December 22, 2005
Following are members of the George Mason community who made presentations to community groups in December as part of the University Speakers Bureau. For more information on the Speakers Bureau, call 703-993-8846.
- Dec. 1—Star Muir, DoIT, Learning Support Services, “Managing Technostress” for Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development
- Dec. 1—Clayton Austin, Theater, “Let’s Put On a Play” for the Jewish Community Center Thursday Morning Group
- Dec. 2—Janette Muir, New Century College, “Becoming Media Literate” for Jewish Community Center Friday Discussion Group
December 22, 2005
While some of us will be sitting by the fire or taking an exotic vacation during George Mason’s winter holiday, others will be working to keep the university secure, making improvements to the facilities or simply keeping up with work that can’t be postponed.
December 22, 2005
Following are highlights of national news coverage George Mason received Dec. 18-20.
December 22, 2005
George Mason University administrative offices are closed for the winter holiday from Friday, Dec. 23, through Monday, Jan. 2, 2006.
December 21, 2005
George Mason University senior defender Anthony Noreiga, a business major, tallied another honor as he was named to the 2005 All-South Atlantic First Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.
December 21, 2005
The annual university-wide Dennis-Weathers Award honors the work and spirit of W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963), sociologist, historian, novelist, editor, political activist and one of the most gifted and influential black intellectuals of the 20th century.
December 21, 2005
Erin Peters, a PhD student in education at George Mason, was named one of five Virginia finalists this week in the 2005 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, the nation’s highest honor for K-12 teaching in these fields.
Peters is lead science teacher at Williamsburg Middle School in Arlington, Va. She has a MEd from the University of Virginia in Social Foundations of Education and Educational Psychology. Her undergraduate degree from the University of Illinois is a BS in Teaching of Physics.
December 20, 2005
Audiences of all ages will become airborne in “Lift: Icarus and Me,” a new musical inspired by the myth of the high-flying Icarus and set in East Texas to the music of ragtime, rodeos and Texas Swing.
This Theater of the First Amendment (TFA) world premiere, from the renowned creative team of Mary Hall Surface and David Maddox, was co-commissioned by George Mason’s Theater of the First Amendment and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland. The production opens at Mason’s Harris Theater on Thursday, Jan. 19, and runs through Feb. 5.
December 20, 2005
George Mason’s Office of Continuing Professional Education has partnered with Gatlin Education Services to provide new online certification programs in health care, business, construction, automotive technology, Internet design and technology and video game design and development.
December 20, 2005
Jon Krakauer’s 1997 nonfiction book “Into the Wild” is the selection for Mason’s 2006 interdisciplinary Text and Community program.
