Georgetown Graduate Studies

Tassels? Turned. 🎓 Diplomas? Granted. 📜 Memories? Made for a lifetime. 📸 Class of 2026, we can't wait to see how you change the world. 💙 #Hoyas2026

Congratulations to the master's and Ph.D. recipients who participated in the Multicultural Celebration and Doctoral Hooding. See you tomorrow for Graduate Commencement! 🎓 Find the livestream link on Georgetown's Commencement website: commencement.georgetown.edu

Interreligious understanding is a way of life at Georgetown, writes graduating Ph.D. student Mideum Hong (G'26) — and studying in Georgetown's interfaith environment has made him a better scholar and believer. Read his reflections: bit.ly/434S728 #Hoyas2026

Commencement week is here! Whether you're joining us in person or remotely, find everything you need to know on Georgetown's Commencement website: commencement.georgetown.edu See you on the Commencement stage! 📸: 2025 Commencement photos 1, 2 and 4 by Elman Studio

The first time Seyoung Kim (G'26) set foot in the U.S. was during her move to DC for her @Georgetown master's program. “It wasn’t easy, but I had real passion,” said Kim, a @fulbrightkorea recipient. She soon found a home away from home: bit.ly/4tWM63r #Hoyas2026

We're one week away from the start of Graduate Studies' 2026 Commencement events! Here's our festivities schedule: bit.ly/3RC3f1M Save this graphic for easy hooding reference! Doctoral students, we've got you covered with our video regalia guide: bit.ly/4umkTXC

"Looking back on my time at @Georgetown, I can say with certainty that the university has left me better than it found me," writes Farrell Moskow (G'26). "And that growth was no accident." Read his reflections on graduating from @GeorgetownSCS this month: bit.ly/4wqPlSD

Working with incurable infectious diseases doesn't intimidate Bobbi Barr (G'26), but going to grad school did. When Barr lost her federal contractor job in 2025, learning about @Georgetown's federal employee tuition scholarship helped her take the leap: bit.ly/gufederalworke…

Biology professor Shaun Brinsmade, a co-director of graduate studies in @Georgetown's Department of Biology, has been named a 2025-26 Distinguished Lecturer by the American Society for Microbiology: bit.ly/40HR5bi

Dexter Sharp, Ph.D., was the first in his family to attend college. His support networks inspired him to pay that mentorship forward. Now leading graduate enrichment at @Georgetown, Sharp helps thousands of master's and Ph.D. students achieve their goals: bit.ly/4sTdcaI

When Grady McGinnis (G'27) was laid off from USAID in 2025, he determined that grad school was his next step. He landed at the @McCourtSchool for a Master of Public Policy after learning about @Georgetown's federal employee tuition benefit: bit.ly/gufederalworke…

Visitors to Georgetown University Art Galleries have a rare opportunity to view the professional debut of up-and-coming curators, who happen to be grad students in Georgetown's Art & Museum Studies master's program: grad.georgetown.edu/2026/02/25/mas… (📸 : Tony Powell)

Two #GradHoyas, Natalie Delille (G'26) and Xialong (James) Wang (G'26), have been named 2026 Schwarzman Scholars and will attend a one-year master's degree program in China for promising young leaders from around the world: georgetown.edu/news/5-hoyas-w…

After the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) shuttered last year, Grady McGinnis (G’27) faced a competitive and uncertain job market for international development professionals in DC. He decided to pursue a Master of Public Policy: bit.ly/3MINCFM

And with that, the 2025 season comes to an end! As the year winds down, we're reflecting on the many accomplishments of our #GradHoya community in 2025. Join our walk down memory lane via Graduate Studies Wrapped: bit.ly/48PxVE3

Former federal contractor Alisha Bi (G'27) left her job in August to pursue a full-time @McCourtSchool grad program in data science for public policy. @Georgetown's master's tuition scholarship program for federal workers helped make it possible: bit.ly/3MINCFM

Updated link: grad.georgetown.edu/2025/12/09/ken…

Kenyatta Hazlewood (G’28), the director of trauma services at @HowardU Hospital, joined @GtownNursing to deepen her commitment to trauma prevention and intervention efforts and advance health equity through research: bit.ly/4oFKUhm

Swipe for some holiday cheer➡️ Georgetown's annual Christmas Tree Lighting kicked off the holidays on campus with festive lights, hot cocoa and a visit from Santa and Mrs. Claus. DC's first snow of the season made the evening a little more magical. ❄️

Honored to receive the inaugural Cosmos Scholars Prize and to have my research on Machiavelli's 20th-century reception featured in this @GradGeorgetown article: grad.georgetown.edu/2025/11/06/cos…