Applications are in!

Fresh off of our scholarship deadline, we're proud to share that we received 19 applications for the fall scholarship cycle! This is an increase in applications from the same time last year.

Our Selection Committee is hard at work reviewing the talents and accomplishments of the first-year students who applied. It's going to be tough selecting two recipients from such a polished group of students, but our Selection Committee is up for the challenge. Be on the look out for updates soon!

Hoya Saxa!

Reunión y Despedida 2010... ¡Gracias!

A great big thank you to the parents, undergrads, incoming students who came out to Reunión y Despedida 2010! The event was a huge success and a lot of fun. It was great seeing old friends and meeting the incoming students. In a particularly special way, it was great to see parents (including my own!) who came out to support the students getting ready to start the fall semester on the Hilltop. Check out pictures of the event on Facebook and look out for a recap of the event on this blog pretty soon.

Carnitas (with a Vegetarian Option) and Good Company...

RSVPs for the first Reunión y Despedida happening in Los Angeles this Saturday, August 14. have been rolling in from near and far (alumni from Chicago, San Francisco and San Diego have RSVPed!) and we are excited for the contingent of alumni (young and old) and undergraduate students (just young) who have emailed us to say they are coming. So what can you expect at Reunión y Despedida? To start, we can promise some good, home-cooked food. This is a family-friendly event. Family members of the alumni on the organizing committee are making a great spread (both vegetarian and otherwise). Next, we can promise great company. I can guarantee this because I've seen the RSVP list. We've got 30+ awesome Hoyas attending. If you're an undergraduate, you'll have an opportunity to meet some fellow classmates you may never have met before. If you're starting your first semester on The Hilltop, this is your chance to begin plugging into the comunidad you can expect to meet on campus. Of course, this event wouldn't be possible without the donations made by alumni who are attending (hint, hint). If you haven't RSVPed, do so now by emailing georgetown.comunidad@gmail.com. If you've already RSVPed, I'll see you on Saturday!

Almost Here!

We’re only a few weeks away from our first Reunión y Despedida, happening on Saturday, August 14 at the home of our friends Scott Thomas and Liz Raposo in Los Angeles. We’ve been pretty excited to read the RSVPs of undergraduates and incoming students who are gearing up for their first semester on the Hilltop and old friends who are going to travel to Los Angeles for this special event.

If you are an alumnus/a and thinking of coming, make sure you RSVP by making a small donation to cover the costs of the event and offset the cost for undergrads and parents who attend. We suggest a $25 donation, but any donation in any amount is welcome and gets you in. If you are an alumnus/a who cannot attend, I encourage you to make your presence felt by making a donation to GCSA scholarships at the top right-hand corner of this page! There is no stronger statement to make to our undergraduate comunidad than the support of those who came before them!

Some of you may be wondering what Reunión y Despedida is all about. Well, to start, many alumni have been looking for a good occasion to gather. I think celebrating one year of GCSA scholarships is pretty good occasion, right? Despedida will also be an important opportunity for undergraduates and incoming students and their families to meet alumni, faculty and staff community. Finally, Reunión y Despedida will be the first gathering of its kind: a gathering of all members of the Georgetown comunidad: alumni, parents, students, faculty and staff coming.

So….RSVP!! If you are an alumnus/a, make your suggested donation by clicking on the “Donate” button in the above right-hand corner of this page. If you are an incoming student or current student, simply email georgetown.comunidad@gmail.com to RSVP and indicate how many people will be attending with you. This will be a family-friendly event.

RSVP TO REUNIÓN Y DESPEDIDA

It's coming! We're excited to host the first Reunión y Despedida in the Greater Los Angeles area. This is an opportunity for Georgetown's comunidad - alumni/ae, current students, incoming students, parents and administrators - to meet for the first time, catch up with old friends, provide invaluable advice to incoming and returning students and also send off the students to Georgetown with cariño. There will be food, beverages and buena compañía. Don't miss it! All donations cover the costs associated with hosting this event and benefit the Georgetown Comunidad Scholarship Association, an organization dedicated to supporting higher education through scholarship grants and more.

REUNIÓN Y DESPEDIDA
Saturday, August 14, 2010 at 4 p.m.

Alumni/ae Requested Donation: $25
Donations are currently being accepted via PayPal: click here or "Donate" on the right-hand side of this blog
--If you don't have a PayPal account, scroll down to "Don't have a PayPal account?" on the left-hand side and click "Continue."

Current and Incoming Students: There is no charge for you to attend the event, however we ask that you please email georgetown.comunidad@gmail.com to RSVP for the event and indicate how many people will be attending in your party. Please RSVP by August 9, 2010.

Reunión y Despedida

It's been close to a year since the Georgetown Comunidad Scholarship Association got off the ground. In that time, with your unwavering support and encouragement, we surpassed our initial modest goal of awarding one scholarship to a deserving Georgetown undergraduate and instead awarded four scholarships in the 2009-2010 school year. Mayra Jaimes, Rachel Hochstetler, Carlos Mercado, and Jennifer Osei, received GCSA scholarships this past academic year. We are excited to encourage and support a new generation of Hoyas in their pursuit of higher education.

But the GCSA is more than just an organization that gives out scholarship money. From its inception, we wanted the GCSA to support students by making them aware of a wonderful community of successful alumni who are supportive of their goals for higher education. We want students to know that there is a whole comunidad of alumni cheering them on. To that end, we want to bring together undergraduates, admitted students and their parents, alumni and even faculty and staff—all of whom make up the comunidad—for an event in Los Angeles that we are calling Reunión y Despedida. For alumni, this will be an opportunity to see old friends and meet the undergraduates. For the undergraduates, this will be an opportunity to mingle with alumni who may share an academic or professional interest, and perhaps can offer some words of advice and encouragement. This will also be an opportunity to bid farewell to the admitted students who are about to embark on their first year at Georgetown. So please save the date of August 14, 2010 and join us for Reunión y Despedida in the Greater Los Angeles Area.

Felicidades to the GU Class of 2010!

Congratulations to the students, parents and families of the Georgetown University Class of 2010! Wherever you are and wherever you may be going, always remember that as alumni, you will always be a part of the Georgetown comunidad! Hoya Saxa!