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| The George Mason University Alumni E-Newsletter | August 2007 |
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Schools & Colleges Invite Alumni to Kick Off SemesterAlumni from New Century College, the Volgenau School of IT&E, ICAR Alumni, and Government & International Politics are all invited to various events during the coming month to kick off the fall semester with alumni, students, faculty and staff! |
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Black Alumni Chapter's Annual Fall Barbecue
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Mason's World Ball Project Works to Increase Geography Literacy
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Fall Brings New Class of Distinguished Faculty to MasonThe start of a new academic year is always exciting as a new class of students joins the university. Recruiting efforts of another kind come to fruition this fall as well, when scholars and researchers travel to Northern Virginia from around the world to join Mason's faculty ranks. Among the prestigious new hires this year are a former national museum director, an international terrorism expert, a sports broadcaster, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and a noted documentary filmmaker. |
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Recycling Efforts Provide a Cleaner, More Eco-Friendly Campus
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Nobel Winner Smith to Depart; Mason to Continue Experimental Economics Focus
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Mason Receives National Honor for Maintaining Safe Campuses
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Three Patriots Set For USA Swimming Nationals As the nation's best swimmers descend on Indianapolis in the final championship before the 2008 Olympic Team Trials, three members of the George Mason community will be present to represent the Green and Gold. 2007 graduates Tom Koucheravy and Joe Houchin, along with volunteer assistant coach Kate Ziegler, will compete in the ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships. |
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Flasher Selected to Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game Of all the summer college baseball leagues in the nation, none is more well-known or more prestigious than the Cape Cod Baseball League. That should only make the achievement of Mason rising junior Jordan Flasher all the more impressive as the Patriot closer was selected to the Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star game. Flasher has pitched in 16 games for Mason, finishing 15 of those contests. |
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Alumni Association Hosts Wine Tastings and Tours
Regional Alumni Clubs Launch 'First Thursdays' Events
Members of the Black Alumni Chapter, their guests, other Mason alumni, and current students are all invited to attend the chapter's annual fall barbecue on Saturday, September 15 from noon to 4:00 p.m.The fine barbecue style dining of Famous Daves can be enjoyed. Return to the Fairfax campus for a great way to kick off the fall season!
Alumni Day at Orioles vs Yankees Home Game
When Geography Department Chair Allan Falconer heard that Mason men's basketball coach Jim Larranaga gave his summer camp kids geography quizzes, Falconer thought: how could we mix geography facts and trivia with basketball and help increase kids' interest in the world? Together with Coach Larranaga, Falconer developed the idea for the World Ball - an NCAA-regulation basketball that is also a globe providing a correct scale representation of the location and areas of the continents.
Ron Lim loves talking trash, but as the manager of recycling and waste management at Mason, he is really specific about what he means. One of the biggest challenges facing Lim and his crews in their efforts to keep Mason beautiful and environmentally responsible is people who don't recycle. The university began its recycling program with five buildings on the original Quad, two carts, and one worker. Now the program encompasses more than 40 buildings, 12 crew members, three classified employees, and a number of wage employees.
Vernon Smith, professor of economics and law and 2002 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, plans to leave Mason in January 2008 and join the faculty at Chapman University in Orange, Calif. Smith, 80, and a team of economists came to Mason in 2001 from the University of Arizona thanks to a $3 million grant from the Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.
Mason was awarded the 2007 Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award, which is presented annually by the nonprofit Security On Campus Inc. "in honor of schools that have done extraordinary things to make college university students safer." The safety award was created by the parents of Jeanne Clery, a student at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania who was murdered in 1986.
Patriot Club's 32nd Annual Fall Golf Outing
Men's Basketball Season to Begin Nov. 9 Against Vermont
Mason Golfer Qualifies for U.S. Amateur Golf Championship
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