Meet the NSO Staff

New Student Orientation (NSO) is one of the most engaging groups on campus. Comprised of Georgetown students from all corners of campus, the NSO staff reflects the depth and diversity of the incoming students. From the Professional staff to the Orientation Advisors, every member of the NSO team is dedicated to welcoming the new students to Georgetown and ensuring that they have a fun and beneficial orientation experience.
NSO has one of the largest student staffs on Georgetown's campus. Five student Coordinators spend the entire summer (as well as a large portion of their spring semester) planning and selecting the staff for NSO. The NSO Staff consists of 32 captains and 180 Orientation Advisors (OAs). Captains are the liaisons between the Coordinators and the OAs. In addition, Captains help keep the events running smoothly during NSO. The OAs are the first people that most new students will encounter at Georgetown. Each OA has a group of 10-12 new students that he or she guides through the orientation process. OAs are great resources for information and advice about life on the Hilltop.
You will receive an email from your Orientation Advisor in early August!
Meet the NSO Coordinators and Professional Staff:

Carolyn Arnold (COL '11) is a pre-med psychology major, proudly hailing from the land of cheese, brats and Packer football (Wisconsin). When not introducing new Hoyas to the Hilltop, Carolyn also enjoys volunteering with DanceDC, working for the student newspaper The Hoya, building houses with Habitat for Humanity and helping out on GU Hospital's pediatric floor. She also loves random dance parties, stupid comedies and caffeinated beverages. Carolyn is 5'11" but to answer your question, she does not play basketball; she is, however, a dedicated Georgetown basketball fan. After being abroad in Edinburgh, Carolyn is thrilled to be back and is ready to welcome new students to this great place.

Kate Broderick is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service majoring in Science, Technology and International Affairs with a concentration in Biotechnology and Global Health. When she is not busy looking for a business card large enough to fit all that, she is exploring the city - not far from her hometown, Columbia, Maryland - and counting down the days until NSO. Kate enjoys giving campus tours for Georgetown through Blue and Gray, and has been actively supporting the malaria awareness project, Nothing But Nets. Out rebounding, at a mere 5'5", the guys of Georgetown's coed intramural basketball teams and taking jogs down to the memorials are some ways Kate enjoys procrastinating from school work. Kate believes you can never smile too much, that Disney movies are even better when you are older, that eating cereal out of the box is a way of life, and that Georgetown is the best home away from home.

Christopher Dicks (SFS '11) is a Culture & Politics major, originally from the resplendent city of Worcester, nestled in the heart of central Massachusetts. When not living out his unending enthusiasm for NSO, Christopher can usually be found in Uncommon Grounds, brewing delicious beverages and occasionally nibbling on pastries. He also spends several hours every week at Hoya Kids Learning Center, a preschool and child development center tucked behind Poulton Hall. For the past four years, he has rode in the annual Pan-Mass Challenge (a fundraiser for the Dana-Farber Institute). Since coming to Georgetown, he has become both a bhangra enthusiast and an avid fan of all things a capella. His other passions include baked goods, Tibetan Buddhism, naps, bookstores, life lessons from his grandma, spontaneous dance parties... and politics (like any good Georgetown student).

Chris Scribner (COL '10) is an English major from New York City who transferred to Georgetown in the fall of 2008 from Augsburg College in Minnesota. Aside from being consistently awestruck by his NSO peers, he spends much of his time with his teammates on the Georgetown Lightweight Crew team, who are perennially in pursuit of the elusive national championship. He also works as a tutor in the Georgetown Writing Center (2nd floor of Lauinger). In his free time, he enjoys watching contact sports, alpine mountaineering, and reading about different paths of spirituality. After he graduates in the fall of 2010, he will continue rowing for the Hoyas while pursuing a graduate degree on the Hill and further postponing his entrance to the real world.

Hijab Shah (SFS '11) was born in Birmingham, England, grew up in Peshawar, Pakistan, went to an international high school in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, and somehow ended up in Georgetown, studying Culture and Politics. Known to her friends as "The Hot Mess," Hijab can be seen running in a state of frenzy from class to club meetings and back -- her Georgetown career has seen her as an editor with Hoya Sports, on the board of directors of the International Relations Club, staffing and debating at Model UN conferences, acting on stage with the South Asian theatre ensemble "Awaaz," and of course, NSOing with her favorite people in the world.

