15 Years of the Nashman Center
Celebrating 15 Years of the Honey W. Nashman Center
On October 25, 2025, the GW community came together during Alumni and Family Weekend to celebrate 15 years of the Honey W. Nashman Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service and 30 years of community service through the GW Office of Community Service. The event brought together former and current staff, student leaders, alumni, and community partners who shared stories of impact and collaboration that have shaped GW’s civic legacy.
President Ellen Granberg joined the celebration, honoring the Center’s enduring commitment to service, scholarship, and community partnerships that continue to define the GW experience.
The award celebrates leaders who transform vision into lasting impact through community partnership and institutional innovation—shaping a university deeply rooted in service, scholarship, and the public good.
GW Civic Architect Award
During the event, the Nashman Center presented the inaugural GW Civic Architect Award to Honey W. Nashman and Peter Konwerski in recognition of their visionary leadership in building GW’s civic identity.
Peter Konwerski
You are a Builder of GW’s Civic Foundation – Transforming Vision into Lasting Impact
Honey W Nashman
You are the Heart of GW - Inspiring Scholarship for Good
The GW Civic Architect Award celebrates the builders of GW’s civic foundation—leaders who transform vision into lasting impact through community partnership and institutional innovation. Recipients of this award exemplify institutional leadership in advancing GW’s commitment to service and the public good. Their work strengthened the university’s capacity for community engagement by creating sustainable programs, partnerships, and structures that connect learning, research, and service in meaningful and enduring ways. Through strategic collaboration and a spirit of civic responsibility, GW Civic Architects shaped the future of engagement at the university and beyond.
Since its founding in 2009-10, GW's Center for Civic Engagement and Public Service has been a hub where students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members come together to learn, serve, and lead. Renamed in 2015 to honor Associate Professor Emerita Honey W. Nashman, a pioneer of community service and social justice at GW, the Center has carried forward her vision of higher education as a force for equity and civic responsibility.
Take a look at our journey and milestones over the years below!
Continue helping and serving with the Honey W. Nashman Center by supporting all the amazing work our students do in the community every day. We and our partners really appreciate your support for making service more impactful!
To support the Nashman Center, visit the GW Giving Portal and search for “Honey”, “Nashman”, or "CEPS" to select us from the drop-down menu as your Fund Choice.
The Nashman Center supports the diverse ways GW faculty and students contribute to the community, including direct service; community engagement through courses, practica, or research that create a public benefit; policy and governance; philanthropy; social innovation; and community organizing and activism.
For more than three decades, beginning with the Office for Community Service in 1993, GW has built a culture of service rooted in partnership, justice, and leadership. This is an opportunity for us to honoring the legacy of these impacts and stories.
As we honor our past, we also look to the future. The challenges facing our democracy, our city, and our world call for leaders grounded in empathy, justice, and action. The Nashman Center remains committed to preparing those leaders—students who will continue to ask hard questions, build strong communities, and create lasting change.
Together, these stories form a living legacy—proof that civic engagement is not just something GW does, but part of who we are and who we choose to be.
