Raise High Physics and Astronomy at GW! 🌟

Empowering Our Students to Reach for the Stars

The Physics and Astronomy Congress is the largest gathering of undergraduate physics and astronomy students in the world, hosted every three years by Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics honor society. This year’s Congress will take place October 30–November 1, 2025, in Denver, CO, uniting students, alumni, and faculty for three days of frontier physics, hands-on workshops, inspiring talks, and unforgettable moments of community and growth.

With exciting highlights like keynote speakers Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Nobel Laureate Eric Cornell, exclusive tours of NIST and NOAA, a chapter showcase, and a Halloween game night and dance party 🎃, this is not your usual physics meeting — it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students.

A dozen GW Physics and Astronomy students are preparing to attend, present their research, and form life-changing connections that will shape their futures and inspire them to dream bigger than ever before. But they can’t make this journey without your support.

Why Your Donation Gifts a Bright Future ✨

By helping our students attend the Congress, you are opening doors to incredible possibilities:

✅ Presenting original research on a national stage.
✅ Building powerful professional networks.
✅ Experiencing the cutting edge of physics and astronomy.
✅ Bringing back knowledge, skills, and ideas to share with the entire GW community.

Your gift will directly advance GW’s mission to create transformative learning opportunities that change lives — and empower students to reach for the stars.

Our Goal and Budget

Our overall fundraising goal is $12,8520, which will fully cover costs for our participating students to attend this extraordinary event.

Here’s the detailed cost per student ($1,071 each) so you know exactly where your gift will go:

• ✈️ Travel: $360
  

• 📌 Registration fees: $320

• 🏨 Hotel: $230

• 🍽️ Meals: $161

Every single donation, even $10, makes an immediate difference — together, they ensure that financial barriers don’t stand in the way of our students’ dreams.

Make Your Gift Today and Help Our Students Shine 🌠

Your support today can turn aspiration into achievement. Gifts of $10, $25, $50, or $100+ will directly fund essential costs so our students can seize this life-changing opportunity.

💛 Give now and help us Raise High GW Physics and Astronomy — because every gift helps our students reach higher, dream bigger, and change the world.