For the next month, the Schar School of Policy and Government advising staff and select professors will fill the heads of hundreds of incoming students and their parents with important information about life at George Mason University and the Schar School at College 101 sessions. These freshman and transfer student “drinking from the hydrant” orientation meetings—there’s a LOT of information imparted—continue until the end of July.
Pictured is Patriot Leader Elijah Nichols, in the rear with the sign, as he is preparing to take a recent group to lunch at Ike’s in Presidents Park following a classroom session at the Johnson Center with assistant dean for undergraduate academic affairs Ann Ludwick and associate professor Robert J. McGrath, director of undergraduate programs.
In a fast hour, Ludwick and McGrath explained the plethora of opportunities and services available to students, including the high-profile adjuncts and guest lecturers, available research assistance, studying government and politics in an election cycle near Washington, D.C., and a Schar School professor newly announced as interim president of the university.
Little did the students in the group know their campus guide, a rising sophomore, is the perfect example of an engaged and motivated Government and International Politics major. Read Elijah’s inspirational story here.