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If you encounter difficulties accessing any of the resources offered through this web page, please contact the Gowns for Grads Team (gradgown@gmu.edu). For more information about Mason’s commitment to accessibility, please visit Accessibility@Mason.*
The Gowns for Grads application has closed.
Students who have been accepted to borrow a gown from the program have been notified and given directions and other students have been placed on a waitlist. We will notify students on the waitlist as soon as possible about the status of their application. We are hoping to move students off of the waitlist quickly.
We appreciate your patience and will continue to field emails from the gradgown@gmu.edu email address.
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Welcome future Mason Graduates! Graduation should be a time of excitement and possibility, not a time to feel burdened by another expense.
To offer some financial relief, Mason has created the Gowns for Grads Program to make regalia available for our students who are unable to purchase regalia on their own. If you are a first-generation student, low-income, Pell Grant recipient, Stay Mason recipient, or cannot afford regalia right now due to financial difficulties, then this program is for you!
Graduation should be a time to reflect and celebrate this amazing accomplishment!
Gown Return Process:
Gowns must be returned by January 20, 2025. to UL Central, suite 4211, on the fourth floor of SUB 1. on the Fairfax campus.
If you need to return your gown via mail, please email gradgown@gmu.edu to let us know that you will be mailing it in.
Mail to University Life c/o Gowns for Grads 4400 University Dr. MS 2A4 Fairfax, VA 22030.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/GMUcapandgown
Donations:
Regalia Donations:
Gowns for Grads relies heavily on donations especially now that new regalia is on its way. If you purchase new regalia please consider donating it to Gowns for Grads as it supports your fellow Mason Patriots!
You can drop it off anytime on the Fairfax campus in Sub 1, Suite 4211 or mail it to:
University Life
c/o Gowns for Grads
4400 University Drive, MSN 2A4
Fairfax, VA 22030
Monetary Donation:
Don’t have a gown to donate, but would like to donate funds to buy a Mason student regalia? You can simply make an online donation*. You can also send a check made payable to the “George Mason University Foundation” and in the memo line reference “Student Success Initiatives” to the address listed above. Specific costs are below. You can donate for a specific item or with a lump sum towards the initiative.
Regalia can also be purchased at the GMU Bookstore:
https://www.gmu.edu/graduation/caps-gowns-rings-and-announcements
Questions?
Please email gradgown@gmu.edu with questions.