June 25, 2007
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Northern Virginia’s largest and oldest literary event, the Fall for the Book Festival, returns to Mason Sept. 23–28 with literary stars Mitch Albom and Jonathan Lethem as headliners.
June 25, 2007
How does one become a Patriot? For new students, the transformation begins at Orientation.
New Patriots can expect to learn about everything from the history of the Mason mascot to the words of the Alma Mater to using Patriot jargon in their everyday language. It takes more than this, however, to flourish and succeed as a Mason Patriot, as incoming students soon learn.
June 22, 2007
Mason’s Child Development Center held a grand opening celebration for its new facility in the northeast section of the Fairfax Campus. Children who attend the center held up letters reading, “Thank you Mr. Erik. We love our CDC,” referring to building project manager Erik Backus. Backus, who worked in Facilities Planning, has since been called [...]
June 22, 2007
College of Health and Human Services professor Sue Palsbo will study a questionnaire that interviews Medicaid beneficiaries with disabilities on how they rate the quality of their health care.
June 22, 2007
Following are highlights of national news coverage George Mason recently received.
June 22, 2007
The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, located at Mason’s Arlington Campus, will once again host Northern Virginia high school students for the Vernon L. Smith Workshops in Experimental Economics, beginning June 25.
June 22, 2007
Memorial services for Sarah Carter, a Mason student killed June 14 in a tragic auto accident along with another Mason student, Elaine “Nettie” Thackston, and two other girls, have been announced.
June 21, 2007
Lauren and Mason Fuller, grandchildren of Bobbie Fuller, director of Information Services, have caught Mason spirit. Mason faculty and staff are encouraged to follow their example by donning Mason gear every Friday this summer. The bookstore is even helping out by offering a special summer savings discount of 20 percent. Snag the discount coupon at [...]
June 21, 2007
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Dance Department chair Elizabeth Price is used to going to Commencement alone.
By then, many of the dancers graduating from her small but nationally recognized department are already dancing professionally.
June 21, 2007
This periodic column highlights the comings and goings of George Mason faculty and staff, as well as promotions and job changes within the university.