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UNBROKEN HORIZONS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION INC Unbroken Horizon board member Kyle Fortenberry, President and Founder Seth Owen, Vice President Zenja Key Stallworth and board member Kaylee Petik attend the Equality Florida Great Jacksonville Gala to accept recognition for their work on behalf of LGBTQ high school students.

Months After Separating From Parents, GU Student Creates Fund for LGBTQ Students

By Rachel Friedman March 18, 2019

Seth Owen (SFS ’22) has raised over $30,000 for his scholarship fund toward financial assistance for LGBTQ high school students after it officially launched Feb. 25. Owen was able to found the Unbroken...

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...

Sufi Scholarship of the 18th Century Influenced Islamic Thought, Northwestern Professor Says

By Jonah Zinn October 10, 2018

The Tijaniyyah branch of Sufism in Islam had a larger influence on Islamic thought than many historians believe, Northwestern University Professor Zachary Wright said at an event Friday afternoon in the...

Thirty Georgetown Students Among 2018 Fulbright Scholarship Recipients

Thirty Georgetown Students Among 2018 Fulbright Scholarship Recipients

By Christian Paz May 18, 2018

A record 30 Georgetown University students, including 19 graduating seniors, are set to receive Fulbright scholarships to pursue individual research and English language teaching fellowships around the...

Amanda Scott (C’19), left, and Shakera Vaughan (C’19), both government majors at Georgetown, are among this year's 2018 Harry S. Truman Scholars.

2 Students Awarded Truman Scholarship for Community Service

By Sarah Mendelsohn April 18, 2018

Government majors Amanda Scott (COL ’19) and Shakera Vaughan (COL ’19) were each awarded $30,000 by the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation for their government-related extracurricular activities...

Georgetown Alumna Named 2018 Rhodes Scholar

By Erin Doherty December 1, 2017

Deirdre Collins (COL ’17) was named the 2018 Rhodes Scholar for Bermuda, where she will work to promote environmental preservation and sustainable development after studying at Oxford University. Collins,...

Georgetown Offers Cybersecurity Scholarship

By William Zhu April 4, 2017

Georgetown started a cybersecurity scholarship program March 15 in which both graduate and undergraduate students will be able to receive tuition and stipend benefits in exchange for working in the public...

Noah Taylor

Setting Paths for Reconciliation

By Editorial Board September 9, 2016

With President John J. DeGioia’s remarks in Gaston Hall on Sept. 2, Georgetown is beginning to undertake a new phase of efforts to confront its history with one of America’s original sins: slavery....

Alexander Brown/The Hoya | The Georgetown Resident Assistant Coalition (GRAC) and Georgetown University completed its third and fourth rounds of bargaining for the tentative contract on Oct. 21 and Oct. 30, respectively.

Descendants of 272 React to Reparations

By Ian Scoville September 9, 2016

A group of descendants of the 272 slaves whose sale in 1838 benefitted Georgetown University is seeking to establish a $1 billion foundation in partnership with the university and the Jesuits of Maryland...

MSB to Offer Scholarships to Returning Peace Corps Volunteers

By Sarah Smith and Owen Eagan May 1, 2016

The McDonough School of Business will offer scholarships to returned members of the Peace Corps starting in 2017 after being chosen as a member of the Paul D. Coverdell Fellowship Program.   MSB...

Brekelmans Legacy Remembered Through Scholarship 5K

By Marina Pitofsky March 18, 2016

The Georgetown Running Club and the Georgetown Center for Contemporary Arab Studies will hold the first Nina Brekelmans Memorial Scholarship 5K on Saturday. Brekelmans passed away in a house fire in...

Georgetown is #GSProud

Georgetown is #GSProud

By Courtney Klein and Courtney Klein November 17, 2015

You may have noticed that today Hoyas are taking to social media with cover photos, testimonials and the hashtag #GSProud. Well, this is all part of a campaign headed by the Georgetown Scholarship...

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