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New MBA Certificate Bridges Sustainability and Business

New MBA Certificate Bridges Sustainability and Business

By Harrison McBride January 17, 2020

Select students in the McDonough School of Business’ MBA program began classes for a new certificate program centered around business sustainability this semester.  The certificate in sustainable...

Student Petition Calls for GU To Name MedStar Building in Honor of Nun

Student Petition Calls for GU To Name MedStar Building in Honor of Nun

By Harrison McBride November 22, 2019

Students have signed a letter calling for the new MedStar Georgetown University Hospital surgical pavilion to be named after Eileen Niedfield (MED ’51), valedictorian of the first class of women accepted...

Senator Resigns Amid Ethics, Oversight Reform

Senator Resigns Amid Ethics, Oversight Reform

By Riley Rogerson and Harrison McBride November 15, 2019

Zev Burton (SFS ’22), a Georgetown University Student Association senator and the senate ethics and oversight committee chair, resigned Nov. 11.  Burton, who was elected senator in April 2019,...

GUSA Senate Legislation Clarifies Consequences for Repeat Absences

GUSA Senate Legislation Clarifies Consequences for Repeat Absences

By Harrison McBride November 15, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association senate passed new legislation to standardize the organization’s senator absence policy at their most recent meeting Nov. 10. The bill, introduced by...

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GUSA Senate Backs Resolution Supporting Sex Work Decriminalization

By Harrison McBride November 8, 2019

After a more than 14-hour Washington, D.C. Council hearing on a bill that would take steps to decriminalize some sex work in D.C., the Georgetown University Student Association Senate voted in favor of...

GUSA Fund Dissolved, FinApp Absorbs Resources

GUSA Fund Dissolved, FinApp Absorbs Resources

By Harrison McBride October 25, 2019

The Georgetown University Student Association Senate unanimously voted in support of a bill to dissolve the GUSA Fund, a committee that redistributed a small part of the student activities fee to clubs...

COURTESY NATIONAL PRESS CLUB JOURNALISM INSTITUTE | Last Monday, campaign volunteers visited every congressional office on Capitol Hill to ensure that members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate are aware of Tice’s situation.

Supporters Advocate for Austin Tice at Capitol

By Harrison McBride September 27, 2019

Family members and supporters of Austin Tice (SFS ’02) led an advocacy campaign at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 23 as a part of the new “Ask About Austin Tice” campaign launched this August.  After...

JULIA ALVEY / THE HOYA | Fall GUSA Senate campaigns launched Wednesday morning and features 21 candidates vying for various open positions in the Senate pending next week's elections.

21 Students Announce GUSA Senate Campaigns

By Harrison McBride September 20, 2019

With a focus on facilities issues, expanding dining options and improved representation for minority students, 21 students announced their candidacy for Georgetown University Student Association senate...

KIKI SCHMALFUSS/THE HOYA | D.C. Public Schools recently enacted new policies with the Center for Social Justice tutoring organizations that now require tutors to get  background tested, fingerprinted and TB tested.

CSJ Tutors Face New DCPS Clearance Requirements

By Harrison McBride September 20, 2019

Tutoring organizations under the Center for Social Justice now require volunteers to undergo FBI background tests, tuberculosis testing and fingerprinting to comply with preexisting District of Columbia...

Demonstrators Remember Ethiopian Airlines Crash Victims

By Harrison McBride September 13, 2019

Demonstrators gathered for a vigil in honor of the victims of March’s Ethiopian Airlines crash, which took the life of Cedric Asiavugwa (LAW ’19), outside the Department of Transportation on Sept....

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