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Every Hoya Together: Georgetown Community Reunites on Campus for New Academic Year

Amidst a global pandemic that changed how we learned and worked for the past 18 months, Hoyas are safely coming together to share their unique experiences, reanimate campus life and explore the nation’s capital. Welcome home to the Hilltop.

  • Students sit on Healy lawn in small groups
    Students gather on Healy Lawn during New Student Orientation.
  • Back of a priest wearing a red robe walking through a full student audience
    Rev. Mark Bosco, S.J., enters Gaston Hall for the Mass of the Holy Spirit.
  • Students wearing robes hold flags on a pole outside
    Students display flags of the undergraduate schools at New Student Convocation.
  • Students in on bleachers put on black robes
    Class of 2024 and transfer students put on robes at their Welcome Ceremony on Cooper Field.
  • Students eat around a picnic bench
    Students enjoy lunch at the Welcome Back Jack Barbecue.
  • Orientation advisors cheer on new students moving to Georgetown for the first time.
Family poses in front of John Carroll statue

Every Hoya Together

This past year, we found new ways to stay connected, share ideas and make a difference. And perhaps the biggest lesson learned is that no matter the distance, our Hoya community is stronger together.

Every Hoya Everywhere Helps Slow the Spread of COVID-19
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Every Hoya Cares

As we return to campus this fall, it is important to support our mental well-being. Georgetown has resources to support, affirm and connect our community.

Mental Well-Being Resources

More Health and Safety Resources

COVID-19 Resource Center
Public Safety
Sexual Misconduct Online Resource Center
Jack the bulldog on the Healy steps at sunrise

It’s Been So Long…

Jack the Bulldog is excited to welcome you home to the Hilltop!

Father, mother and daughter in a dorm room

There Goes Old Georgetown

Students moved to campus prior to the start of classes, and many were greeted with recent renovations to their residence halls.

  • Student wearing a neon "Student Move In Team" t-shirt helps new students unload their car
    Movers helped new students unload their cars and bring their belongings to their rooms.
  • Aerial view of a queue of cars
    New students unloaded their belongings, took COVID-19 arrival tests and received their keys as they queued in their cars.
  • Student unpacks with her father indoors
    Aileen Kim moves into her room in Reynolds Hall with her dad Han Kim.
Student and her mom unpack in Copley Hall
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Summer Hilltop Immersion

The Summer Hilltop Immersion Program (SHIP) offered the Class of 2024 and newly admitted transfer students five weeks of academic, experiential learning and social activities – with many living on campus for the first time.

Building Community During SHIP
  • Student works on her phone kneeling in front of a headstone
    Students in SHIP’s Black Georgetown Rediscovered course helped document African American residents of Georgetown who are buried at Mount Zion – Female Union Band Society cemeteries.
  • During the SHIP course Life on the Anacostia River, students took boat trips with experts in history, the environment and justice.

Summer on the Hilltop

Sen. Jon Ossoff smiles while sitting outside near an SFS banner

Alumnus and U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff Returns to Campus, Shares How SFS Education Guides Public Service Career

Gravestones with Georgetown neighborhood buildings in the background

Black Georgetown Rediscovered: Students Help Preserve History at Underground Railroad Hideout

Students in the Black Georgetown Rediscovered course toured the Mount Zion – Female Union Band Society cemeteries and helped document the estimated 9,000 Black residents of Georgetown buried at the site.

Leaders of the CURA pre-orientation program stand in front of St. Mary's Hall

CURA Pre-Orientation Program Engages New Georgetown Undergrads With Health, Justice and Service

The School of Nursing & Health Studies administers the pre-orientation for incoming Georgetown undergraduates to learn about the determinants of health by visiting different areas of the city.