May 18th, 2009, 3:27 pm
Georgetown has more than 2,000 brand new alumni — including the first from the Doha, Qatar campus — after the university’s 210th commencement exercises.
Each of the university’s nine schools, plus the McDonough School of Business’ MBA program, held individual ceremonies to honor their graduates. The Washington campuses celebrated commencement weekend May 16-17, while the School of Foreign Service-Qatar held its inaugural graduation on May 9. Read Full Story.
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May 18th, 2009, 3:10 pm
Video of the following commencement ceremony can be viewed by click on the links below.
Friday, May 15, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Sunday, May 17, 2009
If you have questions about these live webcasts or if you would like to provide feedback, please contact the Office of Communications at gucomm@georgetown.edu.
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May 18th, 2009, 2:43 pm
Though graduates may be entering an economy in crisis — nationally and internationally, Georgetown law professor David Vladeck on May 17 told this year’s group of Law Center graduates that lawyers are needed now more than ever.
“You are joining the profession at exactly the right moment,” Vladeck said during Law Center’s afternoon commencement on Healy Lawn. “There is much work to be done. There are millions and millions of Americans who urgently need your help.”
Vladeck, who is also the newly appointed consumer protection director for the Federal Trade Commission, told the audience that with crisis comes opportunity.
“Our nation’s financial crisis may be the greatest challenge our graduates ever face,” he said, “… (but) the poor, the unemployed and the dispossessed need the help of lawyers to reclaim their lives, and they need help now.”
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May 18th, 2009, 2:43 pm
On May 17, hundreds gathered on Healy Lawn to celebrate the graduation of more than 1,000 Law Center students this year. WATCH WEBCAST
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May 18th, 2009, 2:42 pm
The dreary weather didn’t keep the crowd from standing outside Constitution Hall prior to the 157th commencement ceremony of the School of Medicine.
Graduates stood near their classmates, family members and friends to talk, laugh, take photos and enjoy the last few moments of being medical students.
“For once, I’m actually speechless,” said Dan Alyesh, who graduated on Sunday. “We finally made it.”
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Posted by Nia Hightower
May 17th, 2009, 1:37 pm
The Law Center is operating on the SUN plan for Commencement. All graduates and their guests should proceed to the Healy Lawn for the main ceremony.
For more information about your diploma distribution and reception sites, visit the Law Center Commencement Web site.
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May 17th, 2009, 12:25 pm
The honors have been bestowed and the diplomas distributed, but for many of Georgetown’s new graduates there was one more event to attend before they said their goodbyes to the Hilltop.
Graduates, their families and members of the university community gathered in McDonough Arena Sunday morning for the Baccalaureate Eucharistic Celebration, where the message focused on the love of God.
“Tuck this away in your memory,” said the Rev. James Walsh, S.J. “When things get tough, remember the command is a promise. What we can’t do on our own, God will supply.”
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May 17th, 2009, 8:52 am
The Sunday Mass celebration will move from Healy Lawn at 9 a.m. this morning to McDonough Arena (gym).
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May 16th, 2009, 9:36 pm
With pressing health challenges around the globe — from the aging baby boomers and health care reform to nursing shortages and rising health care spending, Pulitzer Prize-winning health and science writer Laurie Garrett called the new graduates to lead.
Garrett addressed the 2009 graduates from the School of Nursing and Health Studies (NHS) at an evening commencement ceremony in Gaston Hall.
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May 16th, 2009, 9:12 pm
Best-selling author and PBS journalist Gwen Ifill encouraged members of the Class of 2009 to question the things they encounter in life with a healthy dose of skeptism.
“Being a journalist has taught me the difference between skepticism and cynicism and how (it is) a virtue to have a little bit of both,” Ifill said to an audience of more than 800 graduates from Georgetown College and their families on Saturday afternoon. “You need to prepare to question yourself, to question those around you, and maybe even question those who you aspire to be.” [Watch video of Gwen Ifill's remarks]
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