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VIEWPOINT: Guarantee Accessible Proficiency Tests

VIEWPOINT: Guarantee Accessible Proficiency Tests

By Anaya Mehta September 30, 2022

Just to fulfill my requirements for graduation, I had to pay over $200 to show I was proficient in a language I've been speaking my entire life. Georgetown University has a foreign language proficiency...

Students, Faculty Call for Expansion of South Asian Studies

By Adora Zheng April 8, 2022

More than 240 students have signed on to a petition urging Georgetown University to expand South Asia-related curricula and institutional support.    The petition calls on the university...

@CELENZACHRIS/TWITTER | Four professors, including three from Georgetown College, were awarded grants of $10,000 as part of recognition for extraordinary efforts in their roles as professors.

Professors To Be Honored at Faculty Convocation

By Anna Ferrazzi October 11, 2019

The President's Awards for Distinguished Scholar-Teachers will be presented to four Georgetown University professors in recognition of their research and commitment to teaching students at the fall faculty...

VIEWPOINT: Combat Curricular Eurocentrism

By Nabil Kapasi October 24, 2017

One of the supposed hallmarks of our university is its international focus and unwavering dedication to creating capable students who can thrive anywhere. Yet a look at the languages offered at Georgetown...

ITAL 101 Study Guide

ITAL 101 Study Guide

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice April 5, 2016

Scary newsflash. Classes are winding down in the next few weeks, and that can only mean one thing: finals (and a lot of ice cream and late-night Epi runs). In case you're already feeling overwhelmed by...

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Former FLL Dean James Alatis died at the age of 88.

Alatis, 88, Fostered Linguistics Growth

By Toby Hung March 20, 2015

When James E. Alatis graduated from the University of West Virginia in 1948, Georgetown was still a year away from establishing its School of Languages and Linguistics. Today, there are 105 students...

Language Lab Enhances Learning

By Jonathan Gillis October 8, 2010

Every semester, Georgetown language students dish out $70 in lab fees, but many have never seen the inside of the lab room. In an era of continuously emerging technologies, the language lab could...

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