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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.
Student Profiles
Patriot Profile: Andrew Joseph White
By Mason Spirit contributor on December 6, 2022
George Mason University MFA candidate Andrew Joseph White, BFA ’19, released his first young adult book in June 2022, the New York Times best-selling Hell Followed with Us, an LGBTQ post-apocalyptic horror story,.
Patriot Profile: Charlotte Woodward
By Anne Reynolds on June 21, 2022
Mason senior Charlotte Woodward has tirelessly advocated for the rights of people with disabilities—and she is being recognized for her efforts.
Voices of Mason
By Colleen Kearney Rich on December 16, 2021
George Mason University students come from all 50 states and 130 countries, and they are making a difference in ways big and small.
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.
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.
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.
Patriot Profile: Dominique Dowling
By Colleen Kearney Rich on March 30, 2021
Junior Dominique Dowling has been working to enact social change since high school. She now helps to lead Mason’s NAACP chapter and serves on the university’s Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence Task Force.
Patriot Profile: Fe Miranda
By Mariam Aburdeineh, BA ’13 on December 10, 2020
Mason junior Fe Miranda, a music education major, found themselves through the arts and is now dedicated to helping others do the same both on stage and off.
Patriot Profile: Denys Kuratchenko
By Mariam Aburdeineh, BA ’13 on August 18, 2020
In response to COVID-19, senior Denys Kuratchenko and others from the MIX’s maker community created 3D-printed personal protective equipment (PPE), with Kuratchenko setting up a “print farm” in his apartment.
ADVANCE Student: Diego Ortega
By Priyanka Champaneri, BA '05, MFA '10 on April 18, 2020
After serving in the U.S. Marines, Diego Ortega began taking classes at NOVA to pursue a career in human resources. Then one day, a poster for ADVANCE caught his eye.
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