{"id":463435,"date":"2022-06-15T23:43:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/george-washington-university-dropping-colonials-nickname\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T23:43:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T20:43:46","slug":"george-washington-university-dropping-colonials-nickname","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/george-washington-university-dropping-colonials-nickname\/","title":{"rendered":"#George Washington University dropping &#8216;Colonials&#8217; nickname"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb443cb97\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a26bb443cb97\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/george-washington-university-dropping-colonials-nickname\/#%E2%80%9CGeorge_Washington_University_dropping_%E2%80%98Colonials_nickname%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;George Washington University dropping &#8216;Colonials&#8217; nickname&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGeorge_Washington_University_dropping_%E2%80%98Colonials_nickname%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;George Washington University dropping &#8216;Colonials&#8217; nickname&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>George Washington University officials announced the school <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gwtoday.gwu.edu\/gw-discontinue-use-colonials-moniker\">will retire the \u201cColonials\u201d name<\/a> used by its athletic teams, citing \u201cdivision\u00a0among the community about the moniker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The name will remain in use until the university introduces a new one, planned for the 2023-24 academic year.<\/p>\n<p>The name has drawn growing criticism for celebrating colonialism.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1385483987.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"George Washington University mascot.\" class=\"wp-image-22674199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1385483987.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1385483987.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1385483987.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/GettyImages-1385483987.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The George Washington University mascot, known as \u2018George.\u2019<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe board recognizes the significance of changing the university\u2019s moniker, and we made this decision only after a thoughtful and deliberate process that followed the renaming framework and special committee recommendation that considered the varying perspectives of our students, faculty, staff, alumni and athletics community,\u201d Grace Speights, GWU board chair, said in the announcement. \u201cA moniker must unify our community, draw people together and serve as a source of pride. We look forward to the next steps in an inclusive process to identify a moniker that fulfills this aspiration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The move comes two years after the school renamed its student center \u2014 formerly called the Cloyd Heck Marvin Center and named for the ex-university president who advocated for segregation.<\/p>\n<p>The special committee made up of GWU faculty, staff, students, alumni, members of the athletics department and experts on the school\u2019s history recommended the name change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a great opportunity to conduct an inclusive process that will determine how we as a community want to come together around a unifying moniker and showcase ourselves as a distinguished and distinguishable university,\u201d president Mark S. 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