Dumi Mabhena (G’24) has always been an entrepreneur. Now as he receives his MBA from the McDonough School of Business, he's ready to take his start-up to the next level ..read more

This story is part of a Georgetown Faces, a storytelling series that celebrates the beloved figures, unsung heroes and dedicated Hoyas who make our campus special. Every May, Georgetown hosts commencement ceremonies for each of the university’s 10 schools in Washington, DC. While most people come and go to one ceremony to celebrate their graduates, a select few are present at multiple, if not every, single celebration throughout the marathon weekend.  One of those people is Frederick Binkholder.  Binkholder, a professor of the practice in the performing arts in the Coll ..read more

In the coming days, Georgetown will celebrate Hoyas in the Class of 2024 as they earn their degrees. As these students prepare to graduate, many of them will remember the lifelong friendships, treasured lessons and favorite memories long after they’ve flipped their graduation tassels. Ingrained in every Georgetown experience are those little moments that make a deep impression, from random conversations in Lau with friends to a daily morning stroll under Healy Hall and countless hours of studying in the library. We asked the seniors behind Georgetown Stories about those little moments and wha ..read more

Meet three graduates from the School of Continuing Studies who have hurdled obstacles, made remarkable achievements and have put Jesuit values into action every day ..read more

Isabel Powell (C’24) started classes online during the pandemic. She's now graduating from Georgetown after having traveled around the world for public health research ..read more

Georgetown University in Qatar honored 140 graduates at a commencement ceremony on May 9, 2024 ..read more

Sabrina Pérez (C’24) (left) with her mom, Samara Perez. When Sabrina Pérez (C’24) graduates from Georgetown in May, she’ll no longer be the first person in her family to graduate from college. Her mom did two weeks earlier.  For the past four years, the mother and daughter have experienced college together, 14 hours apart. As Sabrina studied English on the Hilltop, her mother, Samara Pérez, took classes in social work at a university in Fort Myers, Florida. They’d check in on each other every day, sharing learnings and stories from class, swapping tips, and leaning on each other as they n ..read more

At the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, the night’s headliner, comedian Roy Wood Jr., brought Gabe Fleisher (C’24) as a special guest. Amid Hollywood celebrities, U.S. senators, representatives and political pundits, Fleisher stood in line for a photo op with Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, who is also a Distinguished Visitor from Practice at Georgetown Law. When he approached the two, Emhoff stopped him and said, “I read you every morning!” And just in case Fleisher didn’t believe him, Harris confirmed that her husband was indeed a fan of Fleisher’s wor ..read more

In April, Georgetown hosted two events to support Afghan women and girls’ access to education and advocacy.  The U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, based at Georgetown University, recently launched a university collective to magnify scholarships and logistical support for Afghan refugees and students. And the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS) hosted its third annual retreat for Afghan women leaders, most of whom were forced to flee Afghanistan in 2021 after the Taliban took power. Afghanistan is the worst country to be a woman, according to GIWPS’ rankings in its 2023 ..read more

It began as a pie-in-the-sky idea. A quarter-century later, the Supreme Court Institute has become an invaluable resource for lawyers preparing for oral argument before the U.S. Supreme Court ..read more