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BSN Co-Enrollment Program student Frankie Farmakis’s military service and appreciation for diverse health systems informs his pathway to nursing

For Marine Corps Captain Desiree A. Peterson, studying at the Schar School as a Marine Congressional Fellow “offers a unique chance to see the legislative process from the inside, which I believe is essential for enhancing our effectiveness as a force.” See her story.

On a recent field trip to Patuxent River Park in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, undergraduate students from ����AV’s Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation got to view secretive marsh birds up close, including Virginia and sora rail birds.

Shahnaz Habib, author of Airplane Mode: An Irreverent History of Travel, was awarded this year’s Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Award.

It was an epiphany of sorts, in the most unlikely time and place, but it changed the course of ����AV veteran Abidail “Abi” Estrada’s life—and the many lives he’s touched since.

Why would a Marine Corps major come to the Schar School to earn a Master of Public Policy degree? For Major Anthony Matacotta, he believes it will make him “a better-informed citizen, able to effectively participate in government.”

Nearly 20 journalists from national and local media outlets came to the Mason Korea campus in Songdo to hear ����AV’s newest dean, Joshua Park, talk about his vision for the international campus.

����AV was recently recognized as a member of the Northern Virginia team that earned one of the four national Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Awards for 2024 from the Military Child Education Coalition (MCEC).

The symposium, STEMtastic Adventures!, held Oct 1-3, was co-sponsored by the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution and the Global Affairs Program in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.

With a new $3.69 million grant, the Research and Engagement for Action in Climate and Health (REACH) Center—which includes George Mason—is set to tackle the urgent intersection of climate change and public health in the nation’s capital.

A student team from ����AV’s Center for Secure Information Systems won first place and a prize of $60,000 in the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Cyber Resiliency and Measurement Challenge in October 2024.  

George Mason undergraduate Jasmine Haskins is the first recipient of the Bill Miller BFA Scholarship in Creative Writing.