“Experiential Learning” Posts

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    From Doha to Buenos Aires: How Global Education Shaped Me

    December 17, 2025 · By Jay Pacer (GU-Q '26)

    “How should we reinvent the city?” This is the type of question that Georgetown students like me are being trained to answer on the daily. We talk about a plethora of things–from the stock market to the politics of conserving energy. Here, discourse that questions, provokes, and stretches you is normal. So when I landed in Buenos Aires in Argentina for the Doha Debates Town Hall, it felt like the most natural extension of what we already do in the classroom.

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    How To Not Waste Your Summer 101

    November 19, 2025 · By Abdrakhman Serikkali (GU-Q '28)

    For me, summer is usually a heap of unrealized plans, spontaneous travels, and the irritatingly slow mind marches of daydreaming on my bed. The summer of 2025, however, to my surprise, was completely different.  In the spring semester of my first year, I knew I wanted to spend the summer doing what I love—writing. Good writing, nevertheless, flourishes when one is in a new setting, with differences capturing your every sense. So, I looked for summer writing courses in various countries, with the intention of challenging myself.

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    I Emailed This Professor Hoping to Join Her Class – It Became the Most Influential Course I Took at GU-Q

    November 12, 2025 · By Jay Pacer (GU-Q '26)

    At GU-Q, certain professors’ names become part of how students help one another to navigate this place. These names are passed along with a simple recommendation such as, “take her class if you get a chance.”

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    Beyond Borders: What a Fishing Village in Indonesia Taught Me About True Community Engagement

    November 9, 2025 · By Hassan Amin (GU-Q'27)

    As part of Georgetown University in Qatar's Community Engagement Program, I traveled to Indonesia expecting to make a difference. Instead, the community made a difference in me. Our journey began with three days in Jakarta, conversations at Georgetown Asia Pacific with Scott Guggenheim and Yuhki Tajima, walks through old Batavia exploring the remnants of five different colonizations, and visits to the Istiqlal Mosque and Jakarta Cathedral. But it was the four days that followed in a fishing village that truly transformed my understanding of what it means to engage with a community.

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    How I Embraced Uncertainty at Georgetown – Then Found My Path through Research in Greece and Indonesia

    March 16, 2025 · By Lo'ay Ramadan (GU-Q '27)

    When I was a first year student, I used to worry that my academic interests were too scattered to fit neatly into the structured world of university research. It wasn’t about the variety of academic opportunities offered at Georgetown, rather the uncertainty of how to navigate them from an interdisciplinary point of view. Even so, I wasn’t sure whether these interests would translate into tangible opportunities. 

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    How GU-Q’s Travel Programs Turn Studying Into an Adventure

    February 26, 2025 · By Lawrence Maracac (GU-Q’26)

    Travel has always been one of the most powerful ways to learn about history, about the world, and about ourselves. There’s something deeply transformative about stepping into a place shaped by a history different from our own, immersing ourselves in its culture, and seeing firsthand the realities we’ve only encountered in books or lectures. That is why I have come to love traveling, not just as a hobby, but as a way to grow.

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    What Have GUQ Students Been Up to This Summer?

    September 4, 2023 · By Michelle Hadebe (GU-Q '25)

    How was your summer? I still can’t believe that fall semester has begun and I am a junior! It’s been two years of writing and talking to you all and now I am entering the second chapter of being a student at Georgetown. Summer is every university student’s favorite time! It is an opportunity to reunite with family and friends, a space to research and intern, and most importantly travel.

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    Catching Up: Academia, Adventures, and Community Connections

    May 22, 2023 · By Michelle Hadebe (GU-Q '25)

    It's been a while since we last connected, and I must admit, I've missed sharing my experiences with you. The past semester has been a whirlwind of adventures, both on and off campus. As I sit here reflecting on the memories, I can't help but wonder how you've been and what incredible stories you might have to share.