Archive: Jesuit
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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 of her career, embarking on
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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 teams, students col
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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 found herself in an all-too-common plight among formerly incarcerated individuals who routinely are shut out of the job market.
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Undergraduate Students Work to Increase Volunteers at D.C. Nonprofit Through First Year Seminar Program
Each year, teams of students in Georgetown McDonough’s First Year Seminar classes work with a D.C. nonprofit to solve a business challenge through a semester-long case competition. This year marks th
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Ethic And Management, In Rome The Course In Discerning Leadership
The objective of the project drawn up by the General Curia of the Jesuits is to train leaders who act with spirituality. View broadcast with Jeanine Turner, associate professor.
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Georgetown University Announces Partnership with General Curia of the Society of Jesus to Deliver Certificate in Discerning Leadership
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has developed a new certificate in Discerning Leadership for the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, in partnership with Le Moyne College and E
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Service Leadership Awards Honor Alumni, MBA Staff for Efforts to Improve their Communities
Leah Evert (MBA’19) channeled her cancer diagnosis into a foundation that supports cancer research. Jerome Smalls (B’19) started a social venture that empowers youth, particularly minorities from low
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MSF Students Advise on Microfinance Lending, Economic Inequality for Namibia Nonprofit
Students in the Master of Science in Finance program at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business consulted this spring for the One Economy Foundation, a nonprofit in Namibia that aims to bridge the
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Georgetown McDonough Offers AmeriCorps Award Match for Full-time and Flex MBAs
MBA applicants to Georgetown McDonough now benefit from the Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, a post-service benefit earned by individuals who complete an approved term of national service in a
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Alumnus Continues Grandmother’s Legacy of Working for the Prosperity of the Menominee Indian Tribe
Justin Lepscier (B’08) continues his grandmother’s legacy of working for the future prosperity of the Menominee Indian Tribe.
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