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Clubs and Activities

The Center for Student Engagement (CSE) professional staff advisors work collaboratively with undergraduate and graduate students to create an engaging and vibrant co-curricular experience. By empowering current Georgetown students, we help them develop practical leadership and social skills that complement and enhance the classroom experience.

Georgetown University is home to over 250 student organizations that contribute immensely to shaping campus life and culture. Student organizations provide events and activities central to the student experience while also allowing opportunities for students to develop valuable leadership skills. The wide range of student organizations ensures that each student can find at least one club that supports an identity, culture, professional or academic discipline, recreational activity, or general interest that matches theirs.

316 Leavey Center (202) 687-3704 getinvolved.georgetown.edu

Athletics and Recreation

Georgetown Athletics

Georgetown is home to 30 Division I varsity programs and 700 student-athletes and has a distinctive identity in intercollegiate athletics. Inspired by the University’s Jesuit identity and educational mission, our athletics program seeks to develop the talents, character, and leadership qualities of all student-athletes. We aspire for our coaches and student-athletes to exemplify the excellence and integrity of the Georgetown community.

Don’t forget to pick up some Hoya gear at the Bookstore or online: shop.guhoyas.com.

To purchase tickets for future basketball, lacrosse, and soccer games, please visit: wearegeorgetown.com/tickets.

Athletic Department

McDonough Arena (202) 687-2435 guhoyas.com

Campus Recreation

Intramural (IM) Sports provide university students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to participate in recreational sport leagues, tournaments, and special events throughout the academic year. More than 2,500 students participate each year in events such as flag football, basketball, softball, soccer, and volleyball. Our overall program calendar offers a diverse range of events appropriate for all experience levels, as events often include both “competitive” and “recreational” formats.

The Club Sports program features over 30 teams, ranging from rugby to ice hockey to equestrian.

Yates Field House operates on academic year hours from late August through mid-May.

Main Floor

Monday–Thursday: 6 a.m.–midnight Friday: 6 a.m.–10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m.–10 p.m.

Pool

Monday–Thursday: 6:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Friday: 6:30 a.m.–9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 9 a.m.–9 p.m.

Georgetown University grants Yates Field House members the privilege of bringing guests into the Field House. For security reasons, all guests must present a photo ID before being allowed into the building. Guest fees are $6 for guests of students and $12 for guests of non-student members.

Events and Traditions

Hoyas stay busy with schoolwork, sports, clubs, and events put on by the Center for Student Engagement and the Office of Advancement. Here are some favorites:

Bookending the Georgetown experience,

New Student and Senior Convocations

introduce and showcase key elements of Georgetown’s history and symbols. Students experience the University’s traditions, such as academic regalia and the Alma Mater, and learn about Georgetown’s founding values and commitments. All students participating in Convocation don robes and alumni parents are also invited to don robes to signify their role as continuing members of the Georgetown family. Each fall, Georgetown students and Hoya alumni from around the world gather at their home on the Hilltop in the tradition that unites them all: Homecoming Weekend! Homecoming kicks off for students with Traditions Day, which celebrates the history and traditions of Georgetown with student organizations, performances, and food. Homecoming Weekend is always a special and vibrant time for alumni and students alike to reconnect and celebrate the Georgetown Community.

Georgetown Weeks of Welcome (GWOW)

take place over the first six weeks of the fall semester and involve large-scale programming to welcome new students, returning students, faculty, and staff back to campus for the new academic year.

scavenger hunt for first-year and transfer students. New Hoyas have the chance to explore D.C., search for clues, make friends, and win great prizes in this all-day adventure! Past prizes have included dinner at 1789, box seats at the Verizon Center for a Georgetown basketball game, gift cards to Tombs and Baked & Wired, and more. The Spring Concert is hosted by the Georgetown Program Board every spring for thousands of students. The whole campus gets involved in choosing which artists they want to perform. The Bash — free food, games, music, and giveaways — happens before the concert!

The Big Hunt is an annual D.C.-wide

Rangila is an annual charity showcase hosted by the South Asian Society before Thanksgiving. It features a variety of exciting dances and performances from different regions of South Asia. Rangila most recently raised over $30,000 for Prerena, an organization aimed at ending human trafficking in Mumbai.

Academic Resource Center and Writing Center

Academic Resource Center

The Academic Resource Center (ARC) provides students with academic strategies and individualized support needed for academic success and inclusion within the Georgetown community.

They offer the following support services:

• Disability Support: Accommodations for students with disabilities that facilitate equity and access to services, programs, and facilities. The Academic Resource

Center strives to meet the diverse needs of students with disabilities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

• Student-Athlete Support: Academic coaching to empower student-athletes to become student-centered learners and enhance their academic performance. • Academic Support: Assistance in study skills necessary for academic achievement through individual consultations, workshops, and tutoring services. The Academic Resource Center strives to work collaboratively with the Deans’ offices and other university offices to ensure that students receive the necessary support to achieve their personal, academic, and professional goals.

