Community Partnerships

The Office of External Relations works with the community to share information and to understand issues that are important to our neighbors. This is accomplished by maintaining relations with citizens associations and ANC groups in the surrounding neighborhoods: Burleith, Cloisters, Foxhall Village, Georgetown, Glover Park, Hillandale and Palisades.

The Office of External Relations regularly works with members of the Washington D.C. local government and businesses to facilitate collaborative relationships between these groups and Georgetown University faculty, staff and students who could best assist them in addressing specific needs. Some highlights are:

  • Chancellor Michelle Rhee's Visit to Georgetown University: Facilitated a campus visit from DC Public School's Chancellor Rhee to observe Georgetown's Meyers Institute for College Preparation's Summer Institute.
  • Neighborhood Clean-Up: Sponsored a neighborhood clean up with the Office of Off Campus Student Life as part of a city wide clean up effort. Members of Georgetown's community, GU students, business owners and university staff joined forces to clean up several blocks of Prospect Street, 34th, 35th, and 33rd Streets
  • Georgetown History Day: Along with the University Archivist and the Office of Campus Programs, organized two historic walking tours of the campus as part of a Georgetown History Day Celebration. More than 150 people attended the tour.
  • Foxhall Citizens Association: Facilitated Georgetown University President John DeGioia's attendance as the guest speaker at Foxhall Citizens Association reception hosted by Pete Ross, President of the Foxhall Association.
  • Facilitated Emergency Preparedness briefings for D.C. City Council staff and the Office of the City Administrator.
  • Launched a workforce development partnership, with GU's Athletic Department and D.C. Public Schools, which placed middle and jr. high school students in Georgetown University's workplace.
  • Participated in Historic Georgetown's 250th Anniversary Celebration activities.
  • Worked with GU's Law Center in its effort to join the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID).
  • Assistant Vice President for External Relations, Linda Greenan, received an award from 2nd District Metropolitan Police Department for community service.
  • Assistant Vice President, Linda Greenan was named one of five Georgetowners of 2001 by The Georgetowner.
  • Participate on the Board of the Georgetown Business and Professional Association, the Georgetown Partnership, the DC Chamber of Commerce and the Downtown Business Improvement District.

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