Category: Official University Communications

Mason adds in-person graduation options for 2021 and 2020 graduates

Kelsi Gray. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services/George Mason University

Dear Patriot,

We are delighted to invite the Spring 2021 graduating class and all 2020 graduates to the Fairfax Campus to celebrate in-person graduation recognition events during the week of May 10. Graduates may choose one of two in-person options, and their family and friends are also invited to attend.

The official University Commencement will be held virtually at 2 p.m. EDT Friday, May 14, and all 2021 graduates are encouraged to participate. Commencement will be live-streamed and the link will be posted on the graduation website at gmu.edu/graduation. In addition, these new in-person events are opportunities for you to celebrate your academic accomplishments while still adhering to COVID-related health restrictions.

So that Mason can accommodate as many graduates as possible, you may select either the Patriot Procession or the Mini Ceremony. Registration is required to participate in either event. All doctoral candidates and graduates please see the information below for the Doctoral event on May 14.

Option one: The Patriot Procession is a unique opportunity for graduates, doctoral candidates, and their guests to celebrate this tremendous achievement together in a very personal way. The Patriot Procession will take place at the soccer stadium on the Fairfax Campus. Graduates choose a preferred time and may bring up to 8 guests. Graduates will have their moment on stage and their name will be announced. They will have several photo opportunities that will conclude with a photograph with their family and friends. Wearing your graduation regalia is encouraged but not required. Registration is required and will remain open as long as time slots are available. The Patriot Procession will be ongoing during the week of May 10, with the schedule posted at gmu.edu/graduation.

Option two: Mini ceremonies offered by each of Mason’s academic colleges for the Spring 2021 graduates will take place outside EagleBank Arena. In addition, 2020 graduates will have their own celebratory mini ceremony on May 14. Those who participate in the mini ceremony are required to wear graduation regalia. Graduates may bring up to three guests, who will be seated with them. These one-hour ceremonies will include brief congratulatory remarks followed by the reading of graduates’ names as they cross the stage and are photographed. There will be no formal procession or recession during mini ceremonies. Registration is required and will close at 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 16. Once registration is closed, a finalized schedule will be announced and graduates who have registered will receive an email with instructions on how to claim their tickets. A tentative schedule will be posted soon that lists the dates by college/school/event, along with information to rent regalia, at gmu.edu/graduation.

REGISTER for the Patriot Procession or Mini Ceremony at go.gmu.edu/grad2021

Doctoral Ceremony: Spring 2021 Doctoral candidates and all 2020 Doctoral graduates are invited to participate together in a live, university-wide event where their names and degrees will be announced on the morning of Friday, May 14. Based on current public health guidelines, hooding of doctoral candidates will not be part of the ceremony. Each graduate may invite up to three guests. Please indicate your desire to participate by completing the registration form by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, April 16. The ceremony details will be finalized at that time and you will receive an email with instructions to claim your tickets. If you are a doctoral candidate, please register for the doctoral ceremony and not your academic unit’s mini ceremony, however you may register for the Patriot Procession if you choose.

REGISTER for the Doctoral Ceremony at go.gmu.edu/phd2021

All events will take place rain or shine.

All events will follow current Virginia public health guidelines and will include social distancing. Face coverings are required to be worn at all times while on campus, except when photographs are being taken at the Patriot Procession or Mini Ceremonies. All graduates and their guests are required to complete the Mason COVID Health Check on the day of the event and must be prepared to show their green health check confirmation email to be admitted to their respective events. All attendees, including graduates, must show their ticket for admittance to comply with contact tracing protocols.

Go to gmu.edu/graduation for all the latest information or contact University Events ([email protected]) with any questions. We look forward to celebrating your academic achievements!

Sincerely,

Mark R. Ginsberg, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President

Rose Pascarell
Vice President, University Life

Updates to spring commencement plans

Dear Patriots,

We have some wonderful news! This week, the Governor’s Office issued new guidance on how universities could conduct commencement ceremonies this spring based on revised COVID-19 restrictions.

Under the new rules, outdoor commencement events would be limited to 5,000 people or 30 percent of the venue’s capacity – whichever is less. Indoor events would be capped at 500 people or 30 percent of the venue’s capacity – whichever is less.

