June 25, 2024On June 10, 2024, more than 110 golfers came together at Westfields Golf Club to support first-generation students through George Mason University’s Diversity Scholarship Golf Classic.
December 13, 2023From being an orientation leader to working as an environmental field interpreter for school programs, Jason Mercado made the most of his time at Mason by building up the campus community.
August 16, 2022Mason incoming freshmen Jacie Hernandez, Linh Vu, and Neyda Gonzalez spent six weeks on campus this summer as a part of the Student Transition Empowerment Program (STEP)
July 27, 2022Mason teams with Dominion Energy and HACU for Summer Bridge Program to better expose students from underrepresented groups to STEM.
July 20, 2022The First-Gen+ Center’s mission is to support students who are historically underrepresented in higher education and their allies, while specifically focusing on students who identify as first-generation, who identify as undocumented, have refugee status, or belong to families with limited income.
June 24, 2022More than 120 golfers teed off on June 13 at the Westfields Golf Club for University Life’s annual Diversity Scholarship Golf Classic.
November 5, 2021In recognition of the National First-Generation College Celebration on Nov. 8, George Mason University celebrates the successes of its first-generation students and alumni.
October 25, 2018Last year, Mason reported that 40 percent of its undergraduates were first-generation students. These numbers are proudly achieved through university initiatives like the Student Transition Empowerment Program (STEP), created to enhance the recruitment, engagement and retention of first-generation college students accepted to Mason.