The Mason Spirit

Kathy Menefee: The Professional Student When you are a full-time mother and a full-time hospital nurse executive, as well as a part-time student, it can be hard to find the time to breathe. And yet Kathy Menefee, who earned her MS in Nursing Administration in 1993, found plenty of time to talk to whoever would…

Continue Reading Mason’s Biggest Fan Finalist Kathy Menefee: The Professional Student

In recognition of hitting the 30,000 mark on Facebook, we atGeorge Mason University decided to declare July Fan Appreciation Month. So we asked you to write on our Facebook wall and tell us why you are Mason’s No. 1 fan. We got so many great reasons. We laughed; we cried. We were so thankful so many…

Continue Reading Meet Your Finalists: Mason’s Biggest Facebook Fan Contest

Joe Little: The Bench Warmer Before the Final Four, there was the slaughter of Delaware State in 1995. This game might not be imprinted in the minds of many Mason basketball fans, but for Joe Little, it was one of his most memorable college experiences. He was a small forward on George Mason University’s men’s…

Continue Reading Mason’s Biggest Fan Finalist Joe Little: The Bench Warmer

Tennille Parker was a high school senior in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, who had never heard of George Mason University when she received a brochure and an application in the mail. Receiving an actual application did the trick. She sent it in, came down to visit the campus, and fell in love. That was more than 15…

Continue Reading Meet the new Alumni Association President: Tennille Parker

So far we’ve heard about Mason tattoos; Mason-themed cars, bikes, and rooms; children and pets named Mason; and tons of all-around Mason love. We’ve loved hearing your stories and we want to hear more! Write on our facebook wall and tell us why you’re Mason’s No. 1 fan. We’ll soon be selecting our favorites to profile…

Continue Reading Don’t Forget: Mason’s Biggest Facebook Fan Contest

So I guess this is cool… Kim Kardashian name-checked a Masonalum recently in People magazine. When asked for a book recommendation, Kardashian picked a book edited by Luellen Hoffman, BIS ’87 and former lecturer in Mason’sCollege of Education and Human Development. The book is Special Dream: Personal Accounts After the Death of a Loved One, Second Edition (Crossroad,…

Continue Reading Six Degrees of Kim Kardashian?

George Mason University is fast approaching the 30,000 fan milestone on Facebook. To celebrate, we’ve decided to make the month of June all about Patriot fans. Are you Mason’s biggest fan? Write on our wall and tell us why! We’ll be watching our wall this month and picking out some of our biggest fans to highlight. Toward the…

Continue Reading Are YOU Mason’s biggest fan?

She may not look it, but Cheryl Krause is a fighting machine. A rising sophomore at Mason, Krause is training and competing in preliminary Olympic qualifications for the sport taekwondo, a Korean martial art. She just won a place on the 16-member USA Taekwondo National Collegiate Team after taking first place at the National Collegiate…

Continue Reading Mason Student Trains for 2012 Olympics

Andrea de Gatica, a Mason alumna and a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESOL) at Thomas A. Edison High School in Alexandria, Va., received the 2010 Victoria D. de Sanchez Northern Virginia Hispanic Teacher of the Year Award at Marymount University’s Education Dinner on May 3. De Gatica, who earned an MA in…

Continue Reading Mason Alum Receives Teaching Honor

Talk about hand-me-downs. The Brooks family takes theirs seriously. When psychology major Daniel Brooks Jr. walks into Mason’s 43rd annual Commencement in the Patriot Center on Saturday, he will be sporting a 100-year-old graduation gown and following a sacred family tradition. The simple black wool gown was originally purchased by his great-grandmother Bertha T. Cottrell…

Continue Reading Brooks Continues Family Graduation Tradition