Month: April 2021

Vaccine Appointments available for Mason Community- April 30

George Mason University is arranging additional appointments for Mason Faculty, Staff, Students, Contractors, and their Families / Friends to receive their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, April 30 at Mason’s EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA.

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can only be administered to those 16 years of age or older. Vaccine Recipients ages 16 or 17 must have a parent or legal guardian accompany them to their appointment. Minors who arrive without a parent/guardian present will be turned away. Second doses for those who get vaccinated on Friday, April 30 can be scheduled on site.

Please use the link below to sign up for an appointment. If you already have an appointment and are scheduling for family or friends, please feel free to arrive together at one of your appointment times. The link is sharable, however once appointments have been filled Mason cannot accept any additional walk-in requests or appointments.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/gmu-covid19-vaccine-clinic-430

Taking a look at student life on Mason’s campuses

Vaccine Appointments available for Mason Community – April 28

George Mason University is arranging appointments for Mason Faculty, Staff, Students, Contractors, and their Families / Friends to receive their first dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, April 28 at Mason’s EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, VA.

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can only be administered to those 16 years of age or older. Second doses for those who get vaccinated on Wednesday, April 28 can be scheduled on site.

The link is sharable, however once appointments have been filled Mason cannot accept any additional walk-in requests or appointments.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/gmu-april28-covid19-vaccine

Roughly 4,000 Mason students expected to receive COVID-19 vaccinations this week

Julie Zobel called Wednesday’s initial COVID-19 vaccination clinic at EagleBank Arena for George Mason University students the pinnacle of her team’s efforts in combating the spread of the virus.

Working in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Health and regional public health agencies, Mason took a major step toward resuming a normal campus life by starting the inoculation of roughly 4,000 Mason students, all of whom will receive their first of two Moderna shots during scheduled clinics on April 21 and April 23.

Moving forward after the Derek Chauvin trial

Dear Patriots,

The verdict is in on the Derek Chauvin trial, and he has been held accountable for the injustice that occurred to George Floyd. We can breathe a collective sigh of relief that jurors reached the verdict they did. With that being said, the nation must sustain its quest for systemic change to its criminal justice system, to ultimately make such episodes exceedingly rare. This verdict is not a replacement for systemic change. Rather, it makes space for us to move ahead. We still have much work to do in this regard.

This verdict was about more than an individual trial, and it will provoke reactions across many ideologies. It is important to note the humanitarian aspect of what was on trial. While we were not in-person eyewitnesses to the event that took place on May 25, 2020, there were many people of all races and ethnicities who were at the scene and provided commentary that something was wrong. The outcome of this case mirrored the sentiment of the individuals present at the scene.

As a university community, we are committed to all points of view. Our adage of Freedom and Learning is a powerful thing in moments like this, and I encourage everyone to exercise their First Amendment rights to free expression responsibly. Speech that brings harm, violence, or destruction of property is not appropriate and we have an obligation to ensure our community remains a safe place to live, study, and express ourselves.

Some members of our community may find themselves in need of help processing the events of the day. We have services that exist to help, including the Employee Assistance Program, Counseling And Psychological Services, and the Center for Culture, Equity, and Empowerment. If you feel that engaging any of these services will help, I encourage you to seek them out.

As a community, we must be sustained by those things that united us so we are not divided by our disagreements. For it is only through thoughtful, tolerant and respectful discourse that we can develop solutions that strengthen and progress our humanity.

Gregory Washington
President

Student COVID-19 vaccinations begin this week

COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics for Students April 21 and 23

Dear Patriots,

George Mason University is pleased to offer COVID-19 vaccination clinics for students on Wednesday, April 21, and on Friday, April 23.

Students will receive an email invitation to schedule an appointment. Mason students, faculty staff, and contractors should monitor their email inbox, as invitations to make an appointment at these and future clinics may come as soon as two days before the clinic date.

These clinics are offered at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus, in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Health and regional public health agencies.

This plan is based on vaccine availability and subject to change. If a change is needed, Mason will offer additional clinics for all members of the Mason community at a later date as vaccine becomes available.

If you have already scheduled an appointment to receive vaccine (first or second dose) at another clinic, please keep that appointment.

Mason is offering Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at these two clinics, which requires two doses, three or four weeks apart respectively. Students who receive their first dose of vaccine at Mason will have an opportunity to schedule their second dose at Mason even if the second dose needs to be scheduled after the spring semester ends. Students who do not reside locally or cannot come back to Mason for their second dose, should schedule their second dose near their permanent residence.

If you have received one or both doses of vaccine, please continue to complete the Mason COVID Health Check daily, participate in COVID surveillance testing when invited, wear a mask in public spaces, and follow public health and safety precautions to avoid spreading the coronavirus.

Together we can crush COVID. Thank you for doing your part to protect the Mason Nation.

Sincerely,

Safety, Emergency, & Enterprise Risk Management

5th Annual Giving Day Demonstrates that “Together, We Are Mason”

George Mason University held its 5^th annual Giving Day on Thursday, April 8. Giving Day is the one-day virtual rally that invites all Mason supporters—alumni, friends, volunteers, faculty, staff, and students—to come together to make a difference for their university.

United by the theme, “Together, we are Mason,” more than 2,300 donors—including more than 400 faculty and staff members—contributed a record total surpassing $544,000 towards dozens of different causes.

TEDxGeorgeMasonU Conference Set for April 16

The TEDxGeorgeMasonU Conference, which will follow the theme “The New Normal”, is scheduled for to run from 2:00 – 5:00 p.m. this Friday, April 16, on Zoom. A student planning team in University Life organized the event which includes the following speakers and topics:

How Better Listening Transformed Mason’s Recruitment Marketing Strategy: Caitlin Shear
What Went Wrong?: Dr. Malda Kocache
Diversity in Art: CJ Davis
Pandemic Life Lessons from a Latter-day NES Dev: Robbie Dieterich
The Parallel Pandemic Project: The Tale of COVID-19 in Two Countries: Dr. James Witte
Unnormalizing Racism Toward Asian Americans: Sophia Nguyen
Teaching in the Time of COVID-19: Dr. Lila Fleming
Aging, Death, and Dying in the Post-Pandemic World: Dr. Cortney Hughes Rinker
Mental Health in the New Normal: Shaping Our COVID Narratives: Dr. Rachel Wernicke

To see the full schedule, click here. To join the Zoom meeting, click here. (Meeting ID: 948 5250 0097; Passcode: newidea).

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