333 Leavey Center (202) 687-8354

Writing Center

The Writing Center offers free peer tutoring to all enrolled students. Trained graduate and undergraduate student tutors will assist students at any stage of the writing process from initial brainstorming to final revisions.

While they accept walk-ins, they encourage students to register online for an appointment so that tutors can provide the most effective feedback over a series of meetings rather than during a single session.

Lauinger Library 217A Sunday–Thursday from 11 a.m.–8 p.m. or 9 p.m.

Email writingcenter@georgetown.edu or visit writingcenter.georgetown.edu.

GoCard

The Georgetown One Card (GOCard) is the official identification card of Georgetown University and much more!

It’s the way to pay for purchases on and off campus including laundry, printing and copying, and textbooks at the Georgetown Bookstore.

The GOCard is used for:

• Official identification card • Access card • Debit card (on and off campus) • Dining card • Laundry card • Print and copy card • Parking card • Bank (PNC) card • Student Advantage discount card

Leavey Center Bookstore (202) 687-2700 GOCard.georgetown.edu

Can I check my student’s account or balance?

The only way to check your student’s GOCard account or balance is if they share that information with you. We are not legally permitted to provide you that information, and your student is not legally obligated to share that information with you. However, if your student has provided the necessary information, please visit: onlinecardoffice.georgetown.edu.

Health Center

The Student Health Center is staffed by primary care physicians and nurse practitioners with particular training and experience in college health.

They are located in Darnall Hall. Students should bring their student identification card (GOCard) and their insurance card every time they visit the center.

Students can schedule an appointment by calling (202) 687-2200.

Note: Please specify whether you are scheduling an appointment at Main Campus or Law Center Campus. Visit mymedstar.org to use MyMedStar Connect, an online service available 24/7 that allows students to: • Request an appointment • View summaries of their visit(s) • Request a prescription renewal • Review most lab and test results • Find a doctor

A comprehensive list of services provided by the Student Health Center can be found online: studenthealth.georgetown.edu/ medical-care/services.

Counseling and Psychiatric Services

Counseling and Psychiatric Services (CAPS) serves as the University’s primary mental health agency for its students and campus community.

They provide a broad range of confidential psychological and psychiatric services to undergraduate, graduate, medical, and law students at Georgetown University for a variety of student concerns and issues.

They offer free evaluations, crisis assessment and interventions, referral to community resources, consultation, support and therapy groups, and outreach programming. Evaluations are typically defined as one session with a CAPS psychologist or social worker. Every week, students are able to walk in to CAPS to talk one-on-one with a clinician to evaluate concerns and formulate a treatment plan as needed. If ongoing mental health services are needed after the period of evaluation, then there is a fee for service at CAPS for individual sessions, while group counseling remains free of charge. The fee for each individual psychotherapy session is $10 and the fee for each psychiatry visit is $15. For students in the Georgetown Scholars Program (GSP), individual services remain free of charge after the evaluation. In cases of financial hardship, CAPS will work to make services available.

Monday–Friday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday–Sunday: closed

During business hours: (202) 687-6985 After-hours emergencies: (202) 444-PAGE (7243) (Ask to speak to on-call clinician) studenthealth.georgetown.edu/mental-health

Office of Billing and Payment Services

The Office of Billing and Payment Services oversees billing, payment processing, refunds, and IRS Form 1098-T generation for students of Georgetown University in addition to providing cashiering functions and check distribution for the University as a whole.

How do I get the tuition bill and when is payment due?

The Office of Billing and Payment Services does not mail out paper bills. Tuition bills are available online in Student Account Services. Access to eStatements defaults only to students. However, students can give their parents authorization to their student account. Payment due dates are listed on the eStatements as well as the Office of Billing and Payment Services website. White-Gravenor Building, Lower Level (202) 687-7100 Monday–Friday from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. studentaccounts.georgetown.edu

For an up-to-date academic calendar, please visit: registrar.georgetown.edu/ academic-calendar/maincampus.

Hoya Lingo

Here are some terms and acronyms you may find helpful when talking with your student about life on campus.

CAPS: Counseling and Psychiatric Services CMEA: Center for Multicultural Equity and Access CSE: Center for Student Engagement CSJ: Center for Social Justice GUPD: Georgetown University Police Department DPAC: Davis Performing Arts Center GERMS: Georgetown Emergency Response Medical Service GOCard: Georgetown One Card GUSA: Georgetown University Student Association GUTS: Georgetown University Transportation Shuttle ICC: Bunn Intercultural Center Leo’s: Leo J. O’Donovan Dining Hall MSB: McDonough School of Business NHS: School of Nursing & Health Studies NSO: New Student Orientation RA: Resident Assistant Red Square: Center of student activity on campus SFS: Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service