November Updates From The Hilltop

Hoya Family Newsletter - November '17 Edition View this email in your browser Don't miss your chance to catch Head Coach, Patrick Ewing and the Georgetown men's basketball team this season! Visit here and use code HOYAPARENT1718 for a special discounted ticket offer for Hoya parents for select home games in November and December! Lower level tickets start at under $10 each! Journeys: Understanding Self & Building Community Journeys: Understanding Self & Building Community is an annual LGBTQ Resource Center Retreat made possible by the Tagliabue Initiative and the generous contributions of individual alumni donors. The purpose of this retreat is to provide a space for members of the LGBTQ community and its allies at Georgetown to gather in order to share personal stories, to reflect on individual and community formation, and enter into thoughtful dialogue regarding the nature of the many communities that comprise the broader LGBTQA community at Georgetown. This unique opportunity to come together in a setting outside of campus provides students the freedom and context to be in a space where they can be fully themselves, without fear or judgment. It is our hope that through this engaged experience, students will gain a deeper understanding of their formation of self and how they can actively foster community, both at Georgetown and beyond. It is our belief that fostering formation leads to transformation. By sharing openly with each other and being vulnerable together, students can come to know their peers more fully. Through reflection, both individual and shared, on their lived experiences, students can develop an authentic appreciation and respect for all that we are, and that we are NOT. Small group and large group discussions will help lay foundations to build solidarity both within and between our varied communities. It is our goal that this will allow for what Fr. Kolvenbach calls "the formation of whole persons of solidarity. Click here for more information Academic Success Webinar Series In an effort to ensure that the Academic Resource Center is reaching ALL of our students, we have expanded our academic resources to include a new academic webinar series! Don't have the time to make it to an ARC workshop, but still want to make sure you are staying on track with your academics? Are you looking for new strategies to study effectively? Need answers to your academic questions? Each webinar will highlight a different academic theme and allow students to participate in a Q&A session to address any of their academic questions. All webinars will be held at 5:30pm and use the following Zoom link: https://georgetown.zoom.us/j/386207160. For additional support in using Zoom, refer to the Zoom Help Center website.  In addition, please refer to the Academic Resource Center's YouTube channel for all of our archived videos and upcoming webinars. Click here for more information regarding the webinar series A Letter from Campus Ministry: The Effects of White Noise Every week, the chaplains-in-residence email letters of encouragement, reflection, and community to their residents. In one of her letters, Stephanie Wong, one of the chaplains-in-residence of LXR and Nevils, shared the effects of white noise on her life. Drawing inspiration from her baby's white noise machine, Stephanie reflects on how to find peace amidst the stressful white noise of college life. Read her full letter on the Campus Ministry blog here (I've uploaded it as a Word doc for you as well).   A native of California, Stephanie Wong holds an M.Div. from Yale Divinity School and is currently a doctoral candidate in Georgetown's Theology Department. She has pastoral experience serving as a Catholic middle school chaplain, a hospital chaplain, and as an intern at the St. Thomas More Catholic Chapel & Center at Yale. Stephanie lives in LXR Hall with her husband and son. Read the article here Tell your students to save the date for Milk & Cookies at Night! An Update on the Work of our Sexual Assault and Misconduct Task Force President DeGioia updates members of the Georgetown community about the University's ongoing efforts to prevent and respond to sexual assault and misconduct on our campus. Read the update here Tobacco-Free @ Georgetown University Over the last several years, Georgetown University has been on a journey to become a smoke-free/tobacco-free campus. The first phase of implementing a smoke-free and tobacco-free campus is to more closely conform with DC law as it relates to signage and designated smoking locations across the campus. Click for more information Click the icons below for useful information from our University partners

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