Title:Recent gifts highlight Georgetown’s commitment to excellence

Thanks to Georgetown’s philanthropic community, the university is making an impact in service to the greater good. Here are just a few of the recent gifts to Called to Be: The Campaign for Georgetown.

Transformative gift to Georgetown’s School of Nursing

Thanks to a transformative $25 million gift commitment from the Berkley Family Foundation, Georgetown University will rename its nursing school the Georgetown University Berkley School of Nursing and expand the school’s enrollment, financial aid offerings, faculty, staff, and student resources. The new name will take effect early in the 2025-26 academic year.

The Berkley family has longstanding ties to the university and a history of extraordinarily generous philanthropy. Prior to this gift to the nursing school, the Berkley family established Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs, as well as an endowed chair at Georgetown McDonough, which is currently held by Dean Paul Almeida. They’ve also given generously to Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

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Endowed Computer Science chair focused on artificial intelligence

Thanks to a $13.7 million gift from Robert (C’62) and Allison Bertrand (Parents’05), Georgetown University will create the Robert W. Bertrand Endowed Chair in Computer Science to focus on research and teaching related to artificial intelligence (AI). 

The gift is one of the largest ever made to the Department of Computer Science, which is housed in the College of Arts & Sciences. A recruitment search for the chair is underway, with an aspirational start date in Fall 2026.

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Advancing student mental health and wellness

A $1 million gift from the Ortus Foundation, founded by Sabrina Kuhl Gracias (B’93, Parent’27), will support the mental health and well-being of Georgetown students in the spirit of cura personalis, or care of the whole person.

The gift establishes the Ortus Foundation “Thriving at Georgetown” Current Use Fund and the Ortus Foundation Mental Health Initiatives Current Use Fund within the Division of Student Affairs.

With these resources, Georgetown will offer new suicide prevention training to help faculty, staff, and peer leaders identify struggling students; implement response measures; and research the well-being of young people who came of age during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Professorships, scholarships for Steers Center

A $10 million gift from Bob (B’75 Parent’06, ’08, ’10, ’22) and Lauren (Parent’06, ’08, ’10, ’22) Steers will give graduate students at the Steers Center for Global Real Assets in the McDonough School of Business a competitive edge in a rapidly growing field.

The gift will endow a professorship in real estate and another in infrastructure, giving students access to leading practitioners in each field, and support 20 full-tuition scholarships each year through the Steers Scholars Program for the Master of Science in Global Real Assets.

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