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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Three Georgetown Graduate Students Named Newmark Scholars

Three Georgetown Graduate Students Named Newmark Scholars

By Nora Toscano September 21, 2023

The Craig Newmark Veterans Scholarship Fund awarded three Georgetown University graduate students with Newmark Scholarships intended to deepen veterans’ impact on public policy. Each year, the fund...

MSB Scholarship Reform Supports Veterans in Higher Education

MSB Scholarship Reform Supports Veterans in Higher Education

By Nina Raj November 18, 2022

The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) will expand its Yellow Ribbon Program (YRP), a scholarship that helps veterans ineligible for the GI Bill pay for higher education.  Starting...

McCourt’s Scholars Program for Veterans to Expand after $200,000 Donation

McCourt’s Scholars Program for Veterans to Expand after $200,000 Donation

By Samantha Sinutko February 3, 2022

A $200,000 donation to the McCourt School of Public Policy’s scholarship program will help expand the program to support nine military-connected students. Craig Newmark Philanthropies (CNP), a non-profit...

VIEWPOINT: Cancel Class to Honor Veterans

By Venishea Smith November 9, 2018

One tour in Saudi Arabia, two tours in Afghanistan, 28 years in the Marine Corps: My father is a proud veteran who has spent most of his life serving and fighting for the United States. He and other...

DILLON: Why Soldiers Fight

DILLON: Why Soldiers Fight

By Raymond W. Dillon Jr. October 5, 2018

On Sept. 1, 2016, then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick kneeled during the singing of the national anthem at a football game in protest of police brutality against black Americans. In the...

MSB Student Veterans Launch Sleep-Aiding Tea Startup

MSB Student Veterans Launch Sleep-Aiding Tea Startup

By Kevin Hautigan November 16, 2017

Coyotea, a sleep-aiding bottled tea company started by one student and two alumni from the McDonough School of Business MBA program, launched this month after over a year of planning. Christian Hyland...

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Student veterans, pictured here attending the Veteran’s Day Ceremony last fall, have defended Georgetown’s support for veterans, particularly because of the work done by GUSVA.

Despite Ranking, Veterans Defend GU Program

By Eric Jubber October 4, 2016

When an earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, Mark Henderson (COL ’17) jumped into action to help survivors. As an enlisted member of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army’s Global Response...

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Dog Tag Bakery will hold a birthday celebration to honor one of its co-founders, the late Fr. Curry, on March 18.

Dog Tag Bakery Celebrates Father Curry

By Melina Delkic February 26, 2016

Dog Tag Bakery, a nonprofit organization that sells baked goods and trains veterans in business, will hold a birthday celebration March 18 in honor of one of its founders, Fr. Rick Curry, S.J., who taught...

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At the memorial service held Wednesday in Dahlgren Chapel, students, family and friends remembered and celebrated the life of Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., including his extensive work for his students, veterans and members of the disabled community in the United States.

Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., Remembered for Boundless Passion

By Syed Humza Moinuddin and Ashwin Puri January 29, 2016

When he was not inspiring meaningful conversation in his students, pursuing his passion for baking or empowering the disabled, Fr. Richard Curry, S.J., would give loud and friendly greetings to any passerby,...

Startup Educates Vets for Jobs in Tech

By Syed Humza Moinuddin November 13, 2015

After transitioning out of the U.S. Navy in 2012, Justin Ossola (GRD ’13) knew his next step. He dreamed of going into high-tech sales and working for technology giants such as Google, Microsoft Corp....

Book Launch Highlights Struggles of Returning Veterans

By Ashwin Puri September 18, 2015

Philosophy professor Nancy Sherman presented her new book on post-bellum effects on veterans called "Afterwar: Healing the Moral Wounds of Our Soldiers," Wednesday at an event hosted by the Mortara Center...

Nonprofit Serves Veterans

By Ashwin Puri September 15, 2015

The Armed Services Arts Partnership, a nonprofit that mounts arts programs for veterans and military families, will begin offering a free veterans’ writing seminar and comedy boot camp at Georgetown...

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