After reviewing this new information, we are pleased to share that we will be able to expand on our plans for a virtual commencement by offering some in-person celebrations for our students and their families. We ask for your patience as we consider our options and expect to have more information for you in the next two weeks.

We know that this has been a challenging time and we look forward to finding appropriate ways to celebrate our graduates who have worked so hard to reach this important milestone.

Thank you.

Gregory Washington
President, George Mason University

President Washington: We stand with our Asian community after senseless act of violence in Atlanta

Dear Patriots,

Tuesday’s mass murder in Atlanta returns us to terrible, familiar ground, as we try again to make sense of violence, and calm the terror that was already building within an entire cultural community.

Whether it was intentional or incidental that six of the eight victims were Asian-American women, the tragedy has had the same effect. These vicious killings have shaken the nation’s Asian communities to their cores. The murders came as hate and violence rise against communities scapegoated for the pandemic. The increase in reported attacks mark another painful moment in the long history of exclusion, segregation, and violence in America.

Two weeks ago, we held our second university town hall addressing anti-racism and inclusive excellence at Mason. Tuesday’s acts of targeting and violence remind us how much is riding on that vital work. Because today, members of our Asian communities feel unsafe in their own places of business, their own neighborhoods, and their own homes.

To the Asian communities at George Mason University, I offer this: Mason is your home, and you are loved and supported here. Your safety and sense of belonging are of utmost importance to everyone. As always, our personnel are on watch to ensure your security and wellbeing, so you can resume what you came here to do: to simply learn, live, and grow to your fullest potential.

Sincerely,

Gregory Washington
President

President Washington: A promising outlook for the fall

Hello Mason Patriots,

We are approaching the midpoint of the Spring semester, and I’m pleased to say that our community continues to do a remarkable job of showing how to thrive during this pandemic. A crisis can be an opportunity to learn and lead, and we have done both.

This spring we leaned into the expertise of our faculty and staff to improve and advance testing on campus while reinforcing the safety guidelines offered by public health officials. The results have been impressive: we are testing thousands each week and the number of active cases on our campus is currently 57 – which is well below many of our peers at institutions around the Commonwealth. Additionally, George Mason University has played an important role in helping distribute vaccines to the most vulnerable in Northern Virginia, working with our local public health departments to conduct clinics on our Fairfax Campus and in Prince William County.

Our people are working hard to help end this crisis, and we are starting to see real results. More people are vaccinated. Cases nationally are declining. Children are returning to K-12 schools. And this week, President Biden said the nation was on track to have enough supply of vaccines for every adult in America by the end of May.

With more progress on the way, we are looking to expand operations in the fall and resume a more normal campus environment. This includes:

Bringing classrooms back to their original capacity with some modifications to ensure safety, with a goal of having at least 75 percent of instruction on-campus.
Building a schedule that supports choice of instruction for students, with a focus on robust on-campus engagement, while continuing opportunities for hybrid and online modes of learning that are integrated within our curricula.
Creating a vibrant and safe campus environment, filled with more on-campus activities, programs and opportunities to connect and enrich the student experience.
Expanding capacity in residence halls to near normal levels.
Continuing to require masks, testing and enhanced safety protocols until public health guidance changes.

Students deserve a choice to learn in an environment that works best for them, and we will do our best to offer multiple modes of learning and experience. At the same time, we are mindful of concerns raised by faculty and staff, and we will continue to follow the guidance of public health officials. We are prepared to change course, if necessary.

I’m excited to see more people on campus and feel the full impact of Mason Nation spirit. Now’s not the time to drop our guard, but to double down on safety and look forward to a promising fall. Thank you and best wishes for the remainder of the semester.

Gregory Washington
President, George Mason University

President Washington: Please wear masks, complete COVID Health Check daily

Dear Patriots,

We are approximately one month into the Spring Semester, and our move to dramatically increase testing on campus has helped us to manage the virus. I’m proud of how Mason Nation has responded as a community. Now is not the time to ease our standards. We must remain vigilant and not let down our guard.

Across Virginia, some of our peers at other universities are seeing significant spikes in cases in recent days, and experts warn this is likely due to the more contagious strains of the virus that have emerged in the past month. Even here at Mason, where cases have been remarkably low, we are now starting to see increases that could be the result of this new strain. This includes 14 new student cases from last week.

