Jeff Green, who attended GU from 2004-2007 before leaving for the NBA, talks about the value of a Georgetown education as he returns to campus to graduate with the class of 2012. Green, who led the Hoyas to the Final Four in 2007 and became an NBA star, spent four consecutive summers taking classes to fulfill his goal – and a promise to his mother. Congrats Jeff, Hoya Saxa!
“As we go on into the world, I hope all of our values – Jesuit and others – remain intact.”
“Georgetown has provided us with an academic and moral foundation, as well as friends and memories that I wouldn’t trade for the world.”
-Perry Elizabeth Rogers (B’ 12), valedictorian of the McDonough School of Business
- Dean David Thomas, McDonough School of Business.
BSFS class speaker Eitan Paul, an international politics major, said that the School of Foreign Service enabled students to sharpen the skills they will use and “Georgetown has given us a living community in which to practice these skills.”
“We took the Jesuit imperative of contemplation in action to heart,” he said.
- MSFS guest speaker Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Managing Director, World Bank and former Finance Minister, Indonesia
- Michael Collins, MSFS student speaker

“The greatest gift the College has given us is the faith that we will keep finding those places we belong and the strength to face times of great change and uncertainty as we look for them.” - 2012 College Valedictorian Nadia Mahmassani
“Congratulations to all of you today. This moment matters deeply to you, to your parents, to your classmates, to your teachers. And that’s more than enough dignity for one day. But tomorrow’s task is to make this moment matter to your community, to your country, to the world. And to make sure that at the end of your run, you leave the world better than you found it. —David Simon, College Commencement, 2012