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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.
Profiles
Meet the Mason Nation: Philip Wilkerson
By Priyanka Champaneri, BA '05, MFA '10 on December 16, 2021
As an industry adviser for University Career Services, Philip Wilkerson, MEd Counseling and Development ’12, spends his days advising students who are hoping to pursue employment in creative fields, from the performing or visual arts to events management and tourism.
Building Peace in America
By Colleen Kearney Rich on December 14, 2021
When George Mason University doctoral student Emily Sample and Douglas Irvin-Erickson, assistant professor and director of the Raphaël Lemkin Genocide Prevention Program at Mason’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, were editing the volume Building Peace in America (Rowman and Littlefield, 2020), the United States was a hotbed of unrest, and it was as if their predictions had come true.
The Show Must Go On
By Mason Spirit contributor on December 7, 2021
Christian White, BA Communication ’21, was able to pursue his acting career and finish his degree while appearing in four episodes of a Showtime crime drama starring Kevin Bacon.
Patriot Profile: Christine M. Condo
By Colleen Kearney Rich on December 7, 2021
In March 2020, just as the pandemic was beginning, Christine Condo published an essay in the Washington Post that changed her life.
Negotiating with the Taliban
By Mariam Aburdeineh, BA ’13 on September 10, 2021
Khalid Noor, BA Conflict Analysis and Resolution ’19, is the youngest member of an Afghan negotiating team seeking peace with the Taliban.
Turning an Injury into an Opportunity
By Damian Cristodero on September 7, 2021
Michael Murphy, MA History ’12, a paraplegic athlete and speaker, has turned his life-changing accident into an inspirational message of positivity and hope, which he details in a new book.
All Rise
By Mason Spirit contributor on September 3, 2021
Melissa Long, JD ’95, became the first Black justice on the Rhode Island Supreme Court earlier this year. Her historic appointment was another moment in her family’s legacy of breaking barriers.
Q&A with Andre Marshall
By Colleen Kearney Rich on August 31, 2021
Andre Marshall joins Mason as its new vice president for research, innovation, and economic development and president of the George Mason University Research Foundation on July 1. He also joins the faculty of the Volgenau School of Engineering. Before coming to Mason, Marshall was program director for the National Science Foundation’s $38 million Innovation Corps…
Patriot Profile: Sidney Boakye
By Mason Spirit contributor on August 17, 2021
Senior Sidney Boakye is the first George Mason University student to be awarded the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship, a highly selective internship, mentorship, and networking program for students interested in spaceflight.
Meet the Mason Nation: Lisa Park, MD
By Mason Spirit contributor on August 17, 2021
Lisa Park, Mason’s executive director of Student Health Services, has had her work cut out for her this past year as she led the university’s shift to telemedicine, managing COVID-19 medical protocol on campus, and more.
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