Fourth Estate News Reporter Kennedy Patterson
Mason awarded $500,000 Cybersecurity Grant
|This past summer, the National Science Foundation granted $500,000 to George Mason's School of Management and Volgenau School of Engineering. The grant was awarded to fund research on cyber security, with the hope that Mason's curriculum for cyber security leadership offered within the Management of Secure Information Systems program will become a national model. According to the National Science Foundation’s website, there is a cyber security leadership gap in the U.S.
Five things you need to know about student life leaders
|1. They get paid
RAs, Peer Advisors, and Patriot Leaders all receive a stipend in the beginning of their working semesters, with amounts depending on the position. For those looking for work on campus, it’s a little-advertised option to consider.
2. There’s a hierarchy
English department offers new Ph.D. in Writing and Rhetoric
|This year, the Mason English department added a new Ph.D. in Writing and Rhetoric to its list of offered degrees. According to leaders of the program, Ph.D. students in Writing and Rhetoric are exactly what organizations in the nation’s capital need.