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Students met with Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson on Monday in advance of his address at the School of Foreign Service commencement Saturday.

Johnson Meets Undocumented Students Amid Backlash

By Toby Hung May 20, 2016

In light of student and alumni advocacy efforts opposing his selection as the School of Foreign Service commencement speaker, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson met with university administrators...

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Former World Bank economist Joel Hellman took on the role of School of Foreign Service Dean with plans to innovate and expand.

Q&A: Hellman on the Future of the SFS

By Kshithij Shrinath April 5, 2016

The School of Foreign Service announced former World Bank Chief Institutional Economist Joel Hellman as its new dean in April 2015. As Hellman, who officially took over the role in July, reaches the...

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The School of Foreign Service Dean’s Office announced that students will be able to minor in foreign languages, marking the first time they will be able to minor outside the undergraduate core.

SFS Approves Language Minors

By Christian Paz April 1, 2016

Students in the School of Foreign Service will be able to pursue language minors within Georgetown College beginning this fall, according to a Tuesday announcement from the SFS Dean’s Office. The...

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The School of Foreign Service Dean’s Office announced that students will be able to minor in foreign languages, marking the first time they will be able to minor outside the undergraduate core.

SFS Adds Language Minors

By Christian Paz March 30, 2016

Students in the School of Foreign Service will be able to pursue language minors within Georgetown College beginning this fall, according to a Tuesday announcement from the SFS Dean’s Office. The...

ABC's of the Hilltop

ABC’s of the Hilltop

By Alessandra Puccio and Alessandra Puccio March 20, 2016

Welcome current and future Hoyas alike! As you may know or will soon find out, here at Georgetown, we speak in code. Conversations are permeated by acronyms, phrases, and nicknames known only to Georgetown...

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Student Dies in Skiing Accident

By Ian Scoville March 11, 2016

Nathan Kittredge Rom (SFS ’19) died in a skiing accident Wednesday while on a family vacation in Colorado, according to a campuswide email. Rom was wearing a helmet when he hit a tree while skiing...

The Change Georgetown DOESN'T Need

The Change Georgetown DOESN’T Need

By Charlie Fritz and Charlie Fritz March 2, 2016

It was recently revealed through The Hoya that the administrators of SFS are considering changes to the core curriculum. This idea may seem great for SFSers due to the excessive amount of Econ requirements...

SFS Hosts Ambassador-Led Negotiation Simulation

By William Zhu February 9, 2016

The Walsh School of Foreign Service’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy hosted its tenth annual International Negotiation Simulation involving over 20 SFS students and U.S. Ambassador Richard Norland...

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The Mind-Body Medicine Program, which launched 13 years ago in the Georgetown University Medical Center, has expanded to undergraduates over the past few years, catering students in the School of Nursing and Health Studies and the School of Foreign Service who experience stress.

Mindfulness Meditation, Stress Relief Program Expands

By Owen Eagan November 20, 2015

"There is nothing that I am prouder of," Georgetown University Medical Center professor Aviad Haramati said with a smile, recalling his role in the founding of the Mind-Body Medicine Program 13 years...

Which Georgetown School Are You?

Which Georgetown School Are You?

By Annie Fraser and Annie Fraser November 10, 2015

Feeling isolated? No one understands you? Struggling with your sense of self and purpose? Not the smartest kid anymore? Don't worry, this has nothing to do with your overinflated sense of self being confronted...

Joint Program Selects Fellows

By Patricja Okuniewska November 6, 2015

The Global Business Fellows program, a joint initiative between the McDonough School of Business and the School of Foreign Service, accepted 40 percent of applicants from the SFS and 60 percent of applicants...

SFS Public Service Initiative To Select Inaugural Cohort

By Taylor Harding October 27, 2015

The Walsh Scholars Initiative, a program supervised by the School of Foreign Service Academic Council to promote careers in the public sector, received applications for its first class of participants...

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