Dinners for 12 Patriots

Overview

Good Food and Conversation
Dinners for 12 Patriots is based on a simple idea: local alumni host dinners in their homes for students, faculty and fellow alumni in an effort to make Mason a smaller, cozier place. Dinners can range from catered affairs to simple buffets to home cooked fare, whatever you are comfortable with providing. In addition to a great dinner, the program offers participants an excellent opportunity to make new friends and valuable connections.

Host Sign-Up

Mason alumni help make Mason a little warmer and cozier for students. Whether serving casual buffets in your apartment or gourmet affairs in your two-winged estate, all DC Metro area hosts are welcome. Host participation is limited to the immediate DC Metro area (within a 30 mile radius of the Fairfax or Prince William Campuses) to minimize transportation challenges for students. If you live outside of the immediate area and would like to be involved, consider co-hosting. A co-host typically helps with meal expenses and preparation, interaction with guests and clean-up.

If you received an advanced degree from Mason, you may also sign up to host our Dinners for 12 Grad Patriots, a special program designed to connect current graduate students with alumni.

To host or co-host a dinner, complete the online registration form.

Sign Up Now to Host a Dinner for 12 Patriots!

Need to be persuaded?

Theme ideas

Student Sign-Up

Dinners for 12 Patriots is your opportunity to enjoy a free, delicious meal while socializing and networking with fellow Patriots. Local Mason alumni host students and professors in their homes for an evening of good food, good conversation and Patriot camaraderie. By the end of the evening, 12 strangers have become 12 friends.

You can participate in a 2008 dinner simply by completing this form. After you submit this form, you will be invited to a dinner on one of the dates you have indicated. Please hold these dates on your calendar to minimize the possibility of a scheduling conflict. (In other words, your host will be expecting you, so please make every effort not to cancel once you have submitted this form.)

Two weeks prior to your dinner, we will send you an e-mail with the time and location of your dinner(s). All you have to do is confirm with your host and show up for free food, fun and socializing.

If you have questions, call 703-993-3847 or e-mail cbannor@gmu.edu

Faculty & Staff Sign-Up

The Alumni Association members open their homes to students, faculty, staff members, and fellow alumni for small dinner parties, bringing them together in a warm, friendly environment for good food, conversation and Patriot camaraderie.

Faculty and staff participation provides the link between students and alumni. Your presence is the key to the program's success. When you submit the following RSVP form, you will be placed in a dinner. You'll then receive more information along with a list of those attending the dinner.

Sign Up Here