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GU Community Prepares for Divestment Vote

By Nora Toscano and Jack Willis April 11, 2025

Georgetown University undergraduates voiced worries and excitement in advance of the April 14-16 referendum on whether the university should divest from companies and academic institutions linked to Israel’s...

Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University students will face a referendum April 14 to 16 on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. The referendum will have no binding effect on university policy. Georgetown students have previously called for divestment, including at campus-wide protests in April, 2024, such as the protest pictured.

GU Students to Vote on Israel Divestment

By Evie Steele, Nora Toscano, Jack Willis, and Maren Fagan April 6, 2025

Georgetown University students will face a referendum later this month on university divestment from companies and academic institutions engaged with Israel’s government. Sixteen of the 28 members...

Maren Fagan/The Hoya | Georgetown University committed to introducing gender-inclusive housing for first-years this fall and will work to make it available for all undergraduates.

Georgetown Will Make Gender-Inclusive Housing Available to Class of 2028

By Maren Fagan, Senior News Editor June 10, 2024

Georgetown University will enhance its process of providing gender-inclusive housing, with a pilot program adding a question on gender-inclusive housing to students’ living preference surveys to begin...

Students to Vote on Increased Activity Fee Referendum

Students to Vote on Increased Activity Fee Referendum

By Evie Steele March 16, 2023

The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Senate approved an act in its March 13 meeting submitting a referendum for students to vote on raising the student activity fee, an extra charge each...

GU Launches Reconciliation Fund for GU272+ Descendants

GU Launches Reconciliation Fund for GU272+ Descendants

By Michelle Vassilev October 28, 2022

Georgetown University administrators launched a $400,000 Reconciliation Fund nearly three years after committing to create the fund to benefit descendants of the 314 enslaved people whom the Maryland...

VIEWPOINT: Vote Yes on Restructure Referendum

VIEWPOINT: Vote Yes on Restructure Referendum

By Bora Balcay, Dominic Gordon, Nicole Sanchez, and Dakyung Ham October 28, 2021

If you ask any student walking on Healy Lawn what the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) is and does, they are likely to be confused about how it works and say it does nothing. And they...

VIEWPOINT: Vote No on Restructure Referendum

VIEWPOINT: Vote No on Restructure Referendum

By Layla Weiss October 28, 2021

In the words of founding father John Adams, “I say, that Power must never be trusted Without a Check.”  In the first week of November, the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA)...

Ferretti, Badger Win 2020 GUSA Executive Election; 3 Referenda Pass

Ferretti, Badger Win 2020 GUSA Executive Election; 3 Referenda Pass

By Hoya Staff February 7, 2020

Nicolo Ferretti (SFS ’21) and Bryce Badger (MSB ’21) were elected as the 2020-21 Georgetown University Student Association president and vice president alongside the passage of three referenda Feb....

Club Advisory Boards Vote Against Endorsing Referendum

By Tala al Rajjal November 18, 2016

Representatives on the Council of Advisory Boards voted against endorsing a referendum to abolish the Georgetown University Student Association senate and replace it with a new elected assembly Nov. 11. The...

A Suspect Email Filter

By The Editorial Board October 4, 2013

"This message was posted by Erika Cohen Derr under authority granted by the Division of Student Affairs." This disclaimer concludes every campus-wide email sent by student groups. Few readers notice...

DIRAGO: Decoding a Decisive Referendum

By Nicholas Dirago October 1, 2013

In one of the least surprising developments in student affairs in recent memory, voters in Thursday’s Georgetown University Students Association referendum expressed overwhelming opposition to the potential...

Vote Yields Decisive Dissent

By Annie Chen September 27, 2013

More than 93 percent of students voted against the proposed satellite residence in a referendum on the GUSA ballot Thursday, which student leaders hailed as a resounding statement of opposition to off-campus...

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