Our testing is a critical tool in identifying these cases early. However, it doesn’t work without our other robust proactive measures. The best evidence shows that when people wear masks, practice physical distancing, wash hands regularly and stay home and isolate when they feel sick, we greatly limit the spread and are safer as a community. It is also important to cooperate with our partners at the Fairfax County Health Department contact tracing team. This protects your Mason colleagues, students, friends and our entire community.

Finally, I want to remind everyone that we all must fill out the Mason Daily COVID Health Check™ every day. This is not a request. The health check is an important public health tool, and it only works when everyone participates. It takes less than a minute each day, and it is vital to our efforts to track cases on our campus. Please don’t take this lightly. Everyone must do this – whether they are coming to campus or not – and be prepared to show the green all clear email, if they do come to campus. We have come this far together, let’s not ease up now.

Together we can keep Mason safe.

Sincerely,

Gregory Washington
President

Reflecting on Dr. King’s determination and resolve

Fellow Patriots:

This holiday weekend overflows with irony. When I think of any march on Washington, the image that immediately comes to mind is that of Martin Luther King Jr., arguably America’s greatest leader of non-violent social change, at the base of the Lincoln Memorial.

Contrast that with the images of the more than 25,000 soldiers who currently occupy our capital as a direct result of what former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund described as a “violent attack … unlike any I have experienced in my 30 years in law enforcement here in Washington, D.C.”

This irony creates many more questions than answers: How did a protest that was supposed to dispute an election get corrupted with guns, multiple Confederate flags, and racists and anti-Semitic slogans? The lack of a meaningful outcry from the protestors and their supporters that these elements did not represent their ideals left many to believe the protestors were in support of the vandalism, hatred and anti-American symbols and sentiments. It’s really illuminating that these were some of the very issues that King fought against.

How can we make sense of a nation that suddenly needs 25,000 troops in its capital just to safeguard the peaceful transition of power from one president to the next?

Is there really an equivalency between the protest in Washington, D.C. this summer following the deaths Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor, and the protest on January 6th? Did law enforcement treat these entities as equivalent?

And how on earth do we make sense of this at a time when we are supposed to be reflecting and taking meaningful action toward nonviolent social advancement?

I have found inspiration in the teachings of Dr. King himself, particularly from his Letter From Birmingham City Jail. He wrote it in 1963 as he sat in solitary confinement, having been arrested for peacefully protesting the oppressive segregation of Bull Connor’s Birmingham.

He is described as having felt despair and panic in his isolation. It is evident that many Americans share this sentiment today whether they are protesting police brutality or the election results.

During King’s incarceration, a sympathetic guard smuggled him a newspaper, which contained a scathing open letter to him from eight local clergy, who condemned him as an “extremist,” and his protests as “unwise and untimely.”

Out of his despair, he regained resolve and penned his now-immortal response. Three points in particular resonate with me on this weekend, and I invite you to reflect on them, as well:

Reject violence, no matter what.

In his letter, he described how he and his fellow protestors had to steel themselves for the violence they knew their peaceful protests would draw out. He would tell them: “We adopt the means of nonviolence because our end is a community at peace with itself.”

King goes further to remind us that, “Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” These statements were lessons for his followers at that time but are equally true in this moment.

Progress toward social justice is not automatic.

“Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability,” Dr. King wrote from his jail cell. It takes constant work and the effective use of time. “We must use time creatively, in the knowledge that the time is always ripe to do right. … Now is the time to lift our national policy from the quicksand of racial injustice to the solid rock of human dignity.”

As we prepare to inaugurate a new president, we have reached a moment of sobering national reckoning about who we have been, who we are, and therefore, in time, who we might become. Just as we were told after each mass shooting over the last decade that “now is not the time” to address the root causes of gun violence in America, Dr. King was chided that his social movement was “untimely.” Waiting was always the advice he would receive, and thankfully reject.

We were not ready for the events of January 6. We as a nation will never be ready, or be comfortable, with the gut-wrenching truths that these events and the social justice events of 2020 now demand that we examine. It is time to stop waiting until we are “ready,” because such a comfortable moment will never present itself.

We are all extremists.

