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Stories about the unsung heroes, beloved figures and dedicated Hoyas who make Georgetown special.

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Al Brown Knows All the Doors and Locks on Campus. But He Always Finds Something New.

Al Brown oversees the maintenance and locks of more than 13,000 doors on Main Campus. After 39 years, he’s determined to keep honing his craft.

David Strout wears protective glasses and holds up the bottom of a wooden guitar in the Maker Hub on Georgetown's campus.
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The Woodworker in Lauinger Library

Two sisters wearing matching plaid pants and gray T-shirts sit on a park bench by the front lawn of Georgetown.
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How 2 Sisters Found Their Home at Georgetown

A woman kneeling with her white dog on a fall day
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The International Relations Professor and Crouton’s Dog Mom

A graphical representation of a photograph of Al Brown, a facilities manager at Georgetown, wearing a white cap for a G on it and a blue jacket and white collared shirt.

“You’re also learning something new every day. There are challenges. This didn’t work, and you try to fix it. We’re in the fixing business. You have to always be ready to learn a new way to do it.”

Al Brown, Lockshop Manager
Catholic priest in red garments celebrates Mass
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The Star-Wars-Loving and Punk-Rock-Jamming Jesuit

Meet Rev. Gregory Schenden, S.J., who grew up wanting to be a rockstar but ultimately found his calling in the Catholic priesthood.

November 28, 2023
A woman kneeling with her white dog on a fall day
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The International Relations Professor and Crouton’s Dog Mom

Liz Grimm and her three-legged dog Crouton are recognizable faces on campus. They're also next-door neighbors for a number of Georgetown students.

November 10, 2023
Two sisters wearing matching plaid pants and gray T-shirts sit on a park bench by the front lawn of Georgetown.
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How 2 Sisters Found Their Home at Georgetown

Sisters Mala Dass and Indra Dass (G’23) both work at Georgetown. In this Georgetown Faces story, learn what it's like working with your sister, the off-campus spot they can't get…

October 5, 2023
David Strout wears protective glasses and holds up the bottom of a wooden guitar in the Maker Hub on Georgetown's campus.
Georgetown Faces, Spirit of Georgetown

The Woodworker in Lauinger Library

David Strout first began making things in his dad’s woodshop. Years later, he’s helping Georgetown faculty, staff and students make things too as the manager of Georgetown’s Maker Hub, a…

October 5, 2023
Georgetown Faces, Spirit of Georgetown

Al Brown Knows All the Doors and Locks on Campus. But He Always Finds Something New.

Al Brown oversees the maintenance and locks of more than 13,000 doors on Main Campus. After 39 years, he's determined to keep honing his craft.

October 5, 2023
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Sandhya Wilhelm

"The embrace of mental health resources destigmatizes mental health and proactively empowers employees to use it as a healthy self-care resource. Simply put, a healthy mental health presence within the…

April 28, 2021
Al Bertrand is posed in the center of the photo, smirking at the camera.
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Al Bertrand

Al Bertrand is the Director at Georgetown University Press. I traveled with Georgetown colleagues for the Kino Border Initiative to put faces to the people at the border,…

March 3, 2020
Photo shows a headshot of Meghan Dubyak.
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Meghan Dubyak (G’19)

Meghan Dubyak (G’19) is the Associate Vice President for Strategic Communications. I experienced the Kino Border Initiative through participation in the Ignatian Colleagues Program, a…

March 3, 2020
Stacey Corcoran
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Stacey Corcoran

Stacey Corcoran is the Chief Marketing Officer at the School of Continuing Studies (SCS). A doll. Duffel bags and backpacks. A small boy. A grandmother. Families, lots and lots of…

March 2, 2020
Michael Bunker outside wearing GUPD uniform
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Lieutenant Michael Bunker

Lieutenant Michael Bunker is Commander Support Services Bureau at the Georgetown University Police Department. I departed for the Kino Border Initiative (KBI) trip with members of senior leadership at Georgetown…

March 2, 2020