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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

EDITORIAL: Beware of Online Anonymity

EDITORIAL: Beware of Online Anonymity

By The Editorial Board October 7, 2022

Last spring, a new social media platform called Flok joined the likes of Instagram, GroupMe and BeReal in becoming a pervasive facilitator of campus communication at Georgetown University. Flok is an...

MSB Offers New Virtual Option for Flex MBA Students

MSB Offers New Virtual Option for Flex MBA Students

By Nina Raj September 9, 2022

The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) will launch an online program for students to earn a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from anywhere in the world. The new online...

Exchange Students Started the Semester Online, Alone, Before Finding Community

Exchange Students Started the Semester Online, Alone, Before Finding Community

By Liberty Phelan March 3, 2022

When Georgetown University announced in December 2021 that the first three weeks of spring semester classes would be online, exchange student Odelia Kamhi became concerned about a tougher transition to...

Virtual Social Lives and the Freshman Experience

Virtual Social Lives and the Freshman Experience

By Kendel Barber November 6, 2020

Starting her college career from home, Rita Alan (SFS ’24) began doing Zoom baking sessions with friends as a new way to connect with fellow freshmen.   “Two weeks ago, I did Zoom baking...

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

A Sneak Peek Into Your Semester Online

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz August 13, 2020

Due to the ongoing public health crisis, Georgetown has decided the majority of students will remain home for the fall 2020 semester. Hoyas received a taste of online learning during the spring of 2020,...

GU Converts to Online Classes Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

GU Converts to Online Classes Amid COVID-19 Outbreak

By Harrison McBride March 11, 2020

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) announced in a universitywide email that all in-person classes will transition indefinitely to online only coursework beginning March...

VIEWPOINT: Rebranding as a Digital-Focused Publication

VIEWPOINT: Rebranding as a Digital-Focused Publication

By Toby Hung and Daniel Almeida January 14, 2020

At our first onboarding event for The Hoya, we remember how a well-known news media professional who then consulted for The Hoya informed us that the only thing we need to know about a journalist’s...

VIEWPOINT: Taking The Hoya Online

VIEWPOINT: Taking The Hoya Online

By Karen Travers January 14, 2020

“Oh my god, you are so old.” That was the reaction from my younger ABC News colleague when I told him I was writing a piece about my time as editor-in-chief of The Hoya and the birth of the newspaper’s...

A Guiding Light For Mental Health

By Joe Luther and Connor Rohan January 22, 2016

Advocacy surrounding insufficient mental health resources on our campus is as commonplace and substandard as O’Donovan Hall’s food and lame jokes about its grungy food. However, while lousy garbage...

Lighting the Way

By The Editorial Board January 22, 2016

Created by the Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health and supported by the Georgetown University Student Association, Health Education Services and Georgetown’s Counseling and Psychiatric...

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Project Lighthouse, announced by the Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health Committee this week, will allow students to communicate with trained peer supporters on concerns regarding mental health through a unique online chat forum.

Project Lighthouse Initiative Announced

By Ashwin Puri January 22, 2016

The Georgetown University Student Association Mental Health Committee announced the creation of the Project Lighthouse mental health initiative Jan. 13, which will implement a peer-to-peer online chat...

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Why MOOCs Won’t Make It Up The Hilltop

By Paul Healy July 10, 2014

Last night, as I was having a drink with some new friends, I saw why online education has yet to disrupt the Hilltop, and probably won’t for the foreseeable future. Sitting and talking with other...

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