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MSSC Expands Virtual Services

On April 25, the Mason Student Services Center (MSSC) expanded its virtual services with a new resource to help students get answers to their questions 24/7. The Mason Student Services Center Knowledge Community is a new tool powered by a knowledgebase of more than 600 articles providing answers to a huge variety of FAQs. Students can search by keywords or topic to quickly find the answers they need related to services from all MSSC partner offices:

Admissions
Financial Aid
Student Accounts
Registrar
University Life
General Student Service

The MSSC, located in the lower-level of SUB I on the Fairfax Campus, is Mason’s one-stop for many student service requests. Andrew Bunting, Executive Director of Enrollment Services, notes: “MSSC will continue to offer in-person service by appointment, as well as virtual service through our website request forms. This new resource offers another way to serve our students through self-service, which saves time and gets them to resolution faster.” Email questions to Kim Shumadine, Director of MSSC.

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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.

Student COVID-19 vaccinations begin this week

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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