Dr. King initially bristled at being called out as an “extremist.” Then he thought more deeply about it and concluded that anyone who believes wholly in their cause will be characterized as an extremist. And so, he embraced his mantle as an extremist for love, justice, and equality.

“So, the question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be,” he wrote. “Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of justice?”

So, Patriots, in keeping with this holiday as a day “on” and not a day “off,” here is a homework assignment for all of us: How can we be extremists for love and the extension of justice? Because today is ripe to do right.

Gregory Washington
President

A call for unity from President Washington

Fellow Patriots:

Tonight more than ever we need to be Patriots with a capital P. It’s easy to feel helpless at the events that unfolded just east of our campuses today, but we can be of service to our communities and our nation.

To be clear, we are living through a moment in our American history that we can scarcely comprehend as it unfolds. Network news outlets show our US Capitol building overtaken while our leaders exercise a cherished ritual of our democracy. They are using words such as “coup attempt” and “insurrection.” And they are reminding us that America has not experienced such a seizure of its Capitol building since the British sacked it in the War of 1812.

Many of us are also struggling to reconcile the dissonance of this response with that of protests that occurred in Washington last year. Those legal acts of civil disobedience provoked far more violent and forceful law enforcement actions. We are left with far more questions than answers tonight.

History in the moment rarely makes sense, and it can easily evoke intense emotions that invite reactions of raw passion. But the fact remains that today’s events are still a shared experience for all of us as Americans, even though we view them as a deeply divided nation. Through it all, we are all still in this American experience together.

What can we do as a university community? First, we must stay safe, take care of ourselves, and look out for each other in this moment of extreme volatility. Second, we have to remind ourselves and each other that we will make it through this and come out a better nation – because we always do.

And finally, we are a university, which gives us both great privilege and a great responsibility to observe, learn, teach, and act as first interpreters of moments such as these, with all of their violence, complexity, contradictions, and ambiguities.

The nation is struggling to understand what is happening, how to react, and how to move beyond this. Academic communities like Mason’s are at their best when they step into moments like these to offer perspective, clarity, and when necessary, hard truths that force us to grow even as we seek to heal.

So tonight, be safe and be well. And when this moment has passed, Patriots, let’s get back to work, doing what we do best.

Sincerely,

Gregory Washington
President

President Washington: Working together to keep Mason safe now and in 2021

Dear Patriots,

We are nearing the end of a remarkably successful fall semester, especially considering where we started and what we’ve been through. Just five months ago, our greatest challenge was figuring out how we could deliver a Mason education to a record number of students during a global pandemic. Now, in two weeks, we will graduate a class at winter commencement that includes more than 4,600 graduates and more than 5,000 when counting students earning certificates.

We have achieved so much this fall, even as the coronavirus has shut down operations at many other universities. As of Sunday, we had just 35 active cases in our community – 24 students (most of them off campus) and 11 employees and contractors. For the entire Fall semester, we had just 46 cases among our residential students, and to the best of our knowledge, we experienced no known cases of transmission in the classrooms.

Our ability to keep Mason safe and focused on our mission is a credit to our students, faculty and staff. Together, we have kept cases relatively low and Mason operating. Our efforts are working, and we must continue to work together to keep Mason safe.

For the final weeks of the Fall semester, we have switched over to virtual instruction, as planned. Yet we continue to stay vigilant. Next week, we will test the nearly 1,300 residential students who have elected to remain on campus through the end of the semester. This is an important component of our safety plan to see if there was any impact from the Thanksgiving break.

As we look ahead to the Spring semester, I’d like to share some important changes that will help us continue to keep our community safe.

Spring semester will begin on January 25, and we will work through Spring Break. In consultation with the Faculty Senate and our leadership, we have decided to push the start date for the Spring semester back one week and will work through Spring Break. This will allow more time to assess the number of cases in the region before bringing students back, and will also limit travel away from campus during the semester.

