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Georgetown University
A vertical oval-shaped black and white design with a bald eagle whose wings are spread and who is grasping a globe and a cross with its claws. Around the seal are leaves and the numbers 17 and 89 on either side.
Motto Utraque Unum
Motto in English Both into One
Established January 23, 1789
Type Private
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic (Jesuits)
Endowment $1.01 billion
Chairman Paul Tagliabue
President John J. DeGioia
Vice-president Spiros Dimolitsas
Provost James J. O'Donnell
Academic staff 2,054
Admin. staff 1,500
Students 16,437
Undergraduates 7,433
Postgraduates 5,455
Other students 3,549 (continuing studies)
Location Washington, D.C., 20057, United States
Campus Urban, 104 acres (0.4 km2)
College yell Hoya Saxa
Colors

Blue and Gray

           
Sports Big East; Patriot League (football); EARC; MAISA
Nickname Hoyas
Mascot Jack the Bulldog
Affiliations Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Website Georgetown.edu
Stylized blue text with the words Georgetown University.

Georgetown University is a Catholic university in Washington, D.C. It was started in 1789 by the Jesuit priest John Carroll. It is the oldest Catholic university in the United States of America.

Images for kids

  • Proposal to establish George-Town Academy (Georgetown University) - 1787

    John Carroll published his proposals for a school at Georgetown in 1787, after the American Revolution allowed for the free practice of religion.

  • Black-and-white photo of several military men idling on a river bank. Across the river are several large buildings.

    Union soldiers across the Potomac River from Georgetown University in 1861

  • Patrick Francis Healy solitaire

    Patrick Francis Healy helped transform the school into a modern university after the Civil War.

  • Three young adults lie on grass reading books in front of a brick building with many windows.

    Students studying outside Wolfington Hall Jesuit Residence

  • A large Gothic style stone building dominated by a tall clocktower.

    Healy Hall houses classrooms and the university's executive body.

  • A bald middle aged man in a suit at a table speaks into microphone. Behind him several signs read World Economic Forum.

    University president John J. DeGioia is also a faculty member in philosophy.

  • A large brutalist building with a tall boxlike structure at its front entrance siting in front of a wide green lawn with several trees and a brick walkway.

    Lauinger Library, Georgetown's main library, was built in 1970.

  • Two modern glass and concrete building side by side in front of an open grass lawn which has a short clocktower on the left side.

    The Hotung International Law Center and GULC fitness center were built next to the Gewirz Student Center in 2005.

  • A yellow stucco building with a red clay roof and several arched doors and windows, surrounded by green shrubs.

    Villa Le Balze in Fiesole, Italy hosts interdisciplinary studies.

  • Many students mingle in the background while a group sit in the foreground on a grass lawn. The large stone clocktower is seen above the trees on the lawn.

    Students celebrate Georgetown Day in late spring with a campus carnival.

  • Two young white men sit at a table with several teenage African American students mingle around it, and one signs a paper on it. Also on the table is a laptop.

    Students volunteer at a D.C. inner-city school

  • A college-aged female in jacket and scarf holds the microphone attachment of a bullhorn while other students hold protest signs behind her. Two with large red X's over the words read "Free Speech" and "Access."

    H*yas for Choice protest outside the Intercultural Center in Red Square, which is often used for campus activism.

  • Several young men and women sit in office chairs working at computers around a room where the walls are covered in printed pages. A central wood table and bookcases are featured.

    The Hoya student newspaper office in the Leavey Center

  • A yellow three story town house with steps in front and a small lawn with shrubs and trees.

    3401 Prospect St, home to ΔΦΕ.

  • Four men in suits sit on chairs on a red stage in front of an ornate gold and brown wall.

    Gaston Hall is a venue for many events, such as speeches from U.S. President Barack Obama.

  • A African-American teenage basketball player wearing a gray uniform looks over his shoulder at another playing in a blue uniform. Behind them are fans and a basketball hoop with the word "HOYAS" on it.

    Basketball stars like Roy Hibbert have led the Hoyas to seven Big East championships.

  • Three older, white men in suits and ties stand on a stone balcony, with trees and brick buildings behind them.

    John J. DeGioia meets on campus with U.S. President Bill Clinton, SFS graduate from 1968, and his White House Chief of Staff John Podesta, Law Center graduate from 1976.


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