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Spring Transfers Join Georgetown Community Amid Pandemic Challenges

Spring Transfers Join Georgetown Community Amid Pandemic Challenges

By Caitlin McLean January 28, 2021

Spring transfer students have begun their first semester at Georgetown University, adjusting to a new school in the middle of the academic year and in a remote setting.   Many students said...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | In previous years orientation advisors and NSO captains have viewed the Hoya Real Talk performance before freshman and transfer students. Due to time constraints, this year, most did not.

Hoya RealTalk Featured Inappropriate Content, Orientation Leaders Say

By Rachel Friedman September 6, 2019

This article discusses sexual assault on campus. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. After student complaints about inadequate preparation and inappropriate messaging...

PECK: Keeping Up the Conversation on Suicide

By Jordan Peck February 13, 2018

Content warning: This article discusses depression and suicide. Please refer to the end of the article for resources on campus. Suicide prevention advocacy is too often conducted through giant posters...

PARKER: Add Sex Ed to NSO

PARKER: Add Sex Ed to NSO

By Talia Parker January 25, 2018

Georgetown University takes great pride in the geographic diversity of its student body. Join any tour with the Blue and Gray Tour Guide Society, and you’ll hear about how students come to Georgetown...

CARNES: Rules for Returning Hoyas

CARNES: Rules for Returning Hoyas

By Fr. Matthew Carnes, S.J. September 14, 2017

At Georgetown, New Student Orientation offers a marvelous, nearly round-the-clock set of activities to welcome new Hoyas, introducing them to our community and offering them an array of tools to succeed....

EDITORIAL: Amend NSO to Calm Chaos

By Editorial Board September 8, 2017

As newly minted Hoyas stepped onto campus a few weeks ago to begin their Georgetown careers, they were faced with a weekend of excitement, exhaustion and chaos — New Student Orientation. While NSO teaches...

Freshman Class Assimilates to GU

By Yasmine Salam September 30, 2016

After a month on the Hilltop, the Class of 2020 is beginning to settle into life on campus. These new Hoyas are part of the 16.4 percent of admitted applicants. | The Class of 2020 represents a diversity...

International Pre-O Cut

By Tara Subramaniam September 9, 2016

The Office of Global Services did not host the international pre-orientation program for the second year running, instead choosing to run the program as part of New Student Orientation in an effort...

JINWOO CHONG/THE HOYA
Approximately 1600 freshmen and 200 transfer students were welcomed to Georgetown at this weekend’s New Student Orientation with an Olympics-inspried “Light Your Torch” theme.

Georgetown Welcomes Freshmen, Transfers

By Tara Subramaniam August 30, 2016

This year’s New Student Orientation, with its Olympics-inspired “Light Your Torch” theme, welcomed the approximately 1,600 freshmen members of the Class of 2020 and over 200 transfer students...

NSO Kicks Off in DC, Qatar

By Tom Garzillo September 1, 2015

This year’s Hollywood-themed New Student Orientation, "Hoyawood," ran Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 with the participation of approximately 200 orientation advisors, the largest group yet. The orientation program...

NSO Incorporates New Sexual Assault Training

By Maddy Moore April 1, 2014

This fall New Student Orientation will include a new mandatory training on campus sexual assault called “I Am Ready.” The program is the first of its kind to engage freshmen on the issue and inform...

DEARING & WEISS Privileged to Serve Our Community

By Philip Dearing and Benjamin Weiss September 13, 2013

During New Student Orientation training, we had the opportunity to participate in a workshop led by Kathy Obear, an organizational development consultant. In it,Obear engaged us in a dialogue on the...

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