New Gift Creates Tolerance Initiative - Georgetown College

Georgetown University is launching a major initiative to deepen its commitment to tolerance and diversity and enhance global awareness of the challenges and opportunities of an era of increasing interconnectedness, thanks to a $1.5 million gift from alumnus and board of directors member William J. Doyle (C’72).

The gift creates the Doyle Building Tolerance Initiative to promote tolerance and intellectual engagement with diversity in the curriculum and outside the classroom. The initiative will be a campus-wide collaboration among Georgetown College, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, and the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS).

“To educate future global leaders, universities have a critical role to play in building knowledge and understanding among social, cultural and religious communities in and out of the classroom,” said Georgetown President John J. DeGioia. “I am deeply grateful for Bill Doyle’s vision and generosity in supporting this important work. It is one more way that we can continue to enhance Georgetown’s ongoing efforts to foster respect, diversity and inclusiveness.”