Letter from the President

Only Mason Alumni Can...

...Remember when Mason was just a few buildings and the Patriot Center.  Now we have campuses transforming at a spectacular pace, with more than 4,000 students living on campus and a reach across the country and around the globe with more than 115,000 alumni worldwide.

...Remember the amazing (to others, not to us) run to the NCAA Basketball Tournament Final Four and all the student-athletes who represented our school.

...Remember great Mason Day celebrations on the Quad and spectacular International Week performances.

Fortunately, what we remember most are the friends we made at Mason and the stimulating challenge from outstanding faculty. 

But the best is ahead of us—growing research in life-changing science, alumni delivering on the promise to give back to society, the skyrocketing value of our Mason degree, and third- and now fourth-generation Mason families.  So think back on your experiences, reach out to a Mason friend you haven’t talked to in a while, and come back and see a great university.

Mason—once a Patriot, always a Patriot.

Pete Farrell
BS Business Administration ’79
and MBA ’85
Outgoing President, George Mason University Alumni Association