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Students

First Virtual First Year Experience Program Honors Winning Teams for the Class of 2024

16 December 2020

The Class of 2024 and participating upper class mentors attended a virtual award ceremony for the First Year Experience (FYE) program, a year-long slate of activities and workshops that supports…

Students

Letter of Understanding between GU-Q and EAA Introduces Students to Education Challenges facing Vulnerable Communities

16 December 2020

QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) has signed a Letter of Understanding with the Education Above All Foundation with the aim of introducing students enrolled in GU-Q’s International Affairs…

Students

Qatari Students Bring the Georgetown Community Together for a Virtual QND Celebration at QF

14 December 2020

An interactive Qatar National Day (QND) online event organized by Qatari students at QF-partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), brought together Qatari artists, entrepreneurs, and public figures for a celebration…

Students

Walking Back to Normal: Georgetown Students Have First Outdoor Event at QF’s Oxygen Park

7 December 2020

With strict adherence to national safety guidelines and the approval of all authorities, ten students at Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) came together for the first in-person extracurricular student activity…

Students

Hoyas Create Connections to QF through the Georgetown Leadership Track Program

30 November 2020

The Georgetown Leadership Track program at GU-Q, a Qatar Foundation (QF) partner institution, invited juniors and seniors to participate in a session on “Building Connections with Qatar Foundation.” The session…

Admissions, Students

110 Local High School Students Take Part in Georgetown’s Virtual Fall MUN at QF

26 November 2020

Over 100 students from 12 high schools in Qatar took part in the first virtual Model United Nations (MUN) conference at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q), where over…

Research, Students

Georgetown Disability Research and Rights Advocate at QF is Awarded Rhodes Scholarship to Study at Oxford

23 November 2020

Khansa Maria, a student at QF partner Georgetown University in Qatar, has been named a winner of a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom,…

Professional Education, Students

Georgetown University Offered Virtual Alumni Panel on International Emergency Disaster Degree Program

18 November 2020

For governments, organizations, and companies alike, the sudden COVID-19 outbreak has brought into sharp focus the need for crisis preparedness and response strategies. To provide working professionals the critical skills…

Students

Hoyas at QF Bring Georgetown Perspectives to ROTA Empower 2020 Youth Conference

2 September 2020

Two Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) students were invited to take part in v-Empower 2020, an annual youth conference organized by Reach Out to Asia (ROTA), a program of the…

Students

Students Study Protecting Education in Conflict in Collaborative Course with Education Above All Foundation

2 September 2020

Conflict and situations of insecurity deprives millions of young people of an education globally, a crisis that is the focus of a new course at QF partner Georgetown University in…

Students

Georgetown’s Virtual Convocation Ceremony Blends Tradition and Technology to Start the New Year at QF

27 August 2020

Georgetown University in Qatar, a QF partner, welcomed 131 first-year students at its annual New Student Convocation, a virtual ceremony that recognizes the solemn occasion of the transition to university…

Research, Students

Summer Competition Engages Georgetown Students in COVID-19 Research

26 August 2020

Georgetown University in Qatar has announced the winners of their Summer Research Competition, an initiative designed to promote research training and create new knowledge on issues surrounding COVID-19 for students…