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Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (GRD ’74) urged School of Foreign Service graduates to buck trends and embrace public service in his May commencement address to the Class of 2014.

SFS Graduates Increasingly Shun Public Service

By Owen Eagan March 27, 2015

Despite the longstanding connotation of the School of Foreign Service with the pursuit of careers in public service, recent statistics reveal that only a small percentage of SFS students enter the...

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Managing Director Nirmal Maitra (NHS ’17), left, Executive Director Naman Trivedi (SFS ’16), center, and Operations Director Allison Heymann (SFS ’16) were inaugurated as the new SIPS executive board.

SIPS Fund Welcomes New Leaders

By Sarah Fisher February 20, 2015

The Social Innovation Public Service Fund inaugurated a new executive leadership team at the start of February, aiming to continue its steady expansion despite difficulties in raising awareness. The...

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The Beeck Center, located in the ICC, has implemented a number of initiatives to spur social innovation at Georgetown.

New Center Strives to Impact

By Emma Rizk October 3, 2014

Eight months after its launch, the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation has taken steps to entrench itself in the Washington, D.C.,  community and to increase its interactions with the student...

SIPS Launches Application Process

By Eitan Sayag October 19, 2012

The Social Innovation and Public Service Fund will officially begin soliciting project applications Friday afternoon. The application will be launched at an event, “Improving Local and Global Communities...

SAFE Referendum Reaches Vote Threshold

By Sam Rodman January 24, 2012

The three proposals for spending the $3.4 million allocated by the Student Activities Fee Endowment reform each reached their 2,000 vote threshold on the first day of a three-day referendum. Though...

Students to Vote on SAFE Proposals in Referendum

By Annie Chen December 5, 2011

The GUSA senate voted unanimously Sunday to send a proposal on how to spend the $3.4 million Student Activities Fee Endowment to a student body-wide referendum. The proposal, which was finalized by...

Students to Vote on SAFE Proposals in Referendum

By Annie Chen December 4, 2011

The GUSA senate voted unanimously Sunday to send a proposal on how to spend the $3.4 million Student Activities Fee Endowment to a student body-wide referendum. The proposal, which was finalized by...

SAFE Proposals Finalized

By Sam Rodman December 1, 2011

Members of the Georgetown University Student Association's Finance and Appropriations Committee finalized a proposal Wednesday that allocates funds from the Student Activities Fee Endowment to the Social...

SAFE Endowment Committee Backs Healy Pub, Georgetown Energy Proposals

By Upasana Kaku April 20, 2011

The Student Activities Fund Endowment Committee came to a general consensus Tuesday that the Healy Pub proposal should be among the primary recommendations for the $3.4 million dollar now-defunct endowment. The...

A New Fund for a Better Future

By Nick Troiano and Clara Gustafson March 8, 2011

Service to others is one of the ideals upon which Georgetown was founded. Students now have an incredible opportunity to put this principle into practice in an unprecedented way. The Georgetown University...

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