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Welcome to Georgetown, the nation’s oldest Catholic and Jesuit University. Today Georgetown is a progressive, diverse community committed to social justice with a holistic approach to education. This tour will help you get to know this beautiful campus nestled right here in the heart of Washington, DC. Before we begin, let me briefly explain how UC Places works. It uses your location to play audio automatically, at the right time and place. Every time you reach a POI, I will automatically narrate that location. If you can see on the map that you're in the right spot but the audio isn't playing, give it a few seconds. Usually the gps will find you. If it doesn’t, you can always play the audio automatically, and if you wish to replay the audio for any POI, simply use the audio control buttons on the screen bottom. When you are ready, head in through the gates and meet me at the statue that is straight ahead of you.

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So who is the founder of Georgetown University? It’s this guy! Archbishop John Carroll. George Washington actually gave John Carroll a grant for him to open Georgetown University, which by the way, is the first Catholic University in the United States. See the huge clock tower to your left? That’s Healy Hall. Go ahead and meet me right in front of that tower.

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This gorgeous building is named after Patrick Healy, S.J., who was the first African American president of a non-historically black college or university. The Office of Student Financial Services and the Georgetown Scholarship Program are found in the basement there. The upper floors contain the Office of the President, offices for Campus Ministries, Riggs Library, the Kennedy Bioethics Library and Gaston Hall, our most famous lecture hall. Nice cannons though, right? Please follow the red brick walkway behind you to Lauinger Library.

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Lauinger Library is the main undergraduate library on Georgetown’s campus. This main study center on campus is also known as “Lau” and is filled with 2.3 bound volumes. The Maker Hub is also inside the library, along with the Gelardin (hard g) New Media Center. These are places where students can go to access specialized tools, like laser cutters and 3D printers. There is also access to digital media equipment, software and hardware. This is a pretty great place to let your imagination go wild. Now please turn right so that the Library is on your left. We are going to walk past a couple of residential complexes on our way to the Healy Family Center.

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The complex on the left is Village A. Village A is an upperclassmen apartment complex. Each apartment houses four students in two bedrooms, a living room, kitchen and bathroom. If you are interested in a spectacular view, climb one of the many sets of Village A stairs to see downtown Washington, DC and the Potomac River. Then continue down Library Walk.

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On your left is New South Hall. New South is a four-story freshman co-ed residence hall with two students per room. Darnall Hall, Harbin Hall, and Village C West are the other residence halls for first-year students. Continue down the hill toward the Healey Family Center. It’s on the left.

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The Healey Family Student Center on your left is Georgetown’s newest center of student life on campus. It includes the Bulldog Tavern, a beautiful riverside balcony, the Hilltoss salad shop, dance and music studios, and plenty of study spaces. Feel free to explore inside and then come back out and continue down Library Walk.

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The building in front of you is Leo O’Donovan Dining Hall. It seats 625 people on each of its two floors and features a variety of fresh, authentic global cuisine. The top floor features LEO|MKT, a marketplace with seven different locations to choose from if you wanna be picky. Or, just wanna mix it up. Down the stairs is a buffet-style dining experience operated by the Fresh FoodCo., which offers exhibition cooking and made-to-order fresh, healthy meals. You can’t go wrong at O’Donovan Hall. Please turn right.

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On your left is McCarthy Hall and on your right is Village C. Village C includes two wings, West and East. The West Wing is a freshman residence hall. The East Wing houses transfer students and upperclassmen. Each room is a double with a private bathroom. Please walk up the stairs to the right.

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Village C East is in front of you. Please walk around the left side of the building and cross the street toward Dahlgren Chapel.

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Please follow the wide brick path to the right. It will lead you to the Quadrangle at the front of Dahlgren Chapel.

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This is Dahlgren Chapel. This is the main Catholic chapel on campus and seats 250 people. The University also has a Muslim Prayer Room (Copley Hall) and a Jewish Student Association House (1318 36th Street.) Protestant services are primarily held in St. William Chapel (Copley Hall). Move farther into the Quadrangle, approaching the fountain.

