October 2005
Alumni Association News
- Call for Nominations
- Alumni Tour
- George Mason Birthday Event
- Tailgate Party
- Visit Turkey and the Aegean Coast
- Kaplan Offers Free Practice Tests to Alumni
- MPA Alumni Chapter Event
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Patriot Sports
- Season Outlook Bright for Men's Basketball
- Kirby Leads Golf Team to Championship
- Goalkeeper Named Rookie of the Week
- Swim Teams Compete at Potomac Relays
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University News
- Gonzales Discusses 'Respecting the Constitution'
at School of Law
- College Reorganized to Better Serve Health
and Human Services Needs
- Is There Bias in the Classroom?
- Arlington County Grant Helps Support Mason
- Mason to Develop Emergency Shelter Operation
Plan for Virginia
- Mason Scientists Making Strides in Earthquake
Prediction
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From the campus scene...
This enormous land mass will house
Mason's largest construction endeavor,
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EACH YEAR THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES outstanding alumni, students, and faculty at its annual Celebration of Distinction awards ceremony. Nominations are due no later than
Monday, February 13, 2006. The opportunity to nominate someone for any alumni award is given to alumni, faculty and staff members, students, and friends of George Mason University. For more information, contact Katie Mirick at 703-993-8737 or smirick@gmu.edu.
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 THE STUDENT ALUMNI CHAPTER CORDIALLY INVITES MASON ALUMNI to return to the Fairfax campus for a tour led by student body president Dale Van Wagner on Saturday, November 5. Learn more about new academic programs and new facilities being added, as the campus continues to grow. Please RSVP by November 2.
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JOIN IN THE CELEBRATION OF GEORGE MASON'S 280TH BIRTHDAY on Saturday, December 3. The Alumni Association sponsors an annual event to honor the December 11, 1725 birth of George Mason, our university’s namesake. This year, we will visit Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, one of Mr. Mason’s contemporaries in Virginia public life. Space is limited. Prices are $28 per adult, $23 per child (7th-10th grade), and $15 per child (6th grade and younger) and include bus transportation, lunch, and admission to Monticello.
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ALUMNI ARE INVITED TO ATTEND A PRE-GAME TAILGATE PARTY on Friday, October 28th at 4:00 p.m. prior to the men's soccer taking on the Old Dominion Monarchs! A live DJ, free food, and Mason spirit will enliven the crowd before the Patriots battle the ODU team, which is ranked third nationally! Tickets can be purchased in advance for $5 by calling the Athletics Ticket Office at (703) 993-3270.
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 SEE THE COUNTRY OF TURKEY WITH MASON!Alumni and friends of George Mason University are invited to join faculty, staff, and students for the annual spring break tour offered through the Center for Global Education. This year’s tour to Turkey is slated for March 10-19, 2006.
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 FOR THOSE MASON ALUMNI NOW THINKING ABOUT GRADUATE SCHOOL, this is your chance to take a FREE practice test and see how you would score! Take a FREE practice GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, DAT, or PCAT under test-like conditions and receive an analysis of your performance. Remember, this is only a practice test, but a very important first step in your preparation process. Kaplan will visit the Fairfax campus on Saturday, October 22nd.
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| THE MPA ALUMNI CHAPTER cordially invites all alumni for a gathering on Thursday, November 3 at 6:00 p.m. at Brion’s Grille (10621 Braddock Road, Fairfax, Va.), for an evening with the new director, Paul Posner. Dr. Posner will talk to us about his vision for the MPA program. This is also an opportunity for alumni to provide feedback on our program experiences and share ideas for student recruitment. RSVP to Ann Ludwick at aludwick@gmu.edu by October 31. |
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IN A SPECIAL VISIT THIS WEEK, U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL ALBERTO GONZALES addressed the George Mason School of Law on “Respecting the Constitution—In Judicial Debates and Judicial Nominees.” Pictured to the left, he meets with President Alan Merten and Law School Dean Daniel Polsby before his address. |
Gerontology and international health will be among the primary areas of focus for George Mason’s newly named COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CHHS), approved on Oct. 5 by the university’s Board of Visitors. Formerly known as the College of Nursing and Health Science, the reorganized college will focus on an expanded multidisciplinary approach to meeting the health and human services needs of the Northern Virginia community. The reorganization will occur in phases, beginning in fall 2006 and continuing through 2011.
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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY PROFESSORS A. Lee Fritschler, Catherine Rudder and Jeremy Mayer, along with Fritschler’s former colleague from the Brookings Institute, Bruce L.R. Smith, have been awarded a $100,000 grant to examine the role that political and religious ideology plays on university campuses.
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GEORGE MASON PRESIDENT ALAN MERTEN and Vice President of the Arlington Campus, Stanley Taylor, were presented the final $1 million dollar payment by Arlington County Board Chairman Jay Fisette at the county offices earlier this month. The payment finalizes a $5 million grant that county voters approved in 2000 to help the university continue development of the campus.
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 VIRGINIA GOV. MARK WARNER HAS REQUESTED GEORGE MASON'S ASSISTANCE in developing the first-ever Virginia Plan for Evacuation Event Response. The plan is expected to be completed later this fall, allowing the Commonwealth of Virginia to be the first state in the nation to develop a written plan documenting lessons learned about state-level emergency sheltering response activities necessitated by recent natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina.
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 GEORGE MASON'S CENTER FOR EARTH OBSERVING AND SPACE RESEARCH (CEOSR) team has just detected atmospheric anomalies that appeared on previous data for Oct. 1, 2005, one week prior to the 7.6 Pakistan earthquake of Oct. 8. This finding represents a significant step in moving from a retrospective analysis to a predictive capability, with the hope of one day allowing the team to actually predict earthquakes and save countless lives.
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THE 2004-05 GEORGE MASON BASKETBALL TEAM experienced a lot of growing pains. With no seniors and four freshmen playing valuable minutes, a 16-13 record seems less like a struggle and more like an adventure. Now, with the 2005-06 season about to get underway, those lessons learned will be put to use. Those losses suffered in close ball games will turn into experience down the stretch.
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 GEORGE MASON SENIOR MIKE KIRBY SHOT A COURSE-RECORD 61 at last week's James Madison University (JMU) Men's Golf Invitational to lead his team to the championship. This is the second tournament the Patriots golfers have won this season, after winning the opening tournament at Navy on Sept. 10-11. The Patriots finished with one of the best fall seasons in school history with two tournament wins and two second place finishes.
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MEN'S SOCCER FRESHMAN GOALKEEPER ERIC BARNES was tabbed Brine Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week on September 26. The South Carolina native recorded his first career shutout against Penn State. This is the first conference rookie of the week for Mason in men's soccer since the 2002 season.
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 THE MASON SWIM TEAMS opened up their seasons at the Potomac Relays on Oct. 14 at Georgetown University. Seven teams competed on each side and Mason's men's team placed second with a score of 81, while the women finished in third (61 points). Both teams open up their Colonial Athletic Association schedule as Mason hosts Delaware on Oct. 22.
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