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Mason Spirit is published three times a year by the Office of Advancement and Alumni Relations in conjunction with the Office of Communications and Marketing.
Archive for November, 2012
Twice Denied, Finally Accepted, Now Mason Grad Helps Lead Promising Tech Firm
by Buzz McClain, BA '77 on November 30th, 2012
Mason alumnus Bobby Saini did his homework in the Johnson Center—as a student at a different college. After three tries, the budding entrepreneur was finally admitted to Mason. Now he is helping lead a technology startup into the burgeoning field of cyber security.
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School of Management Upgrades PACE
by Corey Jenkins Schaut, MPA '07 on November 27th, 2012
Thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation, the George Mason University School of Management’s Plan for Academic and Career Excellence (PACE) website received a much-needed upgrade before the 2012 fall semester.
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Encouraging Success: With Life Turned Around, Alumnus Now Mentors Others
by Jason Jacks on November 8th, 2012
Mason alumnus Juan Pacheco is a counselor with Mason’s Early Identification Program (EIP), whose staff emboldens promising high school students to enroll and succeed in college. This position is not Pacheco’s first experience with the program. As a teenager, he was on the other side of the counseling table, in need of his own encourager to say, “You can do this. You can make it in college.”
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