September 2005
Alumni Association News
- Public Policy Alumni Chapter Signature Event
- ICAR Alumni Happy Hour
- 2nd Annual Hispanic Heritage Month Networking Reception
- Honoring George Mason's Birthday
- History Alumni Tour of Antietam Battlefield
- BIS Alumni Event
- KAPPA Week 2005
- Students Host Alumni Tour at Fairfax
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Patriot Sports
- Alumna Derevjanik Starts in WNBA Finals
- Women's Soccer Team Commemorates 1985 National Championships
- Weader Named Interim Head Coach for Wrestling
- Soccer Teams To Conduct Clinic For Hurricane Relief Fund
- Midnight Madness -- October 14
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University News
- Campaign for George Mason University Celebration Party
- Town Hall Meeting Set for CNHS Expansion
- Mason to Open Loudoun Campus in 2009
- $25 Million NIH Grant Awarded to Mason for Biocontainment Lab
- University Response to Hurricane Katrina Relief
- Mason Ranked Fourth in Political Science Research Expenditures
- IT&E 20th Anniversary Celebration
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From the campus scene...
University president Alan Merten took part in the
Welcome Week 2005 festivities after being dunked in the dunk tank.
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ALL MASON ALUMNI ARE INVITED to “Public Policy Making—Diatribe or Discourse: Can We Make a Difference?” a panel discussion moderated by Frank Sesno, CNN Correspondent and Professor of Public Policy and Communications. This event includes dinner and is sponsored by the School of Public Policy Alumni Chapter. It will be held on the Arlington campus on October 21 from 6:00 – 8:30 p.m. RSVP by October 7 to sppalum@gmu.edu. For more information, please call Silva at 703-993-3762.
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THE ICAR ALUMNI CHAPTER INVITES ALUMNI to join them for an ICAR alumni happy hour on Monday, September 26 from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. at the Pour House/Top of the Hill, 319 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC. For more information, please contact Julie Shedd, MS `05, jshedd@gmu.edu (703-993-4437), or Dennis Sandole, dsandole@gmu.edu (703-993-1309).
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AS PART OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, the Alumni Association will again sponsor a networking reception for alumni, faculty, staff, and students. The event will be held in Alumni Atrium of Mason Hall from 6-8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 4. The key-note speaker is Dennis Garcia, President of Potomac Management Group, Inc. and member of Mason’s Board of Visitors. All are invited to participate in the event. Light refreshments will be served.
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JOIN THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3 for a fun and educational day of history! Each year in December, the Alumni Association sponsors an event to honor the December 11, 1725 birth of George Mason, our university’s namesake. Alumni who are interested in touring Thomas Jefferson's Monticello should read more about the event online. Space is limited.
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THE HISTORY AND ART HISTORY ALUMNI CHAPTER EXCURSION to the Antietam National Battlefield on October 1 still has a few seats available, so please contact chapter president, Dave Turk at FNC5@aol.com to sign-up now.
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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 Alumni Atrium of Mason Hall, starting with a reception at 5:00 p.m. and followed by a 7:00 p.m. performance in 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.
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| THE BROTHERS OF THE MU MU CHAPTER OF KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC. cordially 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, 2005 to Saturday, October 29, 2005 on the Fairfax campus of George Mason University. Many of the events planned for the week aim to entertain, as well as raise awareness towards many of the important social issues that currently impact the GMU community. For more information contact Melvin Mosley at (703) 517-4538. |
 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.
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JOIN THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY IN CELEBRATING the huge success of the first comprehensive Campaign for George Mason University. This unique event will feature a multimedia presentation and performances followed by dessert and dancing. Bring the whole family! Free tickets are still available at http://www.campaigncelebration.gmu.edu.
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| THE COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCE is proposing a significant expansion of mission and related change in organization and name. The proposed changes have been approved by the college faculty and by the Department of Social Work, the units most involved. A Town Hall meeting will be held Thursday, Sept. 29, from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Fairfax Campus, Mason Hall, Room D3, to discuss the proposals. For more information, call 703-993-8776. |
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 GEORGE MASON WILL ESTABLISH A NEW CAMPUS IN LOUDOUN COUNTY on 123 acres of property located near the intersection of Routes 50 and 659. The property is being donated to the university by Greenvest LLC, a Virginia developer. The expansion, says university President Alan Merten, addresses a growing demand in Loudoun County for higher education and enhances George Mason’s own “distributed university” concept in Northern Virginia.
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MASON HAS BEEN AWARDED $25 MILLION from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, for construction of a Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the Prince William Campus in Manassas. The successful application, proposed by George Mason’s National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases, has resulted in the largest research award in the university’s history.
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 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY HAS ADMITTED DISPLACED STUDENTS who were affected because of Hurricane Katrina's disastrous effects on college campuses and initiated several projects to assist students and faculty with ties to the Gulf Coast region, as well as assisting in overall hurricane relief efforts.
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 THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION RANKINGS FOR RESEARCH expenditures by discipline for fiscal year 2003, the most recent year reported, have just been released. For the field of political science, which includes public policy, public administration and public affairs, George Mason moved up to fourth place in federally financed R&D expenditures.
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JOIN THE SCHOOL OF IT&E FOR ITS 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION! It will be a time of looking back and looking forward, with good food, fun activities and the opportunity to meet fellow alumni, faculty, and businesses involved in the growth of IT&E. The festivities take place on Friday, October 28th, 6 to 9 p.m. in Dewberry Hall on the lower level of the Johnson Center. This is a free event, but registration is required. Please RSVP between the dates of October 1-14 at itevents@gmu.edu.
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MASON ALUMNA AND WOMEN'S BASKETBALL STAND-OUT, Jen Derevjanik, wrapped up her second season with the WNBA's Connecticut Sun this month as the Sun competed in the WNBA Finals for the second-straight season. According to espn.com, Derevjanik was placed in the starting line-up for just the second time this season as the Sun's starting point guard, Lindsay Whalen, was out with an injury.
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GEORGE MASON PROFILES FORMER PLAYER PAM (BAUGHMAN) CORNELL in the `Where are they now?' series commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 1985 NCAA Championship women's soccer team. Cornell, a three-time All-American, was a member of the inaugural freshman class for women's soccer in 1982. In the first four years of the program, the Patriots recorded a 63-14-7 overall record, four visits to the NCAA Tournament, including National Champion Runner-up in 1983 and National Champions in 1985.
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 MARK WEADER, THE TOP ASSISTANT COACH FOR MASON'S WRESTLING TEAM for the past six seasons, was named interim head coach of the program for the upcoming 2005-06 campaign, Assistant Vice-President/Director of Athletics Tom O'Connor announced. A new assistant coach will be named in the future. Weader, a 1999 graduate of George Mason, takes over the program following the resignation of former head coach Brian Shaffer, who guided the Patriots to three Colonial Athletic Association championships during his 10 seasons at the helm.
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 GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC TEAMS HAVE JOINED TOGETHER to assist Hurricane Katrina victims through fundraising efforts during the weekend of September 30 to October 2. The Patriot student-athletes will collect donations at the men's soccer game against VCU on Friday, September 30 at 7 p.m., and the women's soccer game against James Madison on Sunday, October 2 at 1 p.m. In addition, the Patriots soccer head coaches Greg Andrulis and Diane Drake will team up to conduct a soccer clinic from 1-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 1.
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MIDNIGHT MADNESS is slated for Friday, October 14 at 11:15 p.m. at the Patriot Center. This annual basketball event officially launches the start of the 2005-06 basketball season. All alumni are encouraged to cheer on the Patriots! The event is free. |
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