Even as Georgetown sustains its traditional forms of service, it will continue to seek new and innovative ways to contribute to society. Georgetown has taken bold steps to integrate community service into the curriculum. Among the many examples are business courses in which students provide entrepreneurial advice to inner-city organizations, sociology courses in which students survey attitudes on race and religion, and English courses in which students apply the latest pedagogical techniques in classroom settings. Georgetown s Service Learning Option, a national model program, gives an extra credit option to undergraduates engaged in community service that complements classroom studies. Georgetown s commitment to public service is known worldwide.
Students leave Georgetown and take on leadership roles on a global and local scale.
Among Georgetown graduates are a U.S. president, two Supreme Court justices, a governor, members of Congress, the director of the Peace Corps, heads of other federal agencies, and numerous ambassadors, international leaders, and state and local officials. The Third Century Campaign is vital to continuing this historic commitment that infuses education at all levels and on all campuses. The campaign will support an array of community service initiatives, including Georgetown s Volunteer and Public Service Center, which provides hundreds of opportunities in the District of Columbia, internationally, and within the campus community for students and faculty to work for the benefit of others. New funds will bolster the University s continuing contributions to create new models for service and outreach, through action and through curricula. In addition, the campaign will strengthen the financial foundation of Georgetown University Medical Center, where the approach of caring for the body, the mind, and the spirit is a rare and precious form of service in a health care system that all too often treats medicine as a commodity.