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The
End of the Fall Semester Transition
The end of the fall semester is a time
of transition and change for both students
and their parents. When students return
home for the holidays, they may not be
the same person who left for campus in
August. -Dr.Wayne
Hurr
Pluralism
in Action: The Voices of a Class
Through a spoken tapestry of student voices,
over 2000 new Hoyas, orientation leaders,
and faculty and staff facilitators had
the chance to explore and begin to understand
the diversity of perspectives present
in the Georgetown University community.
-Erika Cohen Derr
Start
Now to Ensure Internship (and Post-Graduation)
Success
Once considered optional experiences that
could help students build bridges between
academic and post-graduation working life,
internships have now become a much more
integral part of students’ undergraduate
education. -Arlene
M. Hill
Special
Interest Housing and Living-Learning Communities:
Enhancing the Educational Experience at
Georgetown
Living on the Hilltop gives students far
more than a bed, dresser, and desk. It
provides them with an opportunity to connect
the academic and residential experiences
through either creating or participating
in a Special Interest Housing (SIH) or
Living-Learning Community (LLC) residential
programs.
-Stephanie Lynch
Leadership
Programs at Georgetown University
The Georgetown Office of Leadership Development
(GOLD) is one of the many examples of
Georgetown’s Jesuit tradition coming
to life. GOLD is housed in the Center
for Student Programs and its Student Leadership
Coordinators create and implement several
programs, which provide leadership development
training to students across campus.
-Kristan Cilente
Georgetown’s
Outdoor Education
The Outdoor Education (OE) program at
Georgetown University continues to grow
and expand. -Russ
Watts
At
a Glance
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The
New Yorker College Tour
Came to Georgetown
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University
was be the
third and
final stop
of the New
Yorker magazine’s
fall college
tour. Modeled
after The
New Yorker
Festival held
annually in
New York City,
the College
Tour featured
three days
of in-class
visits by
New Yorker
writers and
editors, free
afternoon
lectures and
cultural entertainment
events, planned
from November
16 –
20. Additionally,
selections
from the 80
year history
of New Yorker
cartoons was
on display
in Sellinger
Lounge. The
nearby Leavey
Program room
featured the
New Yorker
College Tour
lounge, with
space to read
and relax,
interactive
displays from
tour sponsors,
and occasional
entertainment
programs.
Events were
open to all
members of
the Georgetown
community
and students
received a
special discount
on evening
entertainment
ticket prices.
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Highlights
from the New Yorker
College Tour lectures
and events included:
-
A post-election analysis
with New Yorker senior
editor Hendrick Hertzberg
and executive editor
Dorothy Wickendon
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Investigative reporter
Seymour Hersh talks
with the editor of
The New Yorker, David
Remnick
- “Writing
Funny,” an evening
with New Yorker humorists
Andy Borowitz, Christopher
Buckley and David
Sedaris, hosted by
New Yorker articles
editor Susan Morrison
-
Fiction Live: Off-Broadway
actors read short
stories published
in The New Yorker
The
New Yorker College Tour
at Georgetown University
was sponsored by the
Georgetown University
Lecture Fund and the
Georgetown Program Board.
For a complete listing
of events and programs,
visit http://www.newyorkercollegetour.com.
-Erika Cohen
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Community
Comes Together at Midnight
Breakfast
Midnight
Breakfast is a long-standing
tradition at Georgetown
University. Each semester
faculty and administrators
put on their aprons
and brave the heat of
the dining hall to serve
up a study break for
hungry students! The
Leo J. O’Donovan,
S.J. Dining Hall serves
as the host to this
most anticipated event.
Students wait all semester
for free tater tots,
French toast sticks,
and scrambled eggs to
be served up by their
favorite faculty and
staff members. In coordination
with Resident Dining
Services, the Assistant
Director of Orientation
and Leadership Programs,
and the Freshman and
Sophomore Class Committees,
Midnight Breakfast is
implemented by providing
volunteers for set-up
and clean-up and recruiting
faculty and administrators
to participate in this
program.
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Midnight Breakfast
regulars include
Vice-President for
Student Affairs
and Dean of Students,
Dr. Todd Olson,
Associate Vice-President
for Student Affairs,
Jeanne Lord, and
many other representatives
from the Division
of Student Affairs
as well as Professor
Joan Riley, School
of Nursing and Health
Studies, and Professor
Ian Gale, Georgetown
College. Campus
Ministry also supports
the event in large
numbers, particularly
with the coordination
of juice distribution
under the direction
of Pamela Galligan-Stierle,
Director of the
Chaplains-in-Residence
program. This year
the study break
will be held on
December 13, the
first Monday of
exams, from 10pm
until midnight on
the lower level
of the O’Donovan
Dining Hall.
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| Dr.
Todd Olson, VP for
Student Affairs
and Dean of Students,
and other volunteers
in action at the
steam table # 2
- Midnight Breakast,
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