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| The George Mason University Alumni E-Newsletter | December 2008 |
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Alumni Association & Chapter News
For information on other Mason Alumni activities, visit the Alumni Events Calendar.
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CHSS 3rd Annual Dean's Tailgate The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will hold its 3rd annual Dean's Tailgate on Saturday, January 17 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Mason Hall Alumni Atrium, prior to the men's basketball game against James Madison. Please join Dean Jack Censer and your fellow alumni for food and fun before the game. INFO AND RSVP> |
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The Fairfax Campus will celebrate Inauguration Day on January 20 with a watch party, panel discussion, and inaugural ball. Alumni are invited to join the festivities with Mason students, faculty, and staff. MORE INFO>
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Alumni are invited to join students, faculty, and staff for an evening of reflection to celebrate Dr. King's legacy on Wednesday, January 28 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. in the Johnson Center's Dewberry Hall on the Fairfax Campus. The keynote speaker will be Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski III. Please join us! EVENT INFO>
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Plan to join fellow alumni and the entire campus community for Homecoming 2009, February 8-14. Alumni Association highlights will be a reception for faculty/staff alumni, a beer-tasting event, and a VIP hospitality tent at the annual pre-game block party on Saturday, February 14. HOMECOMING INFO> |
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Mason
alumni are invited to take advantage of a limited amount of discounted
tickets for the Washington Capitals game on Friday, February 20 when
the Caps battle the Colorado Avalanche. Seats are located in the Club
Concourse sections 220 and 225 and are being sold for only $35/ticket.
Order your tickets now--they are going fast! TICKETS> |
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Mason Student Interns Available to Hire Want
to hire a Mason intern this winter or spring? University Career
Services offers Patriot Job Web, a FREE database, for posting part-time
and full-time internship and co-op positions. To gain access to
well-qualified, highly skilled Mason students, visit the Career
Services website. CAREER SERVICES> |
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Alumni
and friends are invited to join the School of Public Policy on their
spring trip to the United Arab Emirates. January 1 is the deadline to
sign up and fly with the group; the final deadline to take part is
March 15. MORE INFO> |
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University News |
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When
he graduates later this year, senior Jeff Brown can say that while he
was at Mason his team beat the Russians–-that would be in
chess, not some other sport. President of Mason's chess club, Brown
considers a recent match against star chess players from Kazan
University in Russia one of the club's high points. MORE> |
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Center for History and New Media Wins Prestigious Awards Mason's
Center for History and New Media continues to excel in the world of
digital history and online tools, recently winning two prestigious
awards. MORE> |
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Mason Receives $1 Million Gift from
Barnes & Noble Mason
has received a $1 million gift from Barnes & Noble College
Booksellers Inc., supporting the Basketball Practice Facility
Construction Fund, Intercollegiate Athletic scholarships, the
University Life Fund, the Undergraduate Research Fund, and Fall for the
Book. MORE> |
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Permanent RAK Campus Construction to Begin in 2009 Mason provost Peter Stearns has announced "a
definite agreement" with the government of Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) in the
United Arab Emirates to construct permanent student and faculty housing
and academic buildings for the Mason RAK Campus. MORE> |
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The 3,200-acre National Zoological Park
Conservation and Research Center (CRC) became home last spring to 15
Mason students who spent the semester there as part of the
Smithsonian-Mason Semester. The innovative program provides students
exposure to some of the most prominent research scientists, educators,
and conservation practitioners in the country. MORE> |
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Patriot Sports |
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Patriots Win Over Drexel in CAA Men's Basketball Opener Mason's men's basketball team built a 17-point lead early in the second half behind a 17-4 run, then had to hold off Drexel down the stretch as the Dragons had the game's final possession with a chance to win. In the end, Mason escaped Daskalakis Athletic Center with a 56-55 win. It's the sixth time in the past seven years Mason has won its Colonial Athletic Association opener. MORE>
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Baseball Has Two on Player of the Year Watch List Two Mason players made the cut on the 2009 Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Award preseason watch list. Senior outfield Scott Krieger and junior first baseman Justin Bour are among the nation's top players heading into the season. MORE>
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Mason Hoopla is gearing up for key CAA games in January. Please join area alumni for special pre-game social events and cheer on the Patriots against the Virginia Commonwealth Rams on January 24 and the Old Dominion Monarchs on January 31.
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