Georgetown has more than 2,000 brand new alumni -- including the first from the Doha, Qatar campus -- after the university’s 210th commencement exercises.

Each of the university’s nine schools, plus the McDonough School of Business’ MBA program, held individual ceremonies to honor their graduates. The Washington campuses celebrated commencement weekend May 16-17, while the School of Foreign Service-Qatar held its inaugural graduation on May 9.

Best-selling author and PBS journalist Gwen Ifill spoke at the Georgetown College ceremony.  She encouraged the more than 800 members of the Class of 2009 to question the things they encounter in life with a healthy dose of skeptism.