All Posts: GUMC Stories

• New School of Nursing Guided by Dean’s Strong Vision for Equity, Social Justice

  (July 1, 2022) — As Georgetown launches a reconceptualized School of Nursing on July 1, Roberta Waite, EdD, PMHCNS, RN, MSN, ANEF, FAAN, is uniquely poised to lead the school as dean, bringing her decades of experience working to advance health equity. Improving the human condition drives the University’s work, and the launch of the […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health equity, nursing, racial equity, School of Nursing

• Washington-area Health Leaders Gather for School of Health Celebration

  (July 1, 2022) — Leaders from Washington-area foundations, organizations and agencies engaged in work to alleviate health disparities joined with friends, family and Georgetown colleagues for an early celebration of the new School of Health launching July 1. The gathering in Georgetown on June 23 had been postponed in April due to COVID and was […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: health disparities, School of Health

• Georgetown Nursing Students Focused on Spiritual Health of Pilgrims in Lourdes, France

  (July 1, 2022) — Carrying on a Georgetown tradition of helping pilgrims seeking a healing experience at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in France, 13 rising junior and senior nursing students put cura personalis into practice this summer by focusing on the spiritual care of those who traveled to the holy site from […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: nursing, School of Nursing, service to others

• HOYA Clinic Volunteers at Capital Pride with Casa Ruby

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, inclusion, School of Medicine, service to others, student experience

• Survivorship Research Initiative’s New Director Hopes to Smooth a Rough Road

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: cancer, Georgetown Lombardi, survivorship, Survivorship Research Initiative

• GUMC Student Fathers Reflect on Their Experiences

  (June 17, 2022) — In addition to the joy and excitement of welcoming a new baby to the world, becoming parents as students at GUMC gave these fathers better time management skills, new insights into patient care, a renewed motivation to excel, and a sense of gratitude for the kindness of their classmates, faculty and […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: School of Medicine, student experience

• Georgetown Street Medicine Outreach Group Seeks to Better Understand Health Challenges of DC’s Unhoused People

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: community outreach, homelessness, School of Medicine, service to others

• Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Online Classes Build Communities Across the Globe

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Arts & Humanities Program, cancer, Georgetown Lombardi

• School of Medicine Celebrates 170th Graduating Class

  (May 23, 2022) — With hundreds of family members and friends in attendance to share their support, the School of Medicine’s 170th graduating class came together at DAR Constitution Hall in downtown Washington, D.C., to celebrate the completion of their time at Georgetown before embarking on the next steps in their medical careers. “When you […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Commencement 2022, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2022

• School of Medicine Honors Four Master Teachers

  (May 23, 2022) — As is tradition, Georgetown University School of Medicine launched its 2022 commencement week with the annual MAGIS Society of Master Teachers induction and faculty awards ceremony recognizing contributions to medical education.  At this year’s 20th annual event on May 19 at the medical center campus, four new MAGIS inductees were recognized. […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: Commencement 2022, MAGIS Society, School of Medicine, SOM Commencement 2022