Ramping up our surveillance testing operations to identify cases early. The number of coronavirus cases has risen sharply across the nation in recent weeks and health officials project cases will continue to rise through the winter months. We have managed to keep cases low at Mason, in large part because of our commitment to random, surveillance testing. Now, we plan to raise our weekly testing capacity, increasing from 1,000 tests per week this semester and setting a goal to test 10,000 people per week by March. We will be able to scale up our testing capacity each week by switching to a saliva test, which is faster, easier to administer and safer. Increased testing allows us to pinpoint problem areas, limit spread and create a safer environment. We will do this by:

Working toward testing all residential students a minimum of once per week.
Testing more faculty, staff, non-residential students (10-20 percent) each week.
Increasing diagnostic testing to meet anticipated growth in cases.

Mason faculty will now be leading our testing operations. I am pleased to announce that Drs. Ali Andalibi, Lance Liotta and Virginia Espina – three of our most esteemed faculty members – will be overseeing an in-house surveillance testing analysis at the Mason CAP/CLIA laboratory, which will dramatically shorten turnaround time for results. This is an important change in our operations, one that will allow us to rely on the expertise of our faculty and aligns with my goal to expand research in areas of critical importance.

The healthcare professionals at Student Health Services, led by Dr. Lisa Park, will continue to lead diagnostic testing and ensure appropriate clinical management of students with positive results, including proper isolation and quarantine.

We will be sending out more details in January on our testing operations.

A safer environment will allow us to bring more people back to campus. Our testing and safety efforts this fall, and a close relationship with Fairfax County Health Department, were instrumental in keeping case counts low. Therefore, as conditions allow, we will continue to observe our safety precautions and work to bring more students, faculty and staff back to campus this spring. This includes increasing in-person instruction, increasing the number of occupants in our residence halls and setting a goal to have faculty and staff work up to 50 percent of their time on campus, in accordance with our public health professionals and if conditions allow. We know that students are asking for more opportunities to engage on campus, and we will continue to work to provide them, as long as we can do so in a safe environment.

We are exploring an idea to add Patriot Learning Pods for school-age children. As I have previously mentioned, our goal is to allow for more faculty and staff to work on campus in the spring. I’m also well aware of many challenges that parents of school-aged children face with most schools still operating partially or fully virtually.

To address these challenges, we are exploring the idea of adding Patriot Learning Pods on campus. Patriot Learning Pods would provide a safe, supervised space where elementary school children of Mason students, faculty, and staff could complete online schoolwork while their parents are on campus. Our Human Resources team recently sent out a survey to gauge interest, and it appears this would be something of interest to many of our faculty and staff, so expect to see an update from HR soon.

We are prepared to pivot to all-virtual instruction this spring, if necessary. Our leadership team continues to monitor the number of cases in the region and is in close contact with public health officials. As always, we will follow their guidance and are prepared to pivot to virtual instruction at any moment, if we determine that is in the best interest of our community. Safety remains a top priority.

We have so much to be thankful for this holiday season. At the top of my list is this incredible community that I’m now a part of. Let’s continue to do our part: wear a mask in public; practice physical distancing, complete the Mason COVID Health Check™, and if you feel unwell, isolate and call your healthcare provider. If you have had exposure to COVID-19, abide by medical and public health recommendations, and quarantine.

Let’s continue to keep Mason safe together. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Gregory Washington
President

A message from President Washington on safety over Thanksgiving break

Dear Patriots,

We have seen a rapid spike in coronavirus cases across the country and these increases have triggered new restrictions in many states, including Virginia.

Here at George Mason University, we have also experienced an uptick in cases in our community. On Monday, active cases at Mason totaled 42 – including 33 students (mostly off-campus), seven employees and two contractors. Our leadership and safety experts continue to monitor the situation and are in contact with public health officials. At this time, we are confident that the situation remains manageable. Our ability to manage this crisis is in no small part a credit to the efforts of students, faculty and staff, who have done an extraordinary job of following new safety guidelines. We will continue to update the university community should things change.

We are now one week away from the Thanksgiving holiday. This is traditionally a time for a well-deserved break from our studies and work so that we can see family and friends and offer gratitude for our blessings. However, public health officials are warning that social gatherings and family events pose a great risk for spreading the virus, so please keep that in mind when making your plans.

As you know, Governor Ralph Northam announced new restrictions on public gatherings last week. I also want to make you aware of how these changes will impact activity here at Mason.

Academic instruction and most university operations will remain unchanged. The university will switch to virtual instruction after the Thanksgiving holiday, as planned, and buildings will remain open for those employees who need to be on campus. Our review of our public health data confirms that transmission has not occurred among students, faculty, or staff attending classes, working or campus, or participating in extracurricular university events.

