August 2005
Alumni Association News
- 2nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Networking Reception
- Scenic Mason Desktop Wallpapers
- History Alumni Tour of Antietam Battlefield
- Horseback Riding at Marriott Ranch
- CEHD Chapter Picnic
- Black Alumni Chapter Annual Barbecue
- BIS Alumni Event
- KAPPA Week 2005
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Patriot Sports
- Mason Golfer Qualifies for U.S. Amateur Championship
- Patriots Welcome New Student-Athletes This Fall
- Patriot Club Organizes Big Apple Trip for Men's Basketball Fans
- Boxing Event at Patriot Center Debuts with Mason Alumnus
- 30th Annual Fall Golf Outing to Benefit Patriot Club
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University News
- Celebrate Campaign for George Mason University
- Mason Sponsors Chertoff Conversation on Terrorism
- Center for Social Complexity Joins Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study
- Music Students to Get New Practice Space
- CAS Adds Judaic Studies Minor and Expands Hebrew Language Program
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From the campus scene...
More than 4,000 students will be moving into
residence halls on the Fairfax campus this weekend.
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AS PART OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, the Alumni Association will again help sponsor a networking reception for alumni, faculty, staff, and students. The event will be held in the Alumni Atrium of Mason Hall from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 4. Please RSVP by September 30 to Katie Mirick in the Office of Alumni Affairs at smirick@gmu.edu or 703-993-8737.
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MASON ALUMNI CAN REMINISCE ABOUT THEIR ALMA MATER with photos of campus right on their computer screen! Desktop wallpapers have been designed specifically for Mason alumni! These picturesque views of campus will be a friendly reminder that for Mason alumni, "Once a Patriot, Always a Patriot!"
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THE HISTORY AND ART HISTORY ALUMNI CHAPTER IS PLANNING AN EXCURSION to the Antietam National Battlefield on Saturday, October 1. Mason alumni and guests will be given a special guided tour of the site. To sign-up and for more information, contact chapter president Dave Turk at FNC5@aol.com.
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THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION WILL AGAIN OFFER HORSE-GUIDED TRAIL RIDES at the Marriott Ranch in Hume, Va., on Sunday, October 2. This popular event will include a lunch following the 10:30 a.m. ride. More information is available online and reservations can be made with Darren Silvis (dsilvis@gmu.edu or 703-993-3847) in the Office of Alumni Affairs.
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THE ALUMNI CHAPTER OF THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT will hold its first annual chapter picnic on Sunday, Sep. 25 from 3:00 p.m. to dusk at the Occoquan Regional Park in Lorton, Va.
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THE BLACK ALUMNI CHAPTER will host its annual barbecue on Saturday, September 10 at the Dulles Golf Center and Sports Park (Dugout Pavilion Area) from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Activities will include putt-putt golf, batting cage, basketball, driving range, horseshoes, etc. For more information or to register and purchase tickets, follow the link below.
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 THE BACHELOR OF INDIVIDUALIZED STUDY (BIS) DEPARTMENT AND ITS ALUMNI will celebrate 30 years of "learning without limits" (1975-2005) at a special event on Sunday, October 9 in the atrium of Mason Hall, starting with a reception at 5:00 p.m. and followed by a 7:00 p.m. performance of The Flying Karamazov Brothers in LIFE, A Guide for the Perplexedin at the Center for the Arts. Tickets are being sold for $57 per person and proceeds will support the BIS Program and Scholarship Fund. For more information, please call (703) 993-4556. |
THE BROTHERS OF THE MU MU CHPATER OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC. invite all Mason alumni, students, faculty, and staff to celebrate Kappa Week 2005: "20 Years of Achievement in Every Field of Human Endeavor" from Monday, October 24 to Saturday, October 29 on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. The week-long series ends with a reunion.
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ALL ALUMNI AND THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO CELEBRATE the successful conclusion of the Campaign for George Mason University, George Mason's first comprehensive fund-raising effort, on Saturday, September 24, beginning at 8:15 p.m. at the Center for the Arts Concert Hall.
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AS THE NATION PREPARES TO MARK THE FOURTH ANNIVERSARY of the Sept. 11 attacks, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will sit down with George Mason professor and veteran journalist Frank Sesno on Sept. 9 in a rare public forum in Washington, D.C., to discuss the ongoing battle of safeguarding America against terrorism.
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GEORGE MASON'S KRASNOW INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY announced that the Center for Social Complexity (CSC), best known for its extensive research projects in computational social science, has become the fourth center to join the Krasnow Institute.
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THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT IS RAISING THE ROOF this summer-literally. Construction has begun on the structure that will house 15 new practice rooms in the courtyard of the Performing Arts Building. The completion of the practice space is expected in late October.
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THIS FALL, THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (CAS) will roll out a new interdisciplinary minor program in Judaic Studies. As part of this initiative, the Department of Modern and Classical Languages will expand its foreign language offerings, in addition to the added offerings in Hebrew language training.
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MICHAEL KIRBY, A RISING SENIOR AT MASON who is majoring in business and information technology, shot 6-under-par 138 at the Williamsburg, Va., Golden Horseshoe's Green Course to qualify for the 2005 U.S. Amateur Championship. His score tied with Chris Bagley, a rising sophomore at the University of Richmond. The championship will be played Aug. 22-28 at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa.
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WITH THE START OF THE 2005-06 ACADEMIC YEAR, the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics (IA) will welcome notable new student-athletes after a fruitful recruiting season in several different sports.
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THE MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM WILL BE TRAVELING TO NEW YORK CITY on Saturday, Nov. 26, to take on the Jaspers of Manhattan College, and the Patriot Club wants you there to help cheer on the Patriots to a victory.
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BOXING COMES TO THE GEORGE MASON PATRIOT CENTER for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 17, in an event that will feature Mason alumnus Mike Sawyer, BS Finance '05, in his professional debut. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., with the first bout scheduled for 7:30 p.m.
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THE PATRIOT CLUB GOLF TOURNAMENT will be held Monday, September 12 at Westfields Golf Club in Clifton VA. Registration begins at noon with shotgun start at 1:30 p.m. Cost per golfer is $300 ($150 is tax deductible) and includes greens fees, cart, range, lunch, drinks on course, cocktails and buffet dinner immediately following the event and a souvenir gift. For more information or to register over the phone please contact Max Baker at (703) 993-3216.
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