Georgetown Summer on the Hilltop
Student Experience

This Is Summer on the Hilltop

August 10, 2023

We’ve been busy this summer. We welcomed students for pre-orientation programs, broke ground on new construction projects, gardened and spruced up our grounds, and found ways to stay cool. But mostly, we got ready for you. 

Explore our happenings on the Hilltop and how we’re welcoming you home.

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We closed chapters and started new ones.

 

Georgetown’s Pivot Program offers returning citizens professional and leadership development to prepare them for careers in business and entrepreneurship.

Returning citizens graduated from Georgetown’s Pivot Program and first-year School of Medicine students donned white coats for the official start of their medical education.

Students in white coats in a well-lit hall.
Lee Jones, MD, Georgetown University School of Medicine dean for medical education, and fellow faculty acknowledge the members of the Class of 2027, who recited the Hippocratic Oath in their native languages, a new tradition during the school’s White Coat Ceremony in addition to reciting the oath in English.

We got our hands dirty.

We started demolition on Henle Village and tended to the Hoya Harvest Garden.

Photo by Shelby Gresch (SFS’22)
The Hoya Harvest Garden, planted in spring of 2023, is a mini urban farm between the Regents and Hariri buildings that uses regenerative agriculture techniques to help students learn more about sustainable food systems. The garden’s produce is distributed through Georgetown’s on-campus food pantry and other community partners.  

We prepared brand-new spaces

We got ready to open entirely new spaces, like the Student Service Center in White Gravenor and the Hilltop Tap Room.

The Student Service Center in White Gravenor, which opens on Aug. 14, was created to centralize services for students, including student accounts, registrar services and financial aid.
hillwood tap room
The Hilltop Tap Room, located on the first floor of the Healy Family Student Center, will be a premium space opening early in the school year for the entire Georgetown community that will feature food and drinks in a comfortable environment, including an outdoor patio that overlooks the Potomac River.

and found ways to beat the heat.

As DC temperatures soared north of 90, we found ways to stay cool.

A cool hallway on the first floor of Healy Hall.
A student readies a coffee at the Mug in the Intercultural Center.
An unusually quiet afternoon in Hariri, where the McDonough School of Business is located.

We sunk our teeth into new experiences

Hoyas tutored migrant youth at a DC church and the newest class of Community Scholars began their journey on the Hilltop.

Student tutors young migrants while participating in the Summer Immigrant Rights and Advocacy Program through Georgetown’s Center for Social Justice.
Community Scholars Program students meet with Rev. Ebony Grisom at Chaplain’s Tea hosted by Campus Ministry.

and got ready to Hoya Saxa.

Georgetown Volleyball
Women’s Volleyball practice for the upcoming season in McDonough Arena.
The Hoyas take Cooper Field for summer football camp.

But mostly, we got ready for you

Welcome back, Hoyas.

We can’t wait to welcome you home.

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