George Mason University will celebrate Homecoming from February 18–23. Events include a movie night, day of service, Mason Men’s and Women’s Basketball games, Spirit Fest, Homecoming Week Tip-Off Party, and more!
FAIRFAX, Va. (ABC7) — Freshman college students Marjorie Lopez Morillo and Katherine Chiari are hoping to achieve what their parent’s didn’t.
“Both my parents have attempted to start college but never finished,” Lopez Morillo said.
“My mother actually, she only has a high school diploma,” said Chiari.
Lopez Morillo is enrolled at Northern Virginia Community College and Chiari at George Mason University thanks in part to a program they started in middle school.
For George Mason University senior communication major Morgan Smalley, doing improv is about more than creating something out of almost nothing. It has given her more confidence in the classroom.
“One thing that improv has helped me with when it comes to schoolwork is getting the courage to just start,” said Smalley, who is also president of the Mason Improv Association. “Often with essay writing, it can be difficult to get that first sentence on paper. It feels like it has to be perfect. Improv has helped me accept that perfectionism is not always the way to go.”
The city of Fairfax issued a proclamation Tuesday evening (Jan. 22) announcing that the month of February is George Mason University Month.
University Provost and Executive VP David Wu, Assistant VP and Director of Athletics Brad Edwardsand more than 50 Mason student-athletes from softball, rowing, wrestling, lacrosse, and men’s volleyball, along with members of the spirit squads joined Mayor David Meyer in a ceremony at the Fairfax County Government center on Tuesday night.
Mason Lobbies 2018. Photo provided by Adanna Newby.
Important things are worth getting up early for. That’s why 50 students from George Mason University are excited for Mason Lobbies on Wednesday, Jan. 30, when they’ll board a bus before the sun comes up in Fairfax to meet with their state representatives in Richmond. At the Virginia State Capitol, they’ll promote the university and advocate for student needs, higher education and Mason’s legislative priorities.
You’ve probably noticed the white, spaceship-looking robots making their way around the Fairfax Campus. Well, good news: They are here to deliver your food.
The robots are from Starship Technologies, which has teamed up with the hospitality company Sodexo to provide a self-driving robot delivery service to the university. George Mason University will be the first college campus to use these new technologies.