New limits on non-instructional events. The university will be limiting non-instructional events and activities on campus to 25 people or less. Some events may be modified or postponed. Please check with organizers. Attendance at Eagle Bank Arena and other public venues on campus will be restricted to either 30 percent of occupancy or 250 people, whichever is lower.

Residential students should avoid traveling next week. For those that choose to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, please complete your studies virtually and do not return to campus until it reopens for the spring semester, on or after January 20. Those who are unable to change holiday plans are being asked to apply through Housing and Residence Life for an exemption. A notice from University Life went out to residential students yesterday, so please look for that if you haven’t seen it.

All members of our community should take additional precautions both on campus and when traveling. For students, faculty and staff who do travel for the holidays, please implement the health and safety precautions that have worked well on campus. Please continue to wear a mask in public, practice physical distancing, complete the Mason COVID Health Check™, and if you feel unwell, isolate and call your healthcare provider. If you have had exposure to COVID-19, abide by medical and public health recommendations, and quarantine.

We will continue to monitor the situation and are in touch with public health officials as we prepare for the spring semester. Our goal is to keep our community safe and provide the best education for students.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Gregory Washington
President

Campus operations for the remainder of the semester and the new year

Mason Faculty and Staff,

Thank you for everything you have done to make Fall 2020 a success. We began this semester with a major challenge—reopening our campuses and bringing students, faculty and staff back safely. We not only met our goal, we have been a national model for success.

We have among the lowest number of positive COVID cases for colleges and universities in the state, with 27 active student cases, and cumulatively 121 students and 29 employees who have tested positive since the start of the semester. We are actively supporting members of our community who test positive to help their recovery. Our efforts are working, and the biggest reason why is that everyone has done their part.

We expect to make greater progress in the spring, which will allow us to bring more people back on campus and offer more to our students. To do that, we will need everyone to stay vigilant. Please continue to wear a face covering, practice physical distancing and proper hygiene, participate in random testing when selected, fill out the Mason COVID Health Check. These efforts have made a difference. Also, expect to hear more about our efforts to expand testing in the coming weeks.

As we approach the Thanksgiving break and the university’s transition to virtual learning on November 30, we want to share a few operational changes that will occur between Thanksgiving and our return to work after the winter break.

Holiday Travel

Our individual activities and collective commitment to health and safety over the next two months are instrumental to positioning Mason to have a successful Spring 2021 semester. We recognize many people may travel locally, nationally, and perhaps internationally to be with family and friends over the holidays. We urge you to please continue to observe health and safety precautions as you travel: wear a face covering, practice good hygiene, avoid those who are ill, and isolate or quarantine if you become sick or are exposed. Please use good judgment and travel safely.

Post-Thanksgiving In-Person Instruction

If your instruction/research requires students to participate in on-campus instruction or a unique space to complete academic projects, please submit a Request to Continue Instructional Activities in University Facilities or in Field or Clinical Settings form to continue on campus/field/clinical activities until December 19.

Building Access

As in years past, all exterior, office and classroom doors will be locked during the Thanksgiving break, Nov. 25-29.

From Nov. 30-Dec. 19, exterior doors will remain open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday; buildings will be secured on Sundays. Offices will maintain their existing unlock schedule. Classrooms will be secured during this time.

Dec. 20-Jan. 3: All exterior, office, and classroom doors will be locked.

Jan. 4: Exterior doors will reopen 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday; buildings will be secured on Sundays. Offices will maintain their existing unlock schedule.

Jan. 10: Classrooms doors will be open 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

If necessary, Building/Space Coordinators can coordinate alternate office and classroom access times directly with the Card Access and Security Office ([email protected]). Those who currently have electronic access to exterior and interior doors will maintain access even when buildings are secured. If you require access to a space secured by lock and key, keys may be requested from Key Control ([email protected]).

Additional information about Mason’s spring COVID precautions, testing strategies, and operations will be announced before winter break. Thank you for doing you part to keep the Mason Nation healthy.

Respectfully,

Julie A. Zobel, PhD
Assistant Vice President
Safety, Emergency, & Enterprise Risk Management