Category: Snippet

Hip-Hop for Haitian Earthquake Relief

By Jeff Cangialosi | Mar 02 2010

Members of the Georgetown community gathered on Saturday evening in Bulldog Alley for Hoyas Helping Haiti, a benefit concert supporting the ongoing post-earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.

Dancing For a Cause at Hoyathon

By Nathalie Lawyer | Feb 23 2010

Last Friday, eight teams of students, joined by some enthusiastic younger participants, danced the night away at Hoyathon, Georgetown’s annual dance marathon in Sellinger Lounge. The event raised nearly $8,500 for the Children’s National Medical Center, the D.C. affiliate of the Children’s Miracle Network.

GU Samaritans Lend a Hand

By Stephen Levy | Feb 09 2010

The Georgetown Samaritans, a new student organization first discussed as a possibility at the end of the fall semester, works in conjunction with Georgetown University Student Association to strengthen the bonds between Georgetown University and the local neighborhood.

Grassroots Schools Initiative Plants Seeds at Georgetown

By Dominga Julicia James | Feb 02 2010

One World Youth Project, a nonprofit organization founded by Jessica Rimington (SFS ’09) that works at a grassroots level to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, has reached Georgetown in an initiative incubated within the university’s Office of the President for one year as a new community-engagement program on campus.

Hip-Hop, Poetry Inspire Students at SFS-Qatar

By Fatima Muneer | Jan 26 2010

DOHA, Qatar — About 200 students, faculty and staff from all six American universities with Education City campuses gathered to attend the educational cooperative’s first hip-hop performance, given by the group Brooklyn Beats to Beirut Streets and sponsored by the School of Foreign Service in Qatar on Jan. 19.

GU Library Introduces New Printing Options

By Jenny Rogers | Dec 08 2009

On Dec. 1, Georgetown University introduced wireless printing in the second floor of Lauinger Library and in the Blommer Science Library after working with the Faculty Library Advisory Committee to initiate the new features.

New Club Aims to Promote Microfinance, Educate GU

By Matt Joseloff | Nov 24 2009

Three Georgetown students are launching a microfinance club that will focus on distributing funds to help entrepreneurs in the third world and educate students about the potential of microfinance.

Students Dodge For a Cause

By Oluseyi Fasoranti | Nov 17 2009

Seven teams faced off on Saturday in the third-annual Charity Dodgeball Tournament, hosted by Hoyas Global Initiative, to support Kiva, a microfinance organization that supports economic development in developing countries.

GUTS to Complete Biodiesel Transition

By Yuse Lajiminmuhip | Nov 03 2009

As part of ongoing efforts to reduce the university’s energy footprint, the university plans to fully upgrade its fleet of Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle buses to run on biodiesel.

Campus Kitchen Serves 1 Million

By Eric Bulakites | Oct 27 2009

The Campus Kitchens Project, which was established in 2001 by its parent organization D.C. Central Kitchen, serves meals to the hungry in 20 cities.