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On Friday, April 26, the campus will celebrate the 54th anniversary of Mason Day (George Mason University’s longest standing tradition), and we want YOU to join in on the excitement!

With an annual attendance of over 5,000 Mason students, Mason Day is an exciting event packed with opportunities to create Mason memories that will last a lifetime! We’ll have food to melt your taste buds, amusement rides to give you a thrill, inflatable bounce houses, face painters, food trucks, live performances and more. There will be student performers on the main stage all day long and the headliner concert will begin at 8 p.m. featuring Queen Naija and Sage the Gemini!

Read more about all of the exciting things planned for Mason Day 2019

Abiral Pandey, treasurer of George Mason University’s Tennis Club, had never played a round of golf before he began his internship with the PGA Tour.

But with a sensibility that drives Pandey to, as he said, “get out of my comfort zone,” the junior and finance major embraced his 10-week paid summer internship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, as an exciting challenge.

Read more about Abiral Pandey’s internship

Sibs & Kids Weekend is April 27–28. Mason faculty, staff, and students are invited to register their kids and siblings ages 6–18 to experience life as a Patriot!

Participants receive giveaways, a Sibs & Kids Weekend t-shirt, and entrance to all events on the schedule (including meals, access to Mason Recreation facilities, and parking on the Fairfax Campus).

The cost is $15 for Mason faculty/staff members, $25 for participants (ages 6–18), and free for Mason students.

Online registration is open now at masonfamilyevents.gmu.edu.

For more information, contact New Student and Family Programs at [email protected] or 703-993-2475.

George Mason University’s ADVANCE transfer program with Northern Virginia Community College plans to offer more than 100 degree pathways in fall 2019, five times as many as currently offered in the inaugural year of the program.

Read More about Mason’s ADVANCE program

George Mason University launched their first ever First Gen. Summit aimed at helping first generation college students.

Read More about the First Gen Summit

Homecoming 2019 included T-shirt giveaways, a block party, a lip sync battle, a day of service and men’s and women’s basketball games.

Mostly, though, it was a chance to greet old friends and make new ones.

Photographers Ron Aira, Evan Cantwell, Bethany Camp and Rafael Suanes captured it all.

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Several Mason athletics teams and student organizations teamed with Fairfax City businesses in a Homecoming window-decorating event. Photos by Associate Athletics Director for Communications Maureen Nasser/George Mason University Athletics.

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Is your Mason student considering attending Sibs & Kids Weekend? Of course they are! Below is information about the weekend, including who can attend and how to register.

Sibs & Kids Weekend at a glance
Sibs & Kids Weekend is a two-day event designed to provide Mason students with an opportunity to connect with their siblings, cousins, neighbors and friends. Fun activities and events will be held throughout the weekend that allow for siblings and kids to experience life as a Mason Patriot!

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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!

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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.

Read More about the EIP Program