2024 GSFS Orientation
We look forward to welcoming incoming graduate students to a school-wide SFS graduate student orientation on Wednesday, August 21 from 11:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. This orientation will introduce incoming students to members of SFS senior leadership, valuable resources across campus, and—most importantly—to fellow classmates.
RSVP
Incoming graduate students must RSVP by Monday, August 12 through the invitation received in their Georgetown email.
**Please note that the combined GSFS orientation for all incoming SFS graduate students and your individual program’s orientation are separate required events. If you have any questions regarding your program orientation, please contact your program staff.**
Students may also receive separate information about Georgetown’s Graduate School Orientation and International Student Orientation.
Schedule
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 11:30 a.m. | Registration opens |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. | Welcome Plenary Dean Joel Hellman: Welcome and Intro to SFS Professor Anthony Clark Arend: Intro to Georgetown and Jesuit Education Student speaker (TBC): Welcome to the Student Experience How SFS Engages Contentious Issues Today Panelists: Professors Fida Adely and Matthew Kroenig, student speaker Moderator: Dean Hellman |
| 2:30 p.m. | SFS Opportunities Fair—each student attends up to three sessions, two are required Diversity at Georgetown and SFS (required) Career Building at SFS (required) Program Certificates 2:30–3:10 p.m. Session 1 3:20–4:00 p.m. Session 2 4:10–4:50 p.m. Session 3 |
| 5:00 p.m. | Happy Hour Reception |
Attire
Recommended attire for this event is business casual. Except in the case of severe inclement weather, students will be walking between several buildings on campus throughout the afternoon. We recommend that students dress for the weather and for walking!
Getting to Campus
Georgetown Transportation Shuttle (GUTS)
Students can take the GUTS buses to and from campus. Learn more about the different bus routes and schedules.
Georgetown Parking
While parking is limited on campus, and we encourage students to use public transportation, there are some parking options available. Learn more about driving and parking at Georgetown.
Detailed directions to Georgetown from various points in the region.
Mixers
In addition to formal SFS orientation programming, we have also scheduled opportunities for graduate students to meet and socialize with others students across all SFS graduate programs who share interests. Stay tuned for information about informal SFS mixers we will hold over the coming weeks. Events will be listed here, so please check back again soon!
Questions
Please email sfsgrad@georgetown.edu with any questions regarding the combined SFS graduate orientation on August 21. In the event that you are no longer able to attend orientation for any reason, please email sfsgrad@geogetown.edu.