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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Several Living Learning Communities to Close for 2022-23 School Year

Several Living Learning Communities to Close for 2022-23 School Year

By Julia Kelly March 31, 2022

Seven Living Learning Communities (LLCs) at Georgetown University will not operate in the 2022-23 academic year because of staffing issues, limited resources, campus lockdowns and COVID-19-related adjustments.  Traditionally,...

ANNE STONECIPHER FOR THE HOYA Students living on Magis Row, one of Georgetowns independent Living Learning Communities, conducted a feminine hygiene product drive from Oct. 9 through Oct. 16. The donations were delivered to Thrive D.C., a charity benefitting D.C. Ward 1 residents experiencing homelessness.

Magis Row Organizes Feminine Hygiene Product Drive

By Amy Li October 18, 2018

A drive organized by students who live on Magis Row is set to donate feminine hygiene products to Thrive D.C., a nonprofit organization and the sole provider of homeless services in Washington, D.C.’s...

Which Georgetown LLC Are You?

Which Georgetown LLC Are You?

By Caroline Bucca and Caroline Bucca March 2, 2018

Living Learning Communities have sent out their final decisions, but we here at 4E want to help you figure out which LLC you should really be in. It's time for  . . . which LLC are you? [playbuzz-item...

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University Approves Gender and Sexuality LLC

By Will Cassou January 12, 2018

A newly proposed Living Learning Community providing a space for students to explore gender and sexuality received approval from Georgetown University’s Office of Residential Living last month. The...

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The Spirit of Georgetown Residential Academy occupies the site of the former Jesuit Residence, and features unparalleled amenities and space.

With Lofty Ideals, New Dorm Opens

By Jack Bennett September 1, 2015

Earlier this week, the newly renovated Spirit of Georgetown Residential Academy, commonly known as the Former Jesuit Residence, opened its doors to house 148 sophomores, juniors and seniors as a five-floor...

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Freedom Hall will be renamed Isaac Hawkins Hall after the first slave who was listed in a record of the sale of the 272 slaves that benefitted Georgetown.

Reviving History With New Academy

By Owen Eagan March 3, 2015

As more than 35,000 Civil War soldiers fought at the Battle of Bull Run in July of 1861, the blasts from the cannons could be heard 30 miles away at the Former Jesuit Residence on Georgetown’s campus. When...

Not Easy Living Green

By The Editorial Board February 28, 2014

In the housing lottery, the last rooms to go — besides Village C East — are usually in LXR. So it’s unsurprising that barely any students decided to give up their chance at better housing to live...

Greenhouse LLC Cycled Out

By Sydney Winkler February 28, 2014

The Office of Residential Living has declined to renew the Greenhouse Living Learning Community for the 2014-2015 academic year. The Greenhouse LLC which first opened its doors to residents in fall...

LLC to Enhance Spanish Study

By Gene Choi January 14, 2014

A new Spanish and Portuguese Living Learning Community has entered its planning stage. Scheduled to start in the 2015-2016 academic year, the LLC marks Georgetown’s second Romance language-based community. “The...

New LLC Blurs Lines Between Home, Class

By Rebecca Driessen and Madison Ashley October 11, 2013

When Dani Bembry (COL ’15) returns to her dorm in Kennedy Hall, sometimes class is just getting started. Bembry is one of 11 students in “College, Culture and Conflict,” a new seminar that houses...

Living Learning Communities Foster Connections

By Eitan Sayag October 23, 2012

Georgetown’s expanded Living Learning Communities, which now encompass ten living spaces in both dorms and townhouses, bring students with common interests together under one roof. The LLCs include Bayit —...

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