July 31, 2001
On July 30, as part of the University Speakers Bureau, Linda McCarthy, Alumna, presented “Spies, Pop Flies, and French Fries: Stories I Told My Favorite Visitors to the CIA Exhibit Center” for the Aurora Hills Senior Center. For more information on participating in the Speakers Bureau, call x38846.
July 31, 2001
Dance instructor Boris Willis assists an Early Identification Program student from Glasgow Middle School during the Kid Action dance improvisation workshop on July 23. For more information on the workshop, view the Daily Gazette story.
July 31, 2001
By Elena Barbre Jane Luxenberg is the new director of the Fairfax Small Business Development Center (SBDC), one of four centers in the Northern Virginia SBDC network, part of the School of Public Policy’s Mason Enterprise Center. The centers offer one-on-one counseling, training seminars, and resource materials for those with prospective or existing small businesses [...]
July 30, 2001
The Enterprise Engineering and Policy Laboratory of the School of Public Policy holds a workshop, “Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning and Scheduling,” July 31 and Aug. 1 at National Tsing Hua University in the Science Park City of Hsinchu, Taiwan. Sponsored by the Boeing Company, the workshop focuses on supply chain integration from a [...]
July 30, 2001
The 6th Annual Intellectual Life of the Schools (ILS) Summer Institute for Teachers takes place Aug. 14-16, at George Mason. This year’s institute, titled “Knowledge: The Forbidden Fruit of the Information Age,” encourages educators involved with learning from K-12 to college to assist in constructing historical, cultural, and political perspectives on censoring texts. The opportunity [...]
July 27, 2001
Following are highlights of national news coverage George Mason received during the past week: Friday, July 20, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, San Diego Union-Tribune ‘Catcher in the Rye’ Turns 50 and Still Thrives on Teen Angst “Like the literary character he most often is compared to, Huckleberry Finn, Caulfield remains a fumbling teen in the minds of [...]
July 27, 2001
By Fran Rensbarger Beverly H. Davis is the director of graduate admissions, a new position responsible for recruiting graduate students, coordinating the process of graduate applications, and designing university-wide graduate publications. She began on July 23. “Ms. Davis has the kind of enthusiasm and marketing savvy we were seeking for this position, and I’m confident [...]
July 26, 2001
The George Mason University Stadium is currently undergoing major field renovations and will receive a new scoreboard in time for training by both the men’s and women’s soccer programs and U.S. Soccer training beginning in late August. “This new turf system will provide our soccer and lacrosse teams with a first-rate, internationally-recognized surface to compete [...]
July 26, 2001
The Virginia Department of Human Resource Management recently issued a policy on the use of the Internet and Electronic Communications Systems (policy number 1.75). It applies to “all state employees, including employees of agencies exempt from coverage of the Virginia Personnel Act,” and it takes effect Aug. 1. The policy will be posted in its [...]
July 25, 2001
Editor’s Note: This is the first feature story of an eight-article series detailing services that do not receive much publicity, but are used every day by many faculty and staff members at George Mason. By Michelle Nery On a beautiful summer day at the Child Development Center, the Polar Bear class departs for their stroll [...]