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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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Mason’s Barcode Orchestra Rocks the Walmart
By Colleen Kearney Rich on May 16, 2011
Most students are used to struggling for their art, but getting kicked out of Target is a different matter entirely. Still Mason senior Lindsay Hawks was not at all troubled by the store’s request. Instead, Hawks and her partners in art, Alex Straub and Peter Lee, moved on to the Walmart in Burke to conduct…
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Campaign Educates Students about University Funding, Philanthropy
By Corey Jenkins Schaut, MPA '07 on May 2, 2011
A rumor persists that college students like free stuff, particularly free food. The George Mason University Office of Annual Giving decided this spring to take advantage of the stereotype to educate students about the power of philanthropy at the university. The five-week Patriots for Patriots campaign kicked off with an event that served fried dough…
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Celebration of Distinction 2011
By Mason Spirit contributor on April 28, 2011
On April 13, the George Mason University Alumni Association recognized its most prestigious alumni at an elegant dinner in the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel. During the course of the evening, Mason President Alan G. Merten took a few minutes to address the group about his upcoming retirement in June 2012 and reiterate his…
From the Archives: A Personal Look at George Mason’s First Family
By Mason Spirit contributor on April 7, 2011
Editor’s Note: President Alan Merten has announced his intention to step down as president of George Mason University on June 30, 2012. As the university prepares for a presidential search and transition, we are getting a little nostalgic at the magazine. This article features the first family and originally appeared in the Fall 2000 Mason…
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Student Veterans Looking Out for Each Other
By Colleen Kearney Rich on April 5, 2011
As the number of veterans within Mason’s student population increases, it isn’t surprising that the number of veterans’ student organizations has also increased. One such organization is the student-run Veterans Society of George Mason University. Do student veterans seek each other out? You bet they do, says Veterans Society president and former Marine Jacobo Flores….
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‘I’m Just Living the Dream!’
By Jason Jacks on November 15, 2010
As the caffeinated followers of Starbucks cheer the news that the coffee behemoth may soon add alcohol to its menu, David Gwathmey, MBA ’06, has one thing to say: been there, done that—and rather successfully, we might add. “I’m flattered,” he says of Starbucks’ plans. “It looks like Grape + Bean all the way!” Gwathmey,…
Extra Credit: Five More Reasons to Go to Class
By Leah Kerkman Fogarty on November 8, 2010
You’ve read about the 20 great reasons to go to class from the Fall 2010 issue of the Mason Spirit. As promised, we’ve done a little extra credit: five more amazing classes offered at Mason. 21. The American President Many universities require history and poli sci students to take a course on the American presidents,…
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Making the Grade
By Colleen Kearney Rich on November 1, 2010
Most people can name the vice president of the United States, but few people (outside of the faculty and staff, of course) could tell you who is second in command to George Mason University president Alan Merten. That position is held by Provost Peter Stearns. It’s time you met him.
Meet Mason’s Biggest Facebook Fan
By Leah Kerkman Fogarty on November 1, 2010
The official George Mason University Facebook page reached 30,000 fans over the summer, and we wanted to show some love. So we launched the Mason’s Biggest Fan contest on Facebook and were blown away by the responses. From decorating basements as Mason man caves to naming not one, but two, sons for his alma mater,…
Enter Our Sweetheart 16 Contest!
By Leah Kerkman Fogarty on November 1, 2010
You locked eyes across the computer lab. He begged your roommate for your number. She joined the intramural soccer team just to catch your eye. You’ve been telling your friends and family the “how we met” stories since you got together —now tell us and you could win a sweetheart’s package for Homecoming weekend—February 4–6, 2011!
We’re launching the Sweetheart 16 contest this fall, and we want to hear your story! Enter by telling us all about you and your honey’s Mason connection: Did you meet here? Go on dates to the Rat? Did he propose here? We’ll select our favorite 16 stories and then open it up to a vote, NCAA Tournament bracket-style.
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