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SFS DEI Student Ambassadors Recruit Underrepresented Applicants

SFS DEI Student Ambassadors Recruit Underrepresented Applicants

By Laetitia Haddad March 3, 2022

The first cohort of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Student Ambassadors aims to make the Walsh School of Foreign Service (SFS) a more equitable space through advocacy and student recruitment.  The...

VIEWPOINT: Serve with Purpose

VIEWPOINT: Serve with Purpose

By Josiah Laney June 21, 2021

When I am working in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and as a tour guide, I am often asked to explain why I chose Georgetown University to prospective students and families. I typically share an...

VIEWPOINT: Engage With DC’s Local Issues

VIEWPOINT: Engage With DC’s Local Issues

By Nicholas Budler February 19, 2021

To the delight of political junkies and the many politically inclined university students in Washington, D.C., there is an unprecedented influx of never-ending political news emerging from Capitol Hill,...

Spring Transfers Join Georgetown Community Amid Pandemic Challenges

Spring Transfers Join Georgetown Community Amid Pandemic Challenges

By Caitlin McLean January 28, 2021

Spring transfer students have begun their first semester at Georgetown University, adjusting to a new school in the middle of the academic year and in a remote setting.   Many students said...

VIEWPOINT: Explore Different Communities

VIEWPOINT: Explore Different Communities

By Maggie White May 13, 2020

When I attended my Georgetown Admissions Ambassador Program Weekend in the spring of 2016, everyone talked about finding their home on the Hilltop. I immediately knew I wanted to find that kind of community,...

LOVE: Finding Community in GSP

LOVE: Finding Community in GSP

By Caitland Love September 13, 2019

The first night I spent at Georgetown University was at the university hotel, with my mom and I in a bed and my dad on a couch somewhere. I spent the night in stressful tears that didn’t subside when...

LUKE: Embrace Hands-Off Development

LUKE: Embrace Hands-Off Development

By Christina Luke September 6, 2019

Since the mid-1990s, political scientists have observed an alarming decline of civic engagement, civic trust and social capital within the United States. Today, more of the same is taking place, as modes...

LUKE: Combat Extremism Through Community

LUKE: Combat Extremism Through Community

By Christina Luke July 6, 2019

When I found out I was interning at a community center in northern France this summer, I figured it would be a sort of summer camp-like experience: finger painting with kids, teaching hip-hop dance to...

PANJWANI: Embrace Personal Identity Through Supportive Communities

By Aly Panjwani May 15, 2019

According to my Campus Housing Roommate Matching System profile, I hoped to find a roommate who was willing to “ignite a spark of energy within me,” talk with me for “hours about the eccentric nature...

AHMED: Identify Sources of Support in Academic Communities, Friendships

By Hannan Ahmed May 15, 2019

In a lot of ways, I have not grown over the course of four years. I still sleep too much, I do not respond to text messages and I keep losing things — my keys, opportunities, friends, my ability to be...

GEORGETOWN BLACK STUDENT ALLIANCE/FACEBOOK | Minority and affinity organizations like Black Student Alliance create spaces for building community for students who might not feel represented within the wider institution. These organizations demonstrate the power clubs can have when driven by inclusivity, but they also recognize that community on campus should not be restricted to clubs.

Minority Groups Embrace Identity, Inclusion

By Steven Botsoe April 12, 2019

Georgetown has been criticized in the past for club exclusivity on campus, yet students are still able to find groups that celebrate acceptance. Given the university’s status as a predominantly white...

CACERES: Carving Spaces for WOC Mental Health Support

By Omaris Caceres March 18, 2019

My culture — Dominican culture — prevents my community from recognizing mental illnesses among the women. My family describes certain aunts as “nervous,” instead of possibly dealing with anxiety,...

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