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A $10 million donation will provide scholarships for the Georgetown University Law Center, as well as support graduates interested in public service.

GU Law Center to Get $10 Million for Scholarships, Public Service Career Support

By Ajani Stella, Senior News Editor June 26, 2025

A former ambassador and Georgetown University Law Center graduate donated $10 million to the law school to fund scholarships and support students pursuing public service careers, the school announced June...

Two Georgetown University students won the Truman Scholarship, a national scholarship which awards grants for public service, April 18.

Two GU Students Win Prestigious Truman Scholarships

By Bridget Galibois, Hoya Staff Writer April 25, 2025

Two Georgetown University juniors won the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, an award for undergraduate students’ commitment to public service, the Truman Scholarship Foundation announced April 18. Kanmani...

Dr. Anthony Fauci urged students to dedicate their lives to public service based on reflections from his own life and how he drew his success from working with the public and local communities during a talk Jan. 15.

Fauci Urges Students to Engage in Public Service

By Annie Quimby, Special to The Hoya January 16, 2025

Dr. Anthony Fauci encouraged students to pursue their passions and public service while reflecting on his career in public health during a talk at Georgetown University Jan. 15. Fauci, who joined Georgetown...

16 Undergrads Join Pelosi Scholars Cohort

16 Undergrads Join Pelosi Scholars Cohort

By Riley Vakkas December 1, 2023

On Nov. 21, the Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative (PSI) announced its 2024 cohort of 16 Georgetown University students, its largest to date. Since 2019, the PSI has selected annually a group of sophomores...

Twitter/@Victorcha | Victor Cha serves as founding chair of the Asian Studies Program and chair of the Government Department.

SFS Professor Recognized for Public Service

By Caleigh Keating September 7, 2023

Victor Cha, a government professor in Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service (SFS), won a prestigious award for his research on political science and his public service. He was honored at...

15 Georgetown Students Selected as 2023 Pelosi Scholars

15 Georgetown Students Selected as 2023 Pelosi Scholars

By Julia Frankel December 2, 2022

The Paul F. Pelosi Scholars Initiative (PSI) awarded 15 scholarships for the summer of 2023 to Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (SFS) students for their scholastic and extracurricular achievements.  PSI...

VIEWPOINT: Pursue Passions in Public Service

VIEWPOINT: Pursue Passions in Public Service

By Hannah Spengler October 7, 2021

After graduation, I joined Teach For America to teach high school math to the greatest students in Oklahoma. After three wonderful, impossibly hard years, I realized the majority of challenges my students...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (left) and chair of the SFS Board of Advisors Paul Pelosi (SFS ’62)(right) donated $1.6 million to support students seeking a career in public service.

Pelosi Family Endows Public Service Scholarship

By Anya Howko-Johnson January 18, 2019

Chair of the SFS Board of Advisors Paul Pelosi (SFS ’62) and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi donated $1.6 million toward expanding the career development programming of...

ALI ENRIGHT FOR THE HOYA
Interviews with nine graduate and undergraduate students, faculty members and former diplomats reflected a growing attitude of disaffection with State Department leadership and the administration of President Donald Trump in the School of Foreign Service.

In Era of Trump and Tillerson, Students Lose Faith in Foreign Service Careers

By Jeff Cirillo December 8, 2017

As turmoil in the Department of State and widespread disaffection with the Trump administration’s leadership drive away top students from careers in foreign service, educators are sounding the alarm...

BYMAN: Finding a Place in Government

BYMAN: Finding a Place in Government

By Daniel Byman January 20, 2017

The allure of public service led many of us to come to Washington and to Georgetown. After graduating from college way back in the Precambrian Era, I joined the United States government with a vague goal...

TRIVEDI & SHETTY: Reconciling Creativity With Public Service

TRIVEDI & SHETTY: Reconciling Creativity With Public Service

By Rohan Shetty and Naman Trivedi September 1, 2015

When the two of us look at life after college, there seems to be a clear fork in the road between private sector jobs that aim to give students the best outlet for learning and public sector positions...

New Institute Targets Youth Engagement

By Alicia Che September 1, 2015

The McCourt School of Public Policy will launch the Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service this fall, led by former Democratic National Committee Director of Communications Mo Elleithee (SFS...

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