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Senior’s Determination Moves Her From Homeless to Hope for Impacting Community

Rashema Melson (C’19), who enrolled at Georgetown as a homeless high school valedictorian from Southeast Washington, DC, wants to inspire hope for underresourced communities as…

May 17, 2019

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Graduating Descendant of Enslaved Ancestors Clinches ABC News Reporter Job

Elizabeth Thomas (G’19) graduates with a journalism degree from Georgetown's School of Continuing Studies with her ancestors in mind – two of the more than 270 enslaved…

May 15, 2019

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Graduating Students Win Competitions, Thrive in SCS Programs

School of Continuing Studies graduating students win real estate competitions, conduct research to improve spaces for hearing-impaired individuals and.…

May 14, 2019

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Georgetown Qatar Celebrates 11th Commencement Ceremony

Georgetown Qatar celebrates more than 60 graduating seniors during its 11th commencement exercises in.…

May 10, 2019

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Meet Georgetown Qatar’s Class of 2019

Georgetown Qatar graduating seniors excel as student leaders in international politics, humanitarian work, engineering, athletics and.…

May 9, 2019

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Business Graduates Asked to Actively Engage in Change for Better

Ursula Burns, the first black woman to lead a Fortune 500 company, shares her story of perseverance with Georgetown's McDonough School of Business graduates and asks them to…

May 29, 2018

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Congresswoman Holmes Norton Speaks to Law Graduates as They Toward Brilliant Future

D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), who will retire from Georgetown Law faculty after 36 years, and Judge Merrick B. Garland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the…

May 29, 2018

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School of Medicine Celebrates 166th Graduating Class

More than 180 School of Medicine graduates receive their medical degrees as members of the school's 166th graduating class at DAR Constitution.…

May 29, 2018

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Speakers Announced for Commencement 2018 Ceremonies

Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres, Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-District of Columbia) and former MIT President Susan Hockfield (G’79) are among those…

May 29, 2018

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Hoyas 2018 Coverage

Georgetown celebrates the achievements of its more than 6,000 graduates and the faculty, family and friends who support and inspire them during 2018 Commencement Weekend, May 17…

May 28, 2018