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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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Patriot Profile: Jason Sturm
By Damian Cristodero on January 28, 2016
Jason Sturm, who lost his leg below the knee in an army training exercise in 2002, is now a world champion bobsledder and a CrossFit trainer for amputee and non-amputee clients.
Alumna Driven to Help Others Thrive
By Buzz McClain, BA '77 on January 28, 2016
Alumna Lori Sims won the 2015 Presidential Management fellowship thanks to her essay and life experiences that demonstrate a keen devotion to public service.
Smelling the Roses on the Way to the Arctic Circle
By Damian Cristodero on January 28, 2016
Mason alumnus Steve Piper took a 1,600-mile, round-trip road journey with buddies to the northern reaches of the United States.
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Mason Grad Gives Hug Seen Round the World
By Damian Cristodero on January 11, 2016
A life-saving moment of compassion brings worldwide attention to Mason alumnus Dan Hicks.
Patriot Profile: Xiaoyun Wu
By Damian Cristodero on November 2, 2015
The thing Mason graduate student Xiaoyun Wu misses most about her native China is the food. It’s “one of my biggest challenges,” says the 23-year-old, who came to the United States two years ago to pursue a master’s degree.
Championing Teen Moms
By Michele McDonald on November 2, 2015
Nicole Lynn Lewis, MPP ’06, knows what it feels like to juggle life as a teen parent and college student. Even more than help with tuition, as an undergrad, she needed someone to lift her spirits when she had a midterm to take after staying up all night with a teething baby.
Meet the Mason Nation: Robert Vay
By Buzz McClain, BA '77 on November 2, 2015
Job: Digital Collections and Exhibitions Archivist Bob Vay, BA History ’92, came to Mason in August 1985 as a physical education major. When he graduated in 1992, he took a position with the National Archives in the Richard Nixon Presidential Library. “Then I found this job in December 1993,” he said during a conversation in…
Unto the Breach
By Preston Williams on November 2, 2015
Few people know the Mason alumnus Brian Krebs is often the first person to know about a security breach like the ones faced by corporations such as Target and Home Depot. But the hackers know.
Getting ‘Google-y’ over Employee Satisfaction
By Cathy Cruise, MFA '93 on October 15, 2015
While it’s known as one of the most fun and hip places in the world to work, Google is also the place where Mason alumna Veronica Gilrane, MA ’10, PhD ’13, conducts some serious business.
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Curtain Call
By Colleen Kearney Rich on July 15, 2015
As a professional opera singer, College of Visual and Performing Arts dean William Reeder performed more than 40 leading tenor roles in 15 major opera houses throughout Europe.
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