Student Speaker Competition
Members of the Class of 2025 may now vote for your choice of a student to advance to the final round of the Commencement Student Speaker competition. Let your voice be heard and select your choice today! Voting is open from March 17 to 30.
Videos from the semi-finalists are available below. They contain the speech that the student would deliver at Commencement on the National Mall if they are selected as the Student Speaker.
The five semifinalists with the most votes will proceed to the final round — a live audition in front of a panel of judges from the GW community.
Natalia Anzaldúa
School of Medicine & Health Sciences
Nina Bundy
GW Law
Julie Gibbons
School of Nursing
Linnea Kerber
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences and GW School of Business
Claudia McCarthy
College of Professional Studies
Niaomi MoShier
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Javier Enrique Orellana Ostorga
Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
Jalinette Reyes
School of Business
Carla Ritz
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Hanna Rozell
School of Engineering & Applied Science
Ethan Valliath
Elliott School of International Affairs