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New Century College Celebrates First Decade

In 1995, English professor John S. O’Connor and Biology professor Karen K. Oates were named dean and associate dean of New Century College (NCC), respectively; registration, orientation, and advising for nearly 200 first-year students was held; and NCC set up offices in Robinson Hall.

NCC now makes its home in Enterprise Hall. Associate Dean Janette Muir has led the college since 1999.

“The focus of education has changed to recognize that learning has both an intellectual and an experiential aspect to it. New Century reshapes the college curriculum with that in mind.”

—Karen K. Oates,
Mason Gazette, July 2, 1998

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Assistant Professor Tom Wood, PhD Environmental Science and Public Policy ’96, examines butterflies with a conservation class.

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Students in NCC course, Self as Citizen, survey the trash and debris they pulled from Mason’s streams as part of a 2005 Earth Day project.

 

 

 

 

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Students work on the beach at Andros Island in the Bahamas. NCC and the Center for Field Studies enjoy a relationship with Bahamas Environmental Research Center and have taken numerous classes there throughout the years.

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Professor Joe Wood, one of NCC’s earliest faculty members, listens to student presentations.