April 2013
Faith, academics drive Hendricks in long road to recovery
|A few months ago he was sporting a Rollie Fingers-esque mustache, one that earned him the Movember Foundation’s “Man of Movember” title for Washington D.C.
Today, he’s clean shaven and wearing glasses along with a pea coat and scarf over a button-down checkered shirt. Brett Hendricks, a first-year graduate student at George Mason University, no longer resembles the famous Oakland Athletics closer of the mid-1970’s. Today he looks like the studious type—like himself.
Top 5 weekend picks April 18
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Every week Connect2Mason will offer five entertainment picks for your weekend. Ranging from on-campus to off-campus events, Connect2Mason's Top 5 will give you a jump start on your weekend. Here are the Top 5 picks for this weekend:
Students, environmental groups host mock oil spill to raise awareness
|For Earth Day and the 3rd anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon spill, Mason students teamed up with environmental organizations to demonstrate the harmful effects oil spills have on marine life through a mock oil spill on April 17.
Nyla Milleson introduced as new Mason women's head basketball coach
|After being announced as the eighth women's basketball coach in George Mason University history on Tuesday morning, Nyla Milleson met with student media and department staff for a meet and greet event on Wednesday evening.
The event provided an opportunity for the Mason Athletic department and staff to welcome Coach Milleson to the Mason community and wish her well in the undertaking of the job as the women's basketball head coach.
The Arlington original building's future
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| Arlington Original Building basement (photo by Evan Stancil). |
Long before the shadows of Founders Hall were cast towards George Mason University’s graduate campus on Fairfax Drive, there stood a rectangular red brick building serving as a central part of Mason’s Arlington campus. The Arlington Original Building as it is still called, was a Kann’s department store prior to becoming home to many of Mason’s academic programs.
U.S. Ambassador and George Mason Professor John M. Jones
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| Professor John Jones (photo courtesy of John M. Jones) |
Briefing the president of the United States on national security and traveling with a camel caravan are just some of the experiences that Professor John Jones brings to his students in the Public Policy and MBA programs at George Mason University. As an adjunct faculty member at Mason, he teaches courses for the graduate programs in the schools of management and public policy. Professor Jones was a former U.S. Ambassador to Guyana from 2008 to 2010, and, as a life-long U.S Foreign Service officer, has spent considerable time in Latin America, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Western Europe and parts of Africa.
Jones graduated from University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton MBA program and Howard University’s law school.He seemed destined for a legal career as he set up his own private practice.
VIDEO: My Two Cents - David Noyes
|David Noyes, a Boston-area resident and a junior at Mason, talks about the bombings at this year's Boston Marathon. In this two cents, he points to the perseverance of the runners and the community as setting a positive example for future tragic circumstances.
Mason facing budget shortfall after new state requirements
|At a budget town hall on April 15, Senior Vice President J. J. Davis and Provost Peter Stearns discussed increasing student tuition and the 2014 fiscal year budget.
Tuition rates are expected to rise, however, the exact amount of the increase is yet to be determined. Stearns hopes that it will be less than 4.2 percent, which is the expected increase for other Virginia public universities.
Q&A with Mason alumnus turned composer, Vinny Oppido
|Los Angeles-based composer Vinny Oppido has a lot to boast since graduating from George Mason University in 2010. This past weekend, Oppido returned to Mason to perform with the American Festival Pops Orchestra alongside its conductor and Mason professor, Anthony Maiello.
Oppido recently worked on composing the music fo this year's Academy Awards and has had original works performed by the likes of Broadway legend Brian Stokes Mitchell.
Fairfax County Public Schools announces new superintendent
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| Garza will replace Jack Dale as superintendent of the Fairfax County Public Schools system (photo courtesy of FCPS). |
After a nearly yearlong search, the Fairfax County School Board has decided on a new superintendent to replace Jack Dale, who will be leaving the position after nine years.
Karen Garza, a Texas native who has held positions as a schoolteacher, principal and administrator over the past 26 years, was chosen to replace Dale.
According to an article in the Washington Post, members of the Fairfax County School Board believed Garza to be “uniquely suited to lead Fairfax” because of her history as a teacher and administrator in different environments.
Garza received her doctorate from the University of Texas and currently serves as superintendent of the Lubbock Interdisciplinary School District in Texas.