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MBA Program Announces New Partnerships to Provide Financial Support for Mexican Students
The Full-time MBA Program at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business has established partnerships with two organizations in Mexico to provide scholarships and financial aid…
April 13, 2020
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Georgetown University Announces New Program to Prepare Underrepresented Minority Middle School Students for College
In July, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business will offer an innovative new program for rising 8th-grade students from underrepresented minority groups that…
February 20, 2020
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Georgetown Women MBAs in Finance Benefit from Innovative Courses, Powerful Faculty, and Abundant Resources
Each week in the Hedge Fund Investing course at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Erica Melito (MBA’20) recommended an investment strategy for a select company,…
February 7, 2020
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Georgetown Executive MBA Alumna Assesses the Inner Workings of Nonprofits to Effect Social Change
Social impact — using business to do good — is a very Jesuit notion. Juanita Ortiz (EMBA’11), chief impact officer at Slingshot Memphis Inc., has made this the cornerstone…
January 20, 2020
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For Georgetown IBP Students, Global Consulting Projects Focus on Social Purpose
Before they graduate each December, Master of Arts in International Business and Policy (IBP) students at Georgetown University complete Social Action Projects. Working in small…
January 16, 2020
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Turning Over a New Leaf: Georgetown’s Pivot Program Teaches Formerly Incarcerated Individuals How to Enter the Business World
Kadija Clifton was on the hunt for a job, but getting nowhere. Clifton’s frustrations went beyond the average job searcher’s. She had been released from prison in 2017 and…
January 6, 2020
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New Research Reveals How to Reverse the Gender Imbalance Among Corporate CEOs: Join a Corporate Board
For decades, women have been entering the workforce at equal numbers as men, and many have risen to the highest ranks of their companies as senior vice presidents, presidents,…
January 6, 2020
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Women in Business Break New Ground: 60 Years of McDonough Alumnae
By Sona Pai When Rita Zekas Sielicki (B’60) came to Georgetown University to study accounting in the late 1950s, she could not help but notice her new classmates. “They had…
December 20, 2019
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Washington Sports Insiders Discuss Increasing Role of Women in Sports
The role of women in sports has changed dramatically, and professional sports teams are responding creatively to a growing female fan base, according to four executives from…
November 22, 2019
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Georgetown Entrepreneurs Win $100,000 in Prizes at Annual “Bark Tank” Event
A web platform that connects students with side businesses to the broader marketplace is worth investing in, according to Ted Leonsis (C’77, P’14, P’15) founder, chairman,…
November 15, 2019