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This building now on your left is Old North and is the home to the Georgetown McCourt School of Public Policy. 14 U.S. Presidents have delivered speeches from Old North steps, including George Washington; Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, in 2013. With Old North building in front of you, please turn left and follow the path to the tunnel.

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I’ll meet you at the other side of the tunnel.

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The nine-story building at the bottom of the stairs catty corner to the left is Harbin Hall. Harbin Hall is for freshmen. The rooms are arranged in groups of sixteen students in eight rooms. Each group has its own bathroom. Let’s turn right and keep walking.

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The building on your left is the Royden B.Davis, MBNA Performing Arts Center. This is the home of the Performing Arts at Georgetown. Here you will find a large theater, a small theater, a costume shop, as well as classroom spaces. Keep walking and when you get to the corner of the beautiful grey stone building, turn left and walk in front of Copley Hall.

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Yes, this is where you turn left.

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The large, stone building on your left is Copley Hall. Copley is an underclassmen residence hall. You will also find Copley Formal Lounge on the first floor, which is used as a reception space for student and University gatherings. There are worship centers as well: Copley Crypt for Eastern Orthodox Vesper Services and a Dharmalaya dedicated to all Dharmic religions. Copley is also home to the Global Living Experience and the French Floor. Please keep following this path.

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That beautiful stone building ahead of you is White-Gravenor Hall, which was completed in 1932. The first floor of White-Gravenor is home to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, the Office of the Registrar, and the Dean’s Office of Georgetown College. Please follow the path diagonally toward the Intercultural Center.

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The Intercultural Center (ICC) consists of classrooms, a language learning center, a computer lab and an auditorium. You will also find the Underclassmen College Dean’s Office there as well as the School of Foreign Service Dean’s Office, the Faculty of Language and Linguistics and some professors’ offices. With the ICC on your left, please walk through the breezeway to get to the stairs.

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The building on the left is the Reiss Science Building. This building contains classrooms, science labs, a nuclear accelerator vault (how cool is that), and a greenhouse. Reiss also has the offices of the Departments of Biology, Chemistry, and Physics and the Blommer Science Library.

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The building on your right is Pedro Arrupe, S.J. Hall. It is a relatively new dormitory that offers suite-style housing to 225 students on 8 floors. It includes a “contemplative room,” bike storage, study spaces, and a green Roof. Please follow the path until you reach the street.

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Please turn left. The Leavey Center, which will be on your right, is a multi-purpose facility that has several restaurants, a hotel and conference center, the University Bookstore, the Students of Georgetown, Inc. (the largest student-operated non-profit organization in the country, known as The Corp), the Career Center, and the Georgetown University Alumni and Student Federal Credit Union. This student center also has plenty of study spaces. Keep walking. Regent’s Hall is next.

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Regents Hall, on your right, is also relatively new and is the premier science facility on the Hilltop. It has been certified Gold by the Department of Energy, and contains an underground facility that purifies rainwater for use in its laboratories. Inside there is the Physics Department, Chemistry Department, and Biology Department. There are research facilities on the upper floors.

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Please turn right.

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On your left is Cooper Field. This is where you can watch your Hoyas play field hockey, football, and men’s and women’s lacrosse. Please follow the steps to the right.

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The beautiful Rafik B. Hariri Building houses all graduate and undergraduate programs in the McDonough (McDunuh) School of Business. The beautiful space has offices for faculty and administration, a community space, high-tech case study and lecture rooms, and a large lecture hall. The business school offers a number of highly competitive programs that our very popular with students. Finance, consulting, management, and marketing all are offered here.. For some impressive extracurricular activities, you can join in on case study competitions, stock pitches, guest lecturers, or join the Startup Hoyas. Thank you for taking this tour today. Feel free to walk around and enjoy the beautiful campus. UCPlaces has other fun tours right here in Washington DC, so check them out! I hope to talk to ya soon but until then, so long and Happy Touring!