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Archive for December, 2022

Patriot Profile: Andrew Joseph White

by Mason Spirit contributor on December 6th, 2022

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George Mason University MFA candidate Andrew Joseph White, BFA ’19, released his first young adult book in June 2022, the New York Times best-selling Hell Followed with Us, an LGBTQ post-apocalyptic horror story,.

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Principal of the Year Leads by Example

by Mason Spirit contributor on December 6th, 2022

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In April, Amy Schott was chosen as the Washington Post’s 2022 Principal of the Year from 14 finalists in Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

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Meet the Mason Nation: Alissa Karton

by Priyanka Champaneri, BA '05, MFA '10 on December 6th, 2022

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For the past 26 years, University Life’s Alissa Karton has watched Mason grow into what she calls “a university that is basically as big as a small town.”

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