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Serving Georgetown, Serving Qatar

Serving Georgetown, Serving Qatar

By Matt LoPrete February 2, 2016

When one searches “SFS Qatar” on Google, the third search result that pops up is Ari Goldstein’s op-ed in The Hoya from October 2014 stating that the campus is subject to a brutal regime. After spending...

Quiz: Where Should You Study Abroad?

Quiz: Where Should You Study Abroad?

By Mike Radice and Mike Radice January 27, 2016

Sure, the words "studying abroad" bring up other fearsome ideas, like "applications," "language requirements" and "expensive," but in reality, many Hoyas will say that the experience is once-in-a-lifetime...

HARVEY: Lessons From My European Adventure

By Elizabeth Harvey January 22, 2016

As I prepared to leave home for the spring semester, I caught myself staring at a stack of jumbled postcards from my travels, next to the cooking supplies from Target that I planned to use to make beautiful,...

BOBROSKE: Finding New Sources Of  Inspiration Abroad

BOBROSKE: Finding New Sources Of Inspiration Abroad

By Alexander Bobroske December 4, 2015

Georgetown students tend to have “busy” lives packed with internships, sports, clubs, activism and school. We pride ourselves on the Jesuit value of reflection, yet it can certainly be difficult to...

You Know Youre Abroad When...

You Know You’re Abroad When…

By Meg Lizza and Meg Lizza November 16, 2015

If you are currently abroad, have studied abroad or will be studying abroad, then here are some phrases that you are, or will become, very familiar with. One of your very own 4E bloggers (moi) is in France...

Georgetown-Themed Halloween Costumes

Georgetown-Themed Halloween Costumes

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein October 28, 2015

It is that time of year again Hoyas, Halloween. Right now, you are most likely scrambling to find a costume that is both "cute" and "funny" — AKA the incredible feat. Why not rep Georgetown this holiday...

Life as the Sum of All the Small Things

By Joseph Murdy October 20, 2015

A student’s study-abroad experience is often defined by big moments spent traveling and exploring the world. However, these moments only make up a portion of their time abroad. Instead, it is the small...

BOBROSKE: Apartheid Lingers in Language Division

BOBROSKE: Apartheid Lingers in Language Division

By Alexander Bobroske October 2, 2015

Language is the foundation for community and culture. It allows us to communicate, learn and collaborate with one another, but it can also be exploited as a means to enforce segregation. The case of Stellenbosch...

OWSIANY: Study Abroad’s Real Cost

OWSIANY: Study Abroad’s Real Cost

By Laura Owsiany September 25, 2015

In the spring semester of 2015, I studied abroad in London, one of the most expensive cities in the world, for five months. I frequently found myself feeling caught between the cost of doing something...

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The Sept. 16 Chilean earthquake struck approximately 150 miles from Valparaiso and Santiago, where Georgetown students are studying.

Students Unharmed in Chilean Earthquake

By Emily Tu September 18, 2015

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck the coast of Chile on Sept. 16, killing at least 11 and prompting the evacuation of more than one million people. Eleven Georgetown students, all uninjured, are currently...

BOBROSKE: Its Odd Being an American Abroad

BOBROSKE: It’s Odd Being an American Abroad

By Alexander Bobroske September 18, 2015

I have lived in Ecuador and am now in South Africa, and in both places, I’ve experienced a full array of commentaries on my American nationality. First, there are the paranoid people in South America...

SHRINATH: Finding My Sanctuary in India, France

By Kshithij Shrinath September 18, 2015

Sitting now on the right bank of the Seine as a refreshing breeze wafts slowly to shore, the immediate circumstances of my arrival in India earlier this summer seem far off. The moment I touched down in...

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