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Dance Company Performs On-Stage for The First Time Since Pandemic

Dance Company Performs On-Stage for The First Time Since Pandemic

By Adora Zheng February 24, 2022

The Georgetown University Dance Company (GUDC) performed their annual showcase in person for the first time since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.  The performance was held in the Gonda Theatre...

Q&A: Professor Cal Newport on the Right Way to Study for Midterms

Q&A: Professor Cal Newport on the Right Way to Study for Midterms

By Meena Morar March 19, 2018

Cal Newport, associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University, has never had a social media account in his life. The author of five self-improvement books focused on academic and career...

ALONSO: The Art of Self-Affirmation

ALONSO: The Art of Self-Affirmation

By Alexander Alonso April 13, 2017

  In conjunction with the Senior Class Committee, The Hoya is pleased to present the Senior Compass Series, a platform for seniors from the Class of 2017 to reflect on their experiences at...

KANEDA: How To Be A Top Graduate Without Doing More Work

By Mitch Kaneda February 3, 2017

When School of Foreign Service students hear that they have to write an essay to declare their majors, their first reaction might be, “Not another paper!” Upon seeing the prompt of 250-500 words, “Oh,...

COURTESY GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY GLOBAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Moderator Dave Muchow, managing partner at Muchowlaw, right, spoke with alumni entrepreneurs Jake Decicco, left, Phillip Wong and Ann Yang and Dan Berger, not pictured.

GU Alums Discuss Keys to Startup Success

By Jack Segelstein October 14, 2016

Last week, alumni entrepreneurs came back to campus to offer guidance and advice to students at a panel in the Intercultural Center’s Executive Conference Room. The School of Foreign Service and...

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Overcoming Doubt One Moment at a Time

By Bridget Morton May 20, 2016

I was never supposed to come to Georgetown. My first thin letter moment — the one where your high school senior heart skips a beat and you dream of moving into Darnall Hall in a Georgetown T-shirt...

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After Our Trials, Success Emerges

By Janie McDonough May 20, 2016

Once I entered senior year, I felt as though I was dubbed with a flashing neon sign constantly poised directly over my head reading, “Ask me any question and receive the wisest, most well-planned...

A Bold Beat Forward

A Bold Beat Forward

By Femi Sobowale February 2, 2016

On Jan. 6, 2016, Nicki Minaj won Favorite Hip-Hop Artist at the People’s Choice Awards. On Jan. 7, while double-tapping the picture she posted on Instagram to announce that win, I saw a poorly-worded...

NGUYEN: Twitter Success Is Decieving

NGUYEN: Twitter Success Is Decieving

By Lam Nguyen November 13, 2015

As we inch closer and closer to 2016, one thing that pundits have emphasized is a candidate’s Twitter success, measured by the number of followers or retweets a candidate accumulates following a debate...

SHETTY & TRIVEDI: Understand Yourself To Better Serve Others

SHETTY & TRIVEDI: Understand Yourself To Better Serve Others

By Naman Trivedi and Rohan Shetty September 22, 2015

We think there’s something to be said about getting away —about serving others only after we’ve learned to understand ourselves. Last fall, one of us had the pleasure of meeting a young Filipino...

How I Defined a Successful Career

By Catharine Maitner May 14, 2015

As I reflect on the four years I have spent in this whirlwind, I ask myself: was I successful? On a campus filled with over 7,000 undergraduate students, I don’t think I have the energy, nor my fingers...

Find Success in Failure

By Daniel Yu October 11, 2013

One year ago, I was starting a company, learning how to be an entrepreneur, working a side job while attending the University of Chicago full time. It took a while, but I eventually realized that I was...

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