs.

Academic Support

Online Course Support

• GW Online
• Blackboard Support

GW Libraries & Academic Innovation

• Library Consultation Services
• Library Resources for Off-Campus Students
• Research Support
• Gelman Library (available to all students, regardless of campus/distance status)
• Other resources: Business Research Guides, Refworks and other tools that help to create bibliographies and create footnotes, etc., consortium loans from other libraries, group study rooms.

Peer Tutoring: Academic Commons

Language & Writing Support

• University Writing Center: The GW Writing Center provides writing instruction and tutoring for GW students at all levels of experience and expertise. Students are assisted in identifying writing problems and learning how best to express ideas. Tutors can help students get started on assignments such as case studies and analyses, research projects, presentations, cover letters and personal essays.
• GW Language Center: The Language Center, operated by the Columbian College of Arts & Scieces, supports language teaching, learning, and research for students and faculty, including "Everyday English" practice sessions for students who are learning English as a second or additional language.

Campus Life

Campus Maps

Campus ID: GWorld Card

Housing

• On-Campus Housing
• GW Off-Campus Housing & Student Affairs
  • The Office of Off-Campus Student Affairs (OCSA) extends community building and learning beyond the campus by providing resources, services, and programs designed to assist and guide students in navigating the process of moving from residential living on campus to independent living in the surrounding community.
• Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH)

Dining

• Campus Dining
• Meal Plans

Parking & Transportation

• Parking at GW: Find parking, manage parking account, pay parking ticket
• Transportation and Logistics Services
• U•Pass® Student Transit Program for Metro & Metrobus
• Request a GW Safe Ride
• Download the GW Guardian App

Mount Vernon Campus Resources: Student Life

Wellness Center, Club/Intramural Sports: Campus Recreation

Student Discounts

GW Campus Store + Bookstore: Shop the Campus Store for course materials, supplies and GW merchandise.

News & Events

• GW Today: GW’s official online news resource
• GW University-Wide Event Calendar
• GW Business Event Calendar

Technology + Printing

• GW Information Technology
  • Download Free Software: The GW IT Support department offers a plethora of free software to current GW students including the full Microsoft Office Suite, Gartner Research Services, WebEx and more.
• Computer Labs: Labs for GW Business student use (when classes are not being held in the room) are located in Duquès 350 and Duquès 351.
• Capital Markets Room: During building hours, GWSB students are permitted to use the Bloomberg terminals in the Capital Markets Room on the first floor of Duquès. A designated staff member must be present; they can assist you with logging in.
• GW Printing: A cloud-based, wireless printing service enabling you to print from anywhere on or off campus, and even from your smartphone or tablet.
• Business Cards: Students may purchase customized business cards with the official GW University logo.

Wellbeing & Support

• Comprehensive List of Wellbeing Initiatives & Resources
• Medical Services
  • GW Student Health Center
• Counseling and Psychological Services
  • GW Student Health Center
  • GSEHD's Community Counseling Services Center (CCSC)
• Student Health Insurance
  • Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) through Aetna Student Health
• Discrimination, Harassment, Violence Support
  • Title IX Office
• Campus Safety & Operations
  • Division of Safety and Facilities: GW Police, Office of Advocacy and Support, Emergency Management, Environmental Health & Safety, GWorld Card Office
  • Download the GW Guardian App
  • Request a GW Safe Ride
• Emergency Funding, Food Insecurity
  • Food Pantry: The Store
  • Emergency Funding: Office of Student Financial Assistance
  • Student Assistance Funds
• Fitness & Recreation
  • Lerner Health and Wellness Center
  • Club/Intramural Sports: Campus Recreation

Calendars

• GW Academic Calendar
• GW University-Wide Event Calendar
• GW Business Event Calendar
• Schedule of Classes