OIE News

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GW OIE hosts State Department (YSEALI PFP) Thai Fellow

June 3, 2024

The OIE hosted Khwanjira Ponsree, a fellow from Thailand through the U.S. State Department's Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative Professional Fellows Program (YSEALI PFP)  during May.

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GW OIE hosts State Department (YLAI) Chilean Fellow

May 21, 2024

In April, the GW OIE hosted Yanixza Alfaro, a fellow from Chile through the US State Department’s Young Leaders of the American Initiative Program (YLAI). Yanixza, the founder of her own company...

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Graduating Senior Anna Shah Made Her Time at GW POP!

May 9, 2024

The international business major is taking over a sustainable thrift store business she and three others co-founded in 2021.

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OIE Welcomes New Team Members

April 23, 2024

In the past few months, OIE has welcomed two new members to our fast-growing team, Celete Kato as Program Manager and Wince Glory as our Web Developer.

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Meet the NVC Winners!

2024 New Venture Competition

April 17, 2024

Last Thursday, April 11th OIE hosted our 16th annual GW New Venture Competition Award Ceremony. Student finalists from across the GW community won over $330,000 in prizes including $157,000 in cash at the ceremony...

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Budding Entrepreneurs Win Cash Prizes at 2024 New Venture Competition

April 15, 2024

NVC awards more than $330,000 to winners, including $157,000 in cash, for the nationally recognized competition now in its 16th year.

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Captain Robin Russell (USN-Ret) Reflects on His GW OIE Fellowship

March 8, 2024

In October, the GW OIE team welcomed Capt. Robin Russell for a six-month fellowship to discover our best practices in leading a community of student entrepreneurs...

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NVC Alum, Asma Shethwala Yu, Launches Company

February 26, 2024

Asma Shethwala Yu, a 2019 New Venture Competition (NVC) alum, has recently launched her company, ASY Maternity!

Sonia Schmidt New Venture Competition 2023

What’s the Big Idea: Immorta Aims to Provide Humanity with a Collective Repository Memory

December 5, 2023

GW Law student Sonia Schmidt has co-founded a social media platform so users can share and preserve their cultures and memories.