Student Organizations
Ranging from professionally minded clubs and athletics leagues to student interest associations and student government, there are many options to enrich life at Georgetown University.
Students in Georgetown’s MBA Full-Time Program are encouraged to supplement their coursework with extracurricular activities that build relationships among fellow students, faculty, and the community.
Student organizations active at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business include:
Middle East Graduate Alliance
The mission of the Middle East Graduate Alliance is to promote the region to Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business community. Through business and cultural events, the alliance develops a greater understanding of the Middle East. The alliance provides a network for students who are interested in career opportunities in the Middle East.
Annual Report
The Annual Report is a Georgetown MBA tradition. Showcasing wry humor and talent, Annual Report is a way to release tension near the year's end. After a year of crunching numbers and burning the midnight oil on cases, Georgetown MBA students bring a comedy show to the stage of the historic Gaston Hall for the enjoyment of MBA classmates, alumni, and faculty.
Asia Business Consortium
The Asia Business Consortium was developed to link the Georgetown MBA Program and the Asian business world. The club assists students with job and internship opportunities, promotes the Georgetown University and McDonough School of Business brand in Asia, further develops the Georgetown MBA-Asia alumni network, and brings Asian culture to the Georgetown MBA community through the sponsoring of different events.
Black MBA Association
Members of the Black MBA Association (BMBAA) are committed to making a difference in local, regional, and global communities through the investment of individual and collective professional resources in activities that promote ethical business strategy and compassionate social interaction. The association’s purpose is threefold: to encourage excellence in academic preparation and professional development of MBA candidates of African descent, to cultivate the presence of students of African descent as members of the Georgetown community and enrich the academic and professional environment at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, and to engage in structurally organized activities in the areas of recruitment, retention, and placement of students of African descent in the Georgetown MBA Full-Time Program.
CalTrek
CalTrek's mission is to facilitate West Coast recruitment across many industries and functional areas. CalTrek organizes an annual trip to the San Francisco Bay area each January to visit companies of interest to current students. The trip includes company visits and networking receptions with local McDonough School, Foreign Service, Public Policy, and Georgetown undergraduate alumni. In past years, interviews, internships, and full-time job offers have been obtained as a result of the visits.
Emerging Markets Network
The Emerging Markets Network promotes student interests in business in emerging and developing economies. The network combines regional interests with business concentrations such as finance or consulting to help Georgetown MBA candidates explore the challenges and rewards of professional careers in these countries. Members host a number of educational activities and career events, as well as formal and informal networking opportunities. The Emerging Markets Network also promotes Georgetown MBA candidates’ career development by establishing linkages with resources at Georgetown University and in the Washington community.
European Business Association
The mission of the European Business Association (EBA) is to provide an active link between the Georgetown MBA Program and the European business world. The EBA was founded in the fall semester of 1999 to address student, professional, and cultural issues from a European perspective.
Gay and Lesbian Alliance
The Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA) serves members of the Georgetown MBA Program who identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT), as well as those who support this community. The mission of GALA is to foster a supportive environment for professional development, provide a forum for the discussion of business issues related to sexual orientation, and facilitate social interaction and networking among students, alumni, and professionals.
Georgetown Entertainment and Media Alliance
The Georgetown MBA Program Entertainment and Media Alliance welcomes those who have a passion for these industries. The alliance helps interested Georgetown MBA candidates learn about the media and entertainment industries and seek job opportunities in those industries.
Georgetown Entrepreneurship Network
The Georgetown Entrepreneurship Network provides resources, opportunities, and education for students wishing to start a new business immediately after graduation as well as to students interested in working in small businesses, venture capital, cutting-edge technology companies, or larger corporations that promote the entrepreneurial spirit.
Georgetown Globe
The Georgetown Globe is a student-published monthly newsletter with print and online editions. The mission of the Globe is to report the news of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business and to serve as a forum for debate of issues that affect it.
Georgetown MBA Partners Association
Georgetown Partners is a group of students and their spouses/significant others whose purpose is to make the transition into Georgetown MBA life a little easier. The Georgetown MBA Full-Time Program adds a new dimension to family relationships. Georgetown MBA Partners organizes social and educational functions on campus and around the Washington area. Events take place throughout the year and are not just for married students. For information, please contact the MBA Partners.
Georgetown Ultimate Four
The Georgetown Ultimate Four (U4) is a two-day basketball tournament involving students from top MBA programs. The event is hosted by the McDonough School of Business MBA Program at Georgetown University, and it benefits local nonprofit organizations. In the past, proceeds have been donated to Teach for America and the "I Have a Dream" Foundation (IHAD) project. The "I Have a Dream" Foundation is a national, nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting underprivileged children in the completion of their education. The weekend event invites teams to participate from MBA programs all across the country, creating opportunity to meet students from other leading business schools.
Georgetown Wine Society
The Georgetown Wine Society gives students, faculty and staff interested in wine networking opportunities in a comfortable setting. The Georgetown Wine Society augments the Georgetown MBA curriculum with an interactive wine education series that brings personal, social, and business benefits.
Georgetown Women in Business
Georgetown Women in Business is a chapter of the National Association of Women MBAs (NAWMBA), an organization dedicated to educating and promoting the role of women in the workplace. Georgetown Women in Business seeks to accomplish this goal by providing networking, recruiting, and career-building events and opportunities for women throughout the Georgetown MBA Program.
