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EDITORIAL: Reaffirm DeGioia’s Progress

EDITORIAL: Reaffirm DeGioia’s Progress

By The Editorial Board December 6, 2024

On Nov. 21, Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) formally announced that he would step down as president. During DeGioia’s 23-year presidency, the university strengthened...

Georgetown University / Georgetown named Robert M. Groves interim president Nov. 21 and Soyica Diggs Colbert (COL ’01) interim provost Nov. 26 following the retirement President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) retirement.

GU Names Groves Interim President, Colbert Interim Provost

By Nora Toscano, Senior News Editor December 6, 2024

Following the retirement of Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95), Georgetown University named former Provost and Executive Vice President Robert M. Groves interim president...

GU President DeGioia to Step Down

GU President DeGioia to Step Down

By Caroline Rareshide, Contributing Editor November 21, 2024

John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) will step down as president of Georgetown University, effective immediately. DeGioia, Georgetown’s longest-tenured and first lay president, announced his decision...

DeGioia underwent surgical intervention at MedStar Washington Hospital Center and is with his wife and son.

DeGioia Suffers Stroke, Provost to Serve as Interim President

By Caroline Rareshide, Contributing Editor June 5, 2024

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) suffered a stroke the morning of June 5, according to an email sent later in the day to community members from Thomas A. Reynolds...

Cobb, Mehta Sworn in as Executive Elects, Senate Passes Six New Resolutions

Cobb, Mehta Sworn in as Executive Elects, Senate Passes Six New Resolutions

By Aamir Jamil November 10, 2023

Executive-elects Jaden Cobb (CAS ’25) and Sanaa Mehta (SFS ’25) were officially sworn in as the new president and vice president of the Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) on Nov. 5.  Of...

DeGioia Speaks About Admissions Future, Legacy Admissions and Search for New Jack the Bulldog

DeGioia Speaks About Admissions Future, Legacy Admissions and Search for New Jack the Bulldog

By Caitlin McLean September 15, 2023

Georgetown University President John DeGioia (CAS ’79, GRD ’95) sat down with The Hoya to discuss the future of admissions following the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action, updates about...

DeGioia Speaks on Abortion Access, the GU272+, Giuliani’s Honorary Degree

DeGioia Speaks on Abortion Access, the GU272+, Giuliani’s Honorary Degree

By Katie Hawkinson September 9, 2022

From the potential rescission of Rudy Giuliani’s (H ’02) honorary degree to Georgetown University’s lack of abortion care resources in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson, university president John J....

Students Elect New GradGov Board, Women Make History

Students Elect New GradGov Board, Women Make History

By Akashdiya Chakraborty April 1, 2022

Two women will assume the roles of Georgetown University Graduate Student Government (GradGov) president and vice president for the first time in the organization’s history following  executive...

Things Georgetown Students Spend More on Than a Certain President Spends on Income Taxes

Things Georgetown Students Spend More on Than a Certain President Spends on Income Taxes

By Abigail Weintz and Abigail Weintz October 20, 2020

Hoyas everywhere know the struggle of tuition, Flex dollars, Canada Geese (Gooses? Goslings?). Living in Washington, D.C., is costly and drains students' wallets. Me, begging my work-study job for...

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY | Former Georgetown Vice President of Mission and Ministry Fr. Kevin O'Brien, S.J., (CAS '88) oversaw the largest interfaith campus ministry of any institution and was awarded the 2016 Dorothy Brown Award for Excellence in Teaching for his work as a theology professor while at Georgetown.

Former VP of Campus Ministry to Become President of Santa Clara University

By Rachel Friedman April 1, 2019

Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J., (CAS ’88), former vice president for mission and ministry at Georgetown University, is set to become the 29th president of Santa Clara University on July 1, Santa Clara announced...

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President Trump Calls for Unity in State of the Union

By Campus News Editor February 8, 2019

President Donald Trump called for unity across party divides while remaining firm on hardline stances on immigration in his second State of the Union speech before a joint session of the U.S. Congress...

O'HARA: Depicting White House Priorities

O’HARA: Depicting White House Priorities

By Katie O’Hara February 3, 2019

Art for the sake of art does not exist in the White House. With each change of presidency, the president meticulously chooses new artwork to display. The paintings and statues a president chooses in...

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