Meet the NSO Captains:

2010 NSO Captains include Derek Anderson, Kate Bermingham, Berkley Braden, Caitlin Cassidy,
Melissa Coleman, Laura Dunn, Josh Feller, Spencer Fertig, Heather Gartin, Kristen Janiszewski,
Alex Klein, Liz Kneuer, Matt Lai, Peter Lai, Andrew Malzberg, Jess McCamy, Billy McGeehin,
Margaux McGrath, Sarah McMahon, Jihana Mottley, Rachel Nyitray, Eamon O’Connor, Toni Pryor,
Matt Renart, Katherine Scholle, Laura Shen, Katie Suter, Roberta Taggart, Kat Tuckett, Courtney Ulrich,
Wendy Wang, and Bill Ward.

Meet the NSO Orientation Advisors:

Senyo Abotsi	Nafees Ahmed	Talar Angacian
Leandra Armstead	James Avino	Armon Avandeh
Chris Ballard	Jacob Bean	Gabriella Blissett
Molly Bloom	Erin Booth	Thomas Bosco
Jacob Bueno de Mesquita	John Bufe	Tommy Buller
Ben Burdick	Seri Buzby	Colleen Cacciabeve
Tenaya Campbell	Michael Campbell	Cristina Cardenal
Timothy Carey	Kara Cassella	MaryBryan Ciarrocchi
Stephanie Clark	Soshana Clerizier	Stephen Collier
Victoria Corless	Cathryn Courtin	Randy Crooks
Colm Cross	Mollie Curran	Sharice Davis
Joanna Dearolf	Kathryn DeVincenzo	Jack Devlin
Ellie DiBerardino	Charlotte Dillon	Louis DiPaola
Jennifer Dixon	Madeleine Dolan	Kiki Dolan
Bre Donald	Clare Donnelly	Briana Dorgan
Jessica Douglass	Andrew Dubbins	Alexandra Dudziuk
Hannah Duus	Makeda Easter	Brad Eben
Albert Eisenberg	Alexandra Eitel	Margi Emhof
Thaddeus Ewald	Ace Factor	Gabrielle Fares
Katherin Farrell	Laura Fayer	Elisabeth Ferland
Adam Fine	Richard Frohlichstein	Melissa Gadsden
Daniel Galloway Jr.	Victoria Gamlen	Larissa Garbade
Aditi Garg	Matthew Gorey	Patrick Gorman
Abby Grahek	Katie Green	Hanna Gully
Alexander Hagan	Alyssa Hahn	Nora Hajjar
Miranda Hall	David Heckler	Betsy Helmer
Nathan Hochstetler	Tim Hughes	Sam Hyman
Nicole Jackson	Charlotte Japp	Neha Jejurikar
Kendra Jones	Stephanie Joyal	Becky Kiel
Molly Kirk	Emi Koch	Ishita Kohli
Julianne Lee	Sydney LeGuyader	Megan Lenihan
Joe Leon	Katy Lewandowski	Michael Lienhard
Thomas Lipinsky	Michael Lonie	Michael Luckey
Fitz Lufkin	Ryan Lundquist	Lauren Mahon
Emily Malavenda	Adrian Mansylla	Cara Maresca
Kelly McAllester	Melissa McClure	Meghan McCormick
Taryn McDonnell	Lindsay McDonnell	Caitlin McGoldrick
Brian McGuire	William McKeithen	Madeleine McLennon
Brian Miller	Jeff Morshed	Rebecca Moses
Tyler Mow-Unland	Ryan Muldoon	Bill Nelson
Shakti Nochur	Richael O'Hagan	Tito Obaisi
Elizabeth Ockerman	Emily Oehlsen	Frank Papalia
Molly Paris	Christine Park	Aanika Patel
Erin Pepin	Zayan Pereborow	Kate Petersen
Angela Pontes	Alyson Prince	Tyler Read
John Roach	Joshua Rodriguez	Rosaline Ruiz
Roxanne Salas	Elizabeth Seaman	Brittany Seidensticker
Julian Sesma	Sari Sharoni	Lauren Sheidler
Cat Shi	Aman Shahi	Janice Shon
Cindy Shuck	Jagmeet Singh	Jacob Sneeden
Neha Sobti	Malik Stevens	Kristen Strong
Andrew Sugrue	Cameron Sumner	Stephen Szypulski
Imani Tate	Amy Tenett	Paulina Velasco
Stefane Victor	Brendan Viola	Alexa Violaris
Matt Wagner	Remy Wainfeld	Andrea Wallach
Dee Dee Wei	Daniel White	Michael Whittaker
Kelsie Wilhelm	Cameron Williams	Madeleine Wiseman
Andrew Wojtanik	John Wynne	Carey Youmans
Garazi Zulaika	Adrienne Haswell	Kris Kagei
Maria Luisa Mendiola	Christopher Mika