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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

New Inclusive Spaces to Open February in New South Basement

New Inclusive Spaces to Open February in New South Basement

By Kate Hwang January 26, 2024

Georgetown University's Office of Student Engagement and Inclusion (OSEI) relocated to the basement of New South Hall this January, consolidating its initiatives into a new refuge on campus. Furnished...

FILE PHOTO: JULIA ALVEY/THE HOYA | One year after former director Laura Kovach left the Womens Center, the University has only just announced plans to interview candidates this November.

Student Workers Run the Women’s Center 1 Year After Director’s Departure

By Nate Kral October 4, 2019

On Oct. 5, it will have been exactly one year since the Georgetown University Women’s Center last had a program director. Laura Kovach, who led the Women’s Center from 2008 to 2019, was the first of...

MARGARET FOUBERG/THE HOYA | Dr. Joshua Guzmán (SFS ’10) was the keynote speaker at a ceremony recognizing graduating LGBTQ students and allies April 25.

Annual Ceremony Recognizes LGBTQ Students and Allies

By Ashley Zhao April 26, 2019

In a celebration honoring over 140 graduating members and allies of the LGBTQ community Thursday, speakers and attendees at Georgetown University’s 11th annual Lavender Graduation emphasized work the...

MAGGIE CHEN FOR THE HOYA Author Eli Clare (left) suggested a new model for the special education system that better integrates students with disabilities into the classroom at an event Oct. 4.

Author Urges Reform of Special Education System

By Chelsea Hafer October 11, 2018

The special education system contributes to the marginalization of people with disabilities, author Eli Clare said at an event Thursday hosted by the LGBTQ Center in the HFSC Social Room. The event,...

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Jason Resendez (COL ’08), speaking at a panel celebrating the 10th anniversary of the LGBTQ Resource Center, recalls his role in advocating for the center’s creation as a student in 2007.

LGBTQ Resource Center Celebrates Nine Years of Advocacy, Progress

By Marina Pitofsky September 29, 2017

A decade ago, LGBTQ students at Georgetown had few places to turn for support. Before the advent of the LGBTQ Resource Center in 2008, students could only go to informal social networks — usually in...

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In the past quarter-century, the Women’s Center has moved its home from a Leavey Center storage closet to the third floor of the building.

Women’s Center Marks 25 Years

By Emma Rizk October 30, 2015

A quarter-century ago, the university founded the Georgetown University Women’s Center in a converted Leavey Center storage closet with the goal of providing "a safe environment while respecting all...

In Transition, But Incomplete

By City News Editor May 15, 2015

On her first day of classes at Georgetown in 2012, one of Celeste Chisholm’s (COL ’15) professors called her “Jonathan.” Chisholm corrected the professor, explaining that she prefers to be called...

QUALLEN: When the Jesuits Stole Our Fire

QUALLEN: When the Jesuits Stole Our Fire

By Matthew Quallen November 7, 2014

By now, it has become cliche to invoke Georgetown’s Jesuit identity across virtually every category of university policy. “Georgetown University, as a Catholic and Jesuit institution, is committed...

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A proposal would combine the LGBTQ Resource Center and the Women’s Center (above) with the Center for Multicultural Equity and Access.

Center Consolidation Proposed

By Natalie LaRue October 17, 2014

A tentative plan to combine Georgetown’s LGBTQ Center, Women’s Center and Center for Multicultural Equity and Access has drawn criticism from students opposed to any sort of merger. According...

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