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With the new year fast approaching, it's time to recognize the brilliant moves D.C.-area schools have made in 2014. Whether it be solidifying plans for a brand new research institute, putting budgeting dollars towards recruiting top-tier faculty talent or establishing funding to encourage entrepreneurs to pursue their venture dreams, each college and university across the District, Maryland and Virginia has made positive changes on campus this year to ensure they continue to propel D.C. area higher education forward.
That said, let's kick off this trip down college memory lane with Georgetown University.
- The Case Foundation invested $100K in a Global Social Enterprise Initiative. – In January, the Case Foundation announced its grant, which will "support new efforts to explore the opportunity to grow impact investing —committing capital with the expectation of positive financial and social returns—in the United States." They include a collaboration with the Global Global Social Enterprise Initiative and the Case Foundation in its work with the U.S. National Advisory Board to the Social Impact Investing Task Force.
- A $10M donation paved the way for a new social impact and innovation hub. – Georgetown alumna Olga Maria Beeck and her husband, investor Alberto Beeck gifted the school with $10M to foster the growth of social innovation on campus. The new Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation will serve as a "hub for research and real-world experience" here in the U.S. and across the world.
- Rep. John Delaney donated $1M to create a Hillary Clinton Fellowship at the law school. – Who knew Delaney had a crush on Clinton? The respected politico donated $1M to his alma mater to establish a Hillary Clinton Fellowship at Georgetown's law school. The fellowship will provide funding for law school graduates to work for a year at the Georgetown Institute for Somen, Peace & Security. The money he donated also went towards the creation of a Delaney Fellowship program that will offer 25 graduates over the next five years one-year fellowships to work in the public interest.
- President Obama nominated a law school professor as judge, another law professor was tapped to serve as counsel to Vice President Biden and DC Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson joined the university's Board of Directors. A Nobel Prize-winner also joined the university's faculty. – The White House was after some Georgetown talent this year, seeking out both visiting Georgetown University Law Center professor Pamela A. Harris and full-time law professor Victoria Nourse. As they both left the university, two more impressive individuals were added to the staff roster. DC Schools Chancellor Kaya Henderson is on the university's Board of Directors and Nobel Prize-winner in economic sciences and senior resident scholar at the International Monetary Fund George Akerlof can now be found on campus.
- The university launched a new program to provide Startup Stipends for student entrepreneurs. – Starting in the spring, a new program announced by founding Director of the Georgetown Entrepreneurship Initiative Jeff Reid and alumna Victoria Schramm will provide Startup Stipends to help graduating seniors with the launch of their dream ventures. All seniors are welcome to apply for the stipends that include monetary assistance, mentoring, programming and a whole series of networking events.
Source : http://inthecapital.streetwise.co/2014/12/08/georgetown-university-2014-news-highlights/
