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Taking a look at student life on Mason’s campuses

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University Life is highlighting Mason’s campuses this week with its All Around The Mason Nation feature. Today’s featured campus is SciTech.  Look “All Around the Mason Nation” for examples of contributions and achievements that support University Life’s vision: Every Student Succeeds. Learn more about “All Around the Mason Nation”. Photo by Creative Services

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

Members of the Mason COVID Response Team were invited to sign a display that includes empty vaccine vials as a thank you for their efforts. Photo by Shelby Burgess/Strategic Communications

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.

Read more about COVID-19 vaccinations for students

Student COVID-19 vaccinations begin this week

Vaccinated by a Patriot

Mason is vaccinating students at EagleBank Arena starting Wednesday, April 21 and Friday, April 23. Learn what members of Mason Nation are looking forward to after they get vaccinated by watching this video.

What you need to know about getting vaccinated

Check out the FAQ about Mason’s vaccine clinics for answers to your questions about vaccines, eligibility and more.

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

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George Mason University held its 5th 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. 

Read more about Giving Day

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).

Mason is getting excited about the fall semester

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While still mandating COVID safety measures, Mason is offering more on-campus activities, programs and events, as well as online and hybrid educational options so students can learn in environments that work best for them. Watch the video.

Celebrate Mason Pride Week!

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Pride Week is an annual celebration of the LGBTQ+ community that includes a series of uplifting programs and education.
Calendar of events

Spring into Well-Being (#SIWB21) is Happening from March 22 to April 23

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Spring into Well-Being, Mason’s annual well-being celebration, is underway now through Friday, April 23. A variety of events will be held during that period to help students, faculty and staff to learn more about well-being.

Read more about Spring into Well-Being

American Council on Education task force report highlights Mason’s ADVANCE Program

Students with ADVANCE t-shirts smiling in front of the George Mason statue
ADVANCE. Photo by Evan Cantwell/Creative Services

An American Council on Education (ACE) Task Force of college and university presidents and chancellors released a report Monday highlighting the ADVANCE Program, a partnership between George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) as an example of successful collaboration to improve transfer student success.

Read more about the Task Force report

Stop Asian Hate Support Spaces

Mason’s Center for Culture, Equity, and Empowerment (CCEE) is acknowledging the recent attacks against the Asian community in the Greater Atlanta area. We stand in solidarity with all APIDA members of the Mason family and strongly condemn these acts of violence. Today, many people in the Mason Community woke up to fear, sadness, anger, anxiety, and uncertainty as they grappled with this very intentional act of violence. As of this morning, we have learned the names of just some of the victims and those injured:

Ms. Yaun, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Paul Andre Michels and Elcias R. Hernandez-Ortiz.

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