Georgetown University as a community in diversity, shares a set of values that has been refined over five hundred years of Jesuit tradition and is deeply committed to fostering a safe, welcoming and inclusive community that respects the inherent dignity and shared humanity of each Hoya. As we stand to promote free expression of ideas, and enable every member of our community to thrive. We have developed a number of resources to support our community and commitments.
Resources to Support Our Community in Diversity QR-Code
Your voice matters. This form is designed to provide you with a platform to express concerns related to your rights, conduct, and grievances within the graduate community. We are committed to addressing your concerns promptly and confidentially. Please take a moment to fill out the following form. Your responses will be treated with the utmost confidentiality, and we aim to respond within 7 days.
Are you looking to create a Georgetown student organization? Wanting to be added to Campus Groups? Find more information of how to do this on our Group Formation page.
Step 1: Fill out the GradGov Prospective Group Declaration of Interest form. The Director of Groups will review the information to ensure the group complies with the above regulations (no need to have all 13 members at this point)
Step 2: The interested group will meet with the Director of Groups and Assistant Director of Graduate Enrichment and Communication to review new graduate student group’s proposal.
Step 3: New graduate student group develops a constitution, including mission statement and list of executive board positions. The constitution must set standards, objectives, goals, etc. for your group. Once completed, the constitution will be submitted to the Director of Groups for review.
Step 4: At the last General Assembly (GA) meeting of the semester (late-November/early-December), your group will submit your constitution and present your proposal to the Assembly.
Step 5: The General Assembly will vote to approve or deny your group establishment. If approved, your group may begin accessing funds starting in the Spring. Please refer to the Access to Benefits page for more details on requirements and resources granted. More general information on student groups can be found on the Student Organizations page. Under Hoyalink you may also access other groups’ documentation such as their constitution. This will familiarize you with a general outline of your group’s own constitution. The Center for Student Engagement (CSE) is the broad umbrella organization under which GradGov and GradGov groups fall. It might be worth exploring some of the resources they have on their website as well.
Please If you would like to chat further about this process and the benefits you would gain by becoming a GradGov group, please do not hesitate to contact Jie Jung Shih, the Director of Groups.
Step 2: The GradGov Events Committee will review the form and reach out to the point of contact should there be any questions or concerns.
Step 3: : Once the Director of the Events Committee approves the form, the director will forward it to GradGov’s Budget Committee for approval.
Step 4: The Events Committee will inform the POC (point of contact) listed on the form, once the proposed event is approved by all parties within GradGov. The approval process will take 1-2 weeks.
Step 5: TThe POC is responsible for coordinating with the GradGov Communications and Web & Tech Committees to promote the event.