Global Operations Association
The supply chain management function is becoming more important in the increasingly global market. Not only because it is the heart of a company but also because it considerably increases profitability through effective operational techniques. This newly formed club intends to provide opportunities for people interested in operations and supply chain management to get together, exchange ideas, and organize activities related to this field.
Graduate Investment Fund
The Graduate Investment Fund (GIF) is a student-managed fund, comprising of endowments and alumni contributions. The fund is currently valued at over $200,000. The club aims to bring the various theories expounded in economics and techniques presented in finance to life by allowing members to make real investment decisions.
Graduate Marketing Association
The Graduate Marketing Association (GMA) is dedicated to education and career development for students interested in making marketing their career. The association has a mission to enrich the marketing education of members, assist members with career planning and development, and foster the reputation of marketing at Georgetown MBA to prospective employers.
Graduate Student Consulting Group
The Graduate Student Consulting Group (GSCG) offers members career assistance, skills development opportunities, and forums to learn about the consulting industry. The GSCG has maintained a consistent membership of about 170 members as students continue to evaluate consulting as a professional career.
Hispanic and Latin American Student Association
The Hispanic and Latin American Student Association (HALASA) formed in 2007 from the merger of the Student Association of Hispanic MBAs (SAHMBA) and the Latin American Business Association (LABA). HALASA is dedicated to the advancement of Hispanics and Latin Americans in business and creates a link between Georgetown MBA students and business opportunities in Latin America. The organization assists in the recruitment of Hispanic and Latin American students and faculty at MSB and provides academic and career development support for its members. HALASA focuses on building awareness of the Latin American business environment and its cultural richness.
Japan Society
The objectives of the Japan Society are to serve the community’s academic and professional needs, to improve recognition and the reputation of Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business in Japanese business society, and to support the club members' academic and professional activities after graduation. Activities of the club include bridging the Georgetown MBA Program and Japanese business community in Washington, introducing Japanese business issues and culture to the Georgetown MBA community, promoting Georgetown presence and status among Japanese business school applicants, building a strong relationship and interactive network with alumni throughout the world, and researching jobs, managing job information, and assisting students in job searches.
MBA Finance Club
The MBA Finance Club helps students interested in careers in finance by education on careers in finance and providing resources to support the career search. The Finance Club augments the Georgetown MBA curriculum by creating a forum where students with like interests can share professional information and advice on career opportunities through professional speaker programs, information sessions, mentor programs, résumé reviews, and specific finance-related events.
MBA Volunteers
The purpose of this organization is to establish a link between the Georgetown University MBA Program and the Washington community. Working together with the SGA VP community affairs position, this group operates as a central location for community information and coordination of events. The MBA Volunteers Club strives to provide a variety of opportunities for students to become involved with the local community.
MSB Healthcare Business Alliance
The Healthcare Business Alliance analyzes current trends and fosters relationships within the health care industry from a variety of perspectives. This club maintains a specific focus on how health care uniquely relates to other areas of business. Club members seek to learn more about how health care is connected to the fields of finance, information technology, consulting, government policy formulation, marketing, and management/administration through research and education, as well as from outside specialists. The club also concentrates on the increasing number of health care companies that recruit at Georgetown.
Net Impact
Net Impact is a network of emerging business leaders dedicated to using the power of business to create a better world. Originally founded as Students for Responsible Business in 1993, Net Impact has quickly grown to over 50 local chapters and 5,000 members. Georgetown University's Net Impact chapter was formed in 1993 as a charter chapter.
Nonprofit Internship Fund
The mission of the Nonprofit Internship Fund is to provide financial support to first-year Georgetown MBA students interested in summer internship opportunities within nonprofit organizations worldwide. The Nonprofit Internship Fund hosts a silent auction in the third module each year. Items are donated by students, faculty, administration, and businesses. Proceeds from the auction support summer internships for Georgetown MBA students who work with nonprofit organizations worldwide.
Real Estate Organization
The Real Estate Organization's objective is to enhance student access to the wealth of resources located at Georgetown and within the greater Washington community in order to help students educate themselves about real estate and prepare for successful careers in this dynamic industry.
South Asian Business Alliance
The mission of the South Asian Business Alliance (SABA) is to encourage excellence in academic preparation and professional development of students of South Asian descent at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business. The alliance cultivates the presence of South Asians as members of the Georgetown community and enriches the academic and professional environment at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business.
Student Government Association
The MBA Student Government Association (SGA) serves the student body of Georgetown’s MBA Program. In this capacity, the SGA is the primary interface between the student body and the faculty and administration. The Student Government Association also plans social events and boosts alumni relations. The Student Association exists to make students’ time at the McDonough School of Business as enjoyable and rewarding as possible.
The SGA is ultimately responsible for major student organization decisions, management of finances, and implementation of new and existing policies or initiatives. One of the most popular and well-known functions of the SGA is social event planning. The vice president for events and social activities plan all major social events both on and off campus. These events include the Thursday kegs, outings to local sporting events, and the Winter and Spring socials. In addition to the executive officers, first-year cohort representatives are elected in the fall and are responsible for the leadership of their respective cohorts and represent the cohorts in various administrative settings.
