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EDITORIAL: Reform Course Registration

EDITORIAL: Reform Course Registration

By The Editorial Board December 2, 2022

Panic-inducing for some, euphoric for others and a rollercoaster for all, course registration manages to simultaneously overwhelm and reassure students. Recent updates to MyAccess, the platform that Georgetown...

VIEWPOINT: Transform Voting Patterns

VIEWPOINT: Transform Voting Patterns

By Molly May October 21, 2022

Young people historically turn out to vote at abysmal rates, yet their voices are critical. In an electoral system that makes voting inaccessible and onerous, college students — many of whom are voting...

EDITORIAL: Enhance GU Course Offerings

EDITORIAL: Enhance GU Course Offerings

By Editorial Board April 22, 2022

In recent weeks, students once again faced the onerous process of course registration, as they vie for spots that seemingly fill up instantaneously. For students like Nadia Sadanandan (NHS ’24), the...

GU Votes Holds Fifth Yearly Voter Registration Drive

GU Votes Holds Fifth Yearly Voter Registration Drive

By Julia Staley October 7, 2021

Georgetown University Votes (GU Votes) hosted its fifth annual drive for National Voter Registration Day on Sep. 28, registering an estimated over 100 students to vote.   Voter registration...

NATALIE ISÉ/THE HOYA Georgetown University plans to switch to live registration because of incompatibility with the old preregistration software.

Live Registration Set to Launch for Fall 2019

By Elizabeth Douglas November 30, 2018

Live course registration, in which students choose classes in real time without delay from the university registrar, is set to replace the current preregistration system beginning in April for fall...

Registration Referendum

By The Editorial Board February 9, 2016

This year’s Georgetown University Student Association executive presidential and vice presidential election, to be held Feb. 18, will also include a referendum on changes to the course registration system,...

CANLAS: Adopt the Hashtag Education?

By Marlene Canlas March 24, 2015

I recently had a conversation with an advisee about a project called SkillTag. SkillTag was the winner of last year’s Hackathon, a brainstorming event sponsored by the Provost’s Office. Hackathon invited...

Registrar Cuts Almost 20 Courses

By Jack Bennett January 16, 2015

The university registrar removed almost 20 courses that failed to meet an eight-student enrollment minimum prior to the add-drop period, in accordance with recent policy from the Office of the College...

All We Want for Christmas is This Way to Search for Classes

All We Want for Christmas is This Way to Search for Classes

By Emma Holland and Emma Holland December 23, 2013

Classy is a super convenient and – more importantly – super chic way of choosing classes during pre-registration. But now that pre-registration and pre-registration completion are done and I am looking...

Beyond 101: Quirky Classes Enliven Fall Course Offerings

By Hiromi Oka and Annie Chen August 31, 2012

For those who find their weekdays weighed down by economics textbooks and bland lectures in the ICC basement, Georgetown’s fall course catalog includes more than a few classes that will spice up any...

Food Studies Cluster Approved

By Emma Hinchliffe November 14, 2011

Georgetown's foodies will no longer have to head off campus to get their culinary fix. The university plans to address students' gastronomic interests through an initiative for a food studies cluster...

Students Scramble After Course Cuts

By Glenn Russo September 13, 2011

Forty courses were cancelled since pre-registration in April and the close of the add/drop period, affecting about 400 students' fall schedules according to the university registrar. Modified faculty...

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