Archive: News
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Clothing Partnership Outfits Pivot Fellows in Style
Business attire donated by the AAFA helped Fellows start their internships in style.
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Pivot Course Helps Fellows Tell Their Own Stories
Since 2019, Professor Jeanine Turner has taught a class on personal narratives with the Pivot Program, where Fellows are encouraged to reexamine and reshape how they tell their personal stories.
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Pivot Fellows Begin 2023 Internships
The Georgetown Pivot Program Fellows began professional internships on March 13, beginning the final stage of their Pivot journeys.
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Pivot Fellows Explore Two Sides of Personal Finance in Unique Course
Pivot Professors George and Joy Comer’s personal finance class guides Fellows through the emotional and practical sides of money.
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Pivot Fellows Design Solutions for DICK’S Sporting Goods
The Georgetown Pivot Program Fellows teamed up with DICK’S Sporting Goods this month for their design thinking presentations, presenting the business lessons they’ve had this semester to the nation’s largest sporting goods retailer.
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Pivot Fellow’s Invention Wins 2nd at Georgetown Pitch Competition
Georgetown Pivot Fellow Raashed Hall earned second place at a Georgetown-wide pitch competition for a unique workout product — one he patented while he was incarcerated.
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Washington Business Journal Spotlights Pivot Alumni
Pivot alumni Maya Moore and Muhammad Al-Mahdi were featured in a December cover spread of the Washington Business Journal.
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David Schultz: The Power of Self-Advocacy
David Schultz’s career since graduating from the Pivot Program has brought him right back to the Pivot classroom – where he is guiding and inspiring the next cohort of professionals and entrepreneurs.
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Welcome, Pivot Cohort 5!
Classes are back in session. The Pivot Program kicked off its fifth cohort on Oct. 11. This year, 19 students are enrolled in the nine-month program packed with business and entrepreneurship courses, a three-month internship placement, and the annual business pitch competition — all designed to prepare them to reenter the professional workplace.
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Pivot Program Announces Leadership Changes
Dr. Alyssa Lovegrove has been named Executive Director of the Pivot Program.
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