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VIEWPOINT: Make Fluency the New Currency

VIEWPOINT: Make Fluency the New Currency

By Charlotte Hibbert and Luke Landegger February 22, 2024

It is a well-known fact that students in Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business (MSB) do not have a language proficiency requirement. This exception to Georgetown’s core language requirement...

Women in Business: The Value of Mentorship and Support Networks

Women in Business: The Value of Mentorship and Support Networks

By Caroline Rareshide September 8, 2022

As a first-year student, Toni Marz (MSB ’26) has given the usual back-and-forth Georgetown introduction countless times to other new students since the start of the fall semester.  “They’ll...

VIEWPOINT: Fight for Women in Finance

VIEWPOINT: Fight for Women in Finance

By Sachi Tejani March 31, 2022

The most recent Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) report on diversity, equity and inclusion reveals that only 36.14% of undergraduate students for the 2020-2021 academic year are...

VIEWPOINT: Continue Sustainability Beyond Pandemic

VIEWPOINT: Continue Sustainability Beyond Pandemic

By Nathan Sonnenfeld March 25, 2021

As businesses and schools shuttered in March 2020, millions stopped commuting to work. Fewer emissions allowed many city dwellers to once again see the stars. Stories broke across the globe of animals...

Georgetown Restaurants Fight For Survival as Pandemic Wears On

Georgetown Restaurants Fight For Survival as Pandemic Wears On

By Joyce Yang February 12, 2021

As Washington, D.C., enacted COVID-19 shutdown orders last March, John Tran, the owner of the Vietnamese restaurant Simply Banh Mi on Wisconsin Avenue, was left scrambling as uncertainty swirled and customers...

GRLAs Nike Webinar Connects Fashion and Business

GRLA’s Nike Webinar Connects Fashion and Business

By Megan Wee November 1, 2019

Fashion, sports and business intersect in incredibly dynamic and interesting ways, according to Nike marketing executive Ricky Schramm (COL ‘07, MBA ’12), who participated in a Zoom conference webinar...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY INVESTMENT FUND/FACEBOOK | Finance and consulting clubs attract students from all four undergraduate colleges, but in particular those in the McDonough School of Business. These organizations help students develop preprofessional skills, work on team projects and start establishing connections with experienced professionals in the field.

Finance Clubs Build Skills, Forge Appealing Connections

By Jemima Denham April 12, 2019

Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union, the Hilltop Microfinance Initiative, the Georgetown University Student Investment Fund, Hilltop Consultants, the Georgetown Accounting Society...

IGLESIAS-AYALA: Pioneering Minority Representation

IGLESIAS-AYALA: Pioneering Minority Representation

By Mireya Iglesias-Ayala February 15, 2019

The Spanish translation of this article can be found below. La traducción al español de este artículo se puede encontrar a continuación. First-generation women of color are faced with pursuing...

@GeorgetownWomeninScience | The Georgetown Graduate Women in Business and Women in Science and Education student groups were bestowed grants from the American Association of University Women this week. The funds will be designated towards supporting women in underrepresented fields.

Women’s Leadership Grant Awarded to Graduate Student Groups

By Mason Mandell February 15, 2019

Two Georgetown graduate student groups were awarded a combined $5,000 grant by the American Association of University Women to continue their work in advancing female leadership in business and science. The...

MAGGIE CHEN/THE HOYA The McDonough School of Business launched a yearlong program for residents of Washington, D.C., released from correctional facilities to obtain certificates in business and entrepreneurship.

Georgetown Launches Inmate Re-Entry and Education Program

By Alexandra Bowman November 30, 2018

Washington, D.C. residents released from local correctional facilities are eligible for an academic and employment-centered fellowship program. The Georgetown Pivot Program is a fellowship for formerly...

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2018 graduates of MBA programs had a 98 percent employment rate three months after graduation, a new record for the program.

MBA Graduates Set Record Salaries and Employment

By Satya Adabala November 9, 2018

Graduates from the Master of Business Administration program set new records in 2018 for salaries and job placements, the McDonough MBA Career Center announced Oct. 31. For the class of 2018, 98...

VIEWPOINT: Learning the ‘Rules of the Game’

By Aluwet Deng September 14, 2018

Business has historically been dominated by white men who wrote the business world’s rules in ways that left little room for blacks and other people of color. Success in business should be determined...

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