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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.
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Buzzing with Activity
By Damian Cristodero on August 9, 2017
About two years from now, German Perilla, MAIS ’12, hopes about four acres of the I-95 Landfill Complex in Lorton, Virginia, will be transformed intogreen meadows with grasses, wildflowers, and bees—lots of bees.
Gaining Experience as an Environmental Scientist
By Arthur Wesley, BA '17 on August 9, 2017
When Mason Environmental Science and Policy professor Cynthia Smith was getting ready to teach EVPP 302 Biomes and Human Dimensions for the first time, she did a little research first.
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Good as Gold
By Damian Cristodero on May 12, 2017
U.S. Olympic gold medalist David Verburg, Health, Fitness, and Recreation Resources ’13, returned to campus in February, where he was honored during the men’s basketball game with La Salle.
Simply the Best
By Buzz McClain, BA '77 on May 5, 2017
Mason senior Mason MacDonald won the Sodexo USA National Customer Experience Award for his lively efforts behind the counter at the Northern Neck Starbucks on Mason’s Fairfax Campus.
Student-Built Device Could Help Athletes ‘Stay in the Game’
By Martha Bushong on February 6, 2017
According to NCAA statistics, 1 in 13 female athletes experience a torn anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, in the knee joint. It’s an epidemic few are talking about. Few, that is, except for an enterprising team of students in the Volgenau School of Engineering’s Systems Engineering Program. Team members Amr Attyah, Maribeth Burns, Sam Miller,…
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White and Working Class
By Colleen Kearney Rich on February 6, 2017
In his new book, The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality (Oxford University Press, 2016), Schar School of Policy and Government professor Justin Gest analyzes alienation in white working class people in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Alumni Artists Continue to Push Creative Boundaries
By Cathy Cruise, MFA '93 on February 6, 2017
Forty-three School of Art alumni participated in the REMIX Mason Alumni Exhibit, an art show that took place during Alumni Weekend in four galleries across three campuses.
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Just One of the Guys at Redskins Camp
By Damian Cristodero on November 21, 2016
What surprised athletic training major Abigail Solis most about her internship as an athletic trainer with the NFL’s Washington Redskins was how down to earth the players seemed.
Using Hip-Hop to Resolve Global Conflict
By Buzz McClain, BA '77 on November 21, 2016
Hip-hop DJs, emcees, beatmakers, and dancers from around the world descended on a hotel conference room in Washington, D.C., this spring to learn how to turn their high-energy musical art into tools for empowerment, entrepreneurship, and conflict resolution.
Business Alumni Make Big Impact with Big Gifts
By Mason Spirit contributor on November 21, 2016
Over the past few years, several Mason business alumni have made major financial contributions to business school initiatives.
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