Columbian College of Arts and Sciences

The Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (known as Columbian College or CCAS) is the college of liberal arts and sciences of the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. CCAS is the largest school at George Washington University, with around 5,000 undergraduate students and 2,500 graduate students, and 42 academic departments, representing a significant portion of the University's instructional, scholarly and research activity.

Columbian College
of Arts & Sciences
MottoDeus Nobis Fiducia
(In God Our Trust)
TypePrivate
Established1821
Parent institution
George Washington University
DeanPaul J. Wahlbeck
Academic staff
1,007
Undergraduates4,933
Postgraduates1,763
861
Address
801 22nd St. NW
,
Washington
,
D.C., 20052
CampusUrban—Foggy Bottom
Websitecolumbian.gwu.edu

The college is known for its numerous prominent alumni, particularly in the fields of government, economic development, and public policy, including notable living figures, such as Anwar Gargash (current Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates), sitting U.S. Senator Mark Warner, Vincent C. Gray (former Mayor of the District of Columbia) and Daniel Weiss (CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art). Historical alumni include First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Ralph Asher Alpher, "father of the Big Bang theory".

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