2024 Buff & Blue Book - Flipbook - Page 21
GW JARGON
YOUR INSIDER’S GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING ACRONYMS AND PHRASES
YOU’LL ENCOUNTER WHILE AT GW
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#OnlyatGW - A phrase used by GW students,
faculty and staff to describe events that one can
only experience at GW, such as attending an oncampus event with Supreme Court Justice Sonia
Sotomayor.
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MSSC | Multicultural Student Services Center Provides multicultural programming, community,
cultural education, and a safe and supportive
environment for underrepresented and historically
underserved students.
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Buff & Blue - GW‘s official school colors.
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CC | Community Coordinator - A professional staff
member who lives in your residence hall. CCs are a
resource for students living in the halls.
Raise High! - GW’s rally cry that unites and
encourages all students, alumni, faculty and staff to
strive for excellence
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SA | Student Association - GW’s student
government
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Safe Ride - Provides a free and safe ride to/
from Foggy Bottom campus residence halls and
academic buildings during late-night hours for
students who prefer not to walk alone.
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Square 80 - Green space area located between
G and H streets and 21st and 22nd streets
respectively.
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TA | Teaching Assistant - Graduate or
undergraduate students who help professors with
grading and teaching and hold their own office
hours to help answer student questions.
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The Vern | MVC - The Mount Vernon campus is
located in D.C.’s Foxhall neighborhood. The Vern
as it is affectionately known houses about a third of
the first-year population.
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USC | University Student Center- The studentcentric building that houses student organization
meeting space, the Student Health Center, GWorld
Office, Student Services Hub, the MSSC, Division
for Student Affairs, student rooms and dining
options.
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UserID - Your UserID starts with the letter G
followed by an eight-digit number. It is the ID that
you’ll use to log into most GW resources.
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U-Yard | University Yard - GW’s grassy quad on the
Foggy Bottom campus.
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Vern Express | Mount Vernon Express - The shuttle
that transports the GW community between the
Mount Vernon and Foggy Bottom campuses.
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Vool - The pool located on the Mount Vernon
campus.
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CLRE - Short for Campus Living & Residential
Education. This is the team that manages the
residence halls and helps students create
community there.
Gelbucks - This is what you get when you combine
Gelman Library with Starbucks. Why? The Starbucks
is located on the ground floor of Gelman Library.
GWorld | GWorld Card - Your official student ID. It
is used to tap into residence halls, swipe into the
dining halls, and pay for laundry, printing and other
items.
GARMY - George’s Army, a.k.a. the student section
at our sporting events (mainly basketball).
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HelWell - Home base for campus recreation and
fitness is the Lerner Health and Wellness Center,
known colloquially as HelWell.
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Hilltern - A student with an internship on Capitol
Hill.
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Kogan - Kogan Plaza is often shortened to just
Kogan, as in “meet me in Kogan.” It’s the area
outside of the Gelman Library, and our center of
Foggy Bottom campus.
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LA | Learning Assistant - A learning assistant is an
undergraduate student who works closely with the
instructor of a course to run small group sessions
in class and review sessions outside of class. They
differ from teaching assistants in that they don’t
share grading responsibility.
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