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Durriya Meer Starts as New CAPS Director

Durriya Meer Starts as New CAPS Director

By Adora Zheng February 4, 2022

Durriya Meer, a licensed psychologist, is the new director of Counseling and Psychiatric Service (CAPS), Georgetown’s primary mental health agency that helps students overcome difficulties that may...

GERMS Slashes Operating Hours, Will Not Take New Members for Fall

GERMS Slashes Operating Hours, Will Not Take New Members for Fall

By Giulia Testa September 10, 2021

The Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service will only operate on weekend nights and will not accept new members for the fall 2021 semester because of various complications related to COVID-19. The...

VIEWPOINT: The Benefits and Joys of Talking to Strangers

VIEWPOINT: The Benefits and Joys of Talking to Strangers

By Caroline Albers October 3, 2018

I graduated Georgetown University as an English major with no job. Spoiler alert: I’m doing just fine. I have a creative job at Framebridge, an online custom framing startup, doing work I care...

VIEWPOINT: Personalizing My Career Path

By Sara Carioscia September 25, 2018

I spent a significant part of my senior year sitting in the upper level of the new Peet’s Coffee applying for jobs. I vividly remember walking down steep 35th Street, turning left on M, and rushing to...

EDITORIAL: Hear Hoyas Out on Hiring

By Editorial Board September 21, 2018

Students deserve administrators who are compatible with their priorities and able to communicate effectively with the undergraduate community. When these officials are hired without help from students...

BLUE AND GRAY
A new policy passed by Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society prevents freshmen in their first semester at Georgetown from being selected as members of the organization.

Blue and Gray Delays Freshman Hires

By Will Cassou September 7, 2018

The Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society will not hire freshmen this fall as part of a new recruitment policy designed to ensure all tour guides have sufficient experience as a college student. Blue...

RACHEL SKAAR FOR THE HOYA
The Corp and GUASFCU collectively received more than 600 applications this fall hiring season. The Corp’s acceptance rate remained relatively the same as last year at about 18 percent while GUASFCU accepted about nine percent of its applicants.

Corp, GUASFCU Receive More Than 600 Apps

By Sarah Smith September 25, 2015

Students of Georgetown, Inc. and the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union collectively hired more than 100 students in a record-breaking fall application season. Both organizations...

ISABEL BINAMIRATHE HOYA
After the Bulldog Tavern Oversight Committee raised concerns about the restaurant’s slow service and business operations, the management team responded over the summer by expanding its hiring initiative, increasing the amount of nightly events, offering new food and drink promotions and adding a variety of dining options.

Troubled Bulldog Tavern Bolsters Staff, Programming

By Toby Hung September 1, 2015

The Bulldog Tavern management team implemented new hiring and programming initiatives over the summer to improve the quality of the restaurant’s service and business operations. The pub, which...

COURTESY THE CORP
Both Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union (left) and The Corp finished their hiring seasons earlier this week. While acceptance rates for the former remained competitive, The Hilltoss opened up 15 additional spots in the Corp for potential employees.

Corp, GUASFCU Welcome New Hires

By Kim Bussing and Editor-in-Chief September 19, 2014

As the rigorous application season for on-campus clubs wraps up, Students of Georgetown Inc. and Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union are welcoming their fall 2014 new hires....

GU Behind Peers in Peace Corps Ranks

By Katherine Richardson February 14, 2014

The Peace Corps released a list of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities Feb. 11, with Georgetown securing the number seven spot of all medium-sized schools. Georgetown’s neighbors, American...

Hired Without a Storefront

By Ashley Miller January 28, 2014

In this semester’s round of hiring for Students of Georgetown Inc., a group of students were chosen to join a Corp location that does not exist yet: Hilltoss.Hilltoss, a salad and smoothie shop slated...

Midnight MUG Hires Mid-Semester

By Griffin Cohen October 29, 2013

A month after its usual hiring season, The Corp posted a call for two new Midnight MUG employees last Wednesday. Though mid-semester hiring is uncommon, Midnight MUG required more manpower than...

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