The Class of 2017
Georgetown University in Qatar (GU-Q) welcomed the incoming Class of 2017 at its new student convocation. The 76 entering students hail from over 20 countries ranging from China to Yemen to Georgia. Thirty are from Qatar.
The freshmen assembled at the Georgetown auditorium, processed, and then pledged the honour code. The students were then officially inducted into their promising roles as members of the Georgetown community and officially donned their academic robes.
Gerd Nonneman, Dean of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, welcomed the new students.
“These students are laying the foundation of their future,” Nonneman explained. “Over the next four years they will develop their capacity not only to change their lives but to positively impact the lives of others. This is the time for students to stretch their boundaries, to challenge themselves, and to showcase all they are capable of as they proceed on this remarkable journey.”
Convocation speaker Dr Jeremy Koons told the Class of 2017: “You have earned your place here. You wouldn’t be here if we didn’t think that you were the ones who would thrive here, who would make us proud, who would leave this place in four years as Georgetown men and women.”
The Class of 2017 will be part of the population of over 250 students at Georgetown’s Qatar campus this year. The Peninsula
