The Georgetown Conversation, one of the winners of a 2011 ReImagine Georgetown grant, plans to kick off its online lecture series this summer.

The videos will cover a diverse range of topics and are intended to foster dialogue between students, faculty and staff members.

Emily Oehlsen (SFS ’13) and Sam Schneider (COL ’13), a member of THE HOYA’S board of directors, developed the idea for the online forum after being introduced to one another by Georgetown University Student Association President Mike Meaney (SFS ’12). After receiving guidance from Meaney, Oehlsen and Schneider applied for the ReImagine Georgetown grant as a pair.

According to Schneider, the $7,000 received from RIG has been integral to making the concept a reality. He and Oehlsen, who is studying abroad in London this semester, are currently looking to fi llseveral fellowship positions that will develop the program’s technology, design management and event coordination over the summer. The offi cial website will launch in September.

Schneider hopes that Chief Information Offi cer Lisa Davis, who began her job in early February, will play an important role in the idea development process. The group has not had an offi cial meeting with administrators, however.

“We think there is a lot of potential for the university to help and make this idea sustainable,” Schneider said. “We don’t want the project to die away.”

For the time being, the project’s main priority is hiring a staff and enlisting professors to present lectures that they can fi lm. The group has reached agreements with 10 professors who will be featured in the fi rst round of videos, speaking on topics from storytelling to international politics.

“We really want to encourage students to access everything that Georgetown has to offer,” Schneider said.

According to Schneider, the duo is open to suggested revisions to their plan. They intend to reach out to oncampus groups to solicit videos and use social media to better communicate with the student body.

“We want [students] to be willing to reach outside of their job applications and run-of-the-mill school work,” he said. “We want to get students excited and curious.”