Archive: Student Experience
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Junior Creates Organization to Advocate for More Accessible Practices in High School Debates
Alanna Cronk (C’23) started the organization 1AC-ACCESSIBILITY (1AC), which seeks to make high school debates more accessible to those with disabilities, in the spring of her sophomore year. A speech
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Junior Helps to Implement Innovative Programming by New LGBTQ Resource Center Assistant Director
Ben Telerski (C’23) started working at the LGBTQ Resource Center during his first week at Georgetown. Throughout a global pandemic, the junior contributed to the creation of virtual programming under the leadership of Amena Johnson, who has plans to further develop the center as a resource for students on and off campus.
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Current Baker Scholar and Alumnus Partner to Improve High School Investors Club
Baker Scholar Liz Schropp (C’21) recently partnered with alumnus Mike Scanlan (C’86), dean of administration at St. Benedict’s Prep School in Newark, NJ, to educate high school students about investment strategy as part of a student-run club. The membership in the club has tripled since it was first started last year due in part to the participation of Georgetown students.
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First-Year Student Balances School and Advocacy at Mi Familia Vota
Esme Vazquez (C’24) spent her first semester balancing her coursework alongside a full-time advocacy position at Mi Familia Vota. The first-year student says that she was eager to get involved in the wake of the election, and that she has already been able to apply what she has learned at Georgetown to her work with the organization.
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For a Song: Senior Writes Music to Soothe the Soul in Pandemic
Kent Hall (C’20), a singer-songwriter who started playing guitar at age 6, says he coped with the restlessness he felt after coming home this spring to his grandparents’ home with a spurt of songwriting.
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New Cities, Important Experiences: Reflecting on My Study Abroad in Hong Kong
Darcy Palder (C’21) just returned from her study abroad in Hong Kong. She is a government major, minoring in journalism and psychology.
Here are her helpful tips, fun facts and reflections from her time abroad.
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