Anna Stolley Persky

Last August, George Mason University faculty and students participated in a series of virtual simulations of school shooter incidents as part of an effort to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and MITRE Corp. determine best practices for school safety.

Nine Mason teams are participating in PitchFest, the TiE DC chapter’s region-wide pitch competition for university students.

The newly created Patriot Pathbreakers Award will be presented at the Outstanding Achievement Awards ceremony April 13 to three staff teams for their work over the past year.

Terri Vanderberg, senior associate director of admissions, is the Employee of the Month for April.

Bug-in-Ear (BIE) or eCoaching allows a coach to observe special education teachers or teachers-in-training as they work with students, then give real-time feedback through a Bluetooth earpiece.

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.

George Mason University students are finalizing their plans for the Virginia Environmental Justice Summit, a conference intended to engage students from Virginia and beyond on issues pertaining to the intersection of sustainability, the environment, race and social justice. The conference will be held virtually on March 27.

Mason's Employee of the Month program is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month of highlighting the achievements of Mason’s staff. The program has recognized the hard work of 360 Mason employees since its inception in 1991.

Honors College student Brenda Henriquez has been named an Adobe Research Women-in-Technology Scholar, a program that recognizes outstanding undergraduate female students studying computer science.