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Tahmina Rahman in ����AV’s Honors College has been named the V. Ann Lewis Academic Advisor of the Year, in recognition of outstanding care and commitment to supporting undergraduates’ academic achievement.

Mason's Faculty Senate on Wednesday elected Associate Professor of Communication Melissa Broeckelman-Post as chair for 2021-22. She ran unopposed.

In her final column as Faculty Senate Chair, Shannon Davis reflects on academic year transitions and the accomplishments of the Faculty Senate this year.

Mason Lighting the Way: Creston Lynch

As associate director of the LGBTQ+ Resources in the Center for Culture, Equity, and Empowerment (CCEE), formerly ODIME, Kinchen advises student groups, sits on many committees and does a lot of consulting and training with schools, colleges, and departments across the university that want to learn more about working with LGBTQ+ students.

Kenneth Randall has an impressive track record when it comes to using innovation to transform academia. The new dean of ����AV’s Antonin Scalia Law School said it all started from humble beginnings.

Justin Sutters has been named ����AV's Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges Faculty Fellow, serving on the Reaffirmation Leadership Team, the Provost's Office announced this week.

Mason’s Safe Zone Program hosts workshops on issues facing the LGBTQ+ community, allyship, and learning resources.

����AV assistant professor of sociology Amaka Okechukwu has been named a 2020 Career Enhancement Fellow by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Okechukwu is one of 32 faculty members from across the nation to receive the award.

Dawn Hicks is Mason's November 2019 employee of the month.

What was once unfathomable became reality on July 20, 1969: astronauts landed on the moon. About 600 million people around the world watched live on television, transfixed as three Americans (two of whom stepped on the moon) ventured into uncharted territory and took “one giant leap for mankind.”

����AV has been a haven for Osipian, who is the first endangered scholar the university is hosting through its membership in the New University in Exile Consortium. He’s thankful to be at Mason—remaining in Ukraine was extra risky based on his academic background, he said.