- August 29, 2023
The RISE (Refugee and Immigrant Success through Entrepreneurship) Program as a cohort of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship's SOAR Initiative. SOAR provides a holistic model for startups and empowers individuals who do not currently have adequate access to entrepreneurship training opportunities. RISE focuses its support on aspiring entrepreneurs from refugee and immigrant backgrounds.
- August 9, 2023
Alaina Ruffin will not be the first, second, or third, but fourth person in her family to graduate from George Mason University. Her mother and two older cousins graduated from Mason in 2000, 2001, and 2013 respectively.
- August 7, 2023
One May 24, 27 Mason EIP graduates joined the ranks of Mason alumni this year, along with 130 graduating high school seniors celebrating their EIP graduation, as part of EIP’s 32nd graduating class. More than 2,100 students have graduated from EIP since it began in 1987.
- August 4, 2023
Diana Parkinson, an engagement officer in Mason’s Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations, is the August Employee of the Month.
- August 2, 2023
Meet the alum-now-adjunct who got the throw out the first pitch at a Washington Nationals baseball game. Did he throw a strike? You can trust Craig Fifer’s reply—he teaches ethics.
- July 26, 2023
Mason Korea Dean Robert Matz returned to Mason’s Fairfax Campus to spread the word about the many good things going on at Mason Korea.
- July 26, 2023
For Justin Bour, returning to Mason to complete his degree more than 14 years after leaving to pursue a career in professional baseball, is the fulfillment of a promise—one he made to himself.
- July 20, 2023
John Tyree, one of Mason’s University Business Consulting (UBC) consultants, started working at Mason in 2019, but his connection to the Mason Nation dates back to 2010.
- July 18, 2023
A roundup of recent Schar School faculty and graduate student news.
- July 6, 2023
Katie Rose, a 2018 Mason graduate, was named Miss Virginia 2023. The Alpha Phi sister dazzled judges with ballet dancing and her strong advocacy to raise awareness of domestic violence issues.