The Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service aims to integrate civic engagement into GW?s educational work. The Nashman Center focuses GW?s resources to meet community needs beyond the campus, promote active citizenship in a diverse democracy and enhance teaching, learning and scholarship at GW.

GW Colonials meet local needs through ongoing service programs, engageDC, DC Reads and Jumpstart. Alternative Breaks and signature service events such as Freshman Day of Service and Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service get students engaged in national and international service that makes an immediate and powerful impact.