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Graduating computer science major Dhyeya “Dee” Padhya worked in the University Career Services office during his time at George Mason and was featured on the cover of this year’s Career Readiness Guide.

Graduating psychology student Caroline Little said she grew up at ����AV. “I have grown from a child to an adult at George Mason in ways I could have never thought possible. I came here a teenager, and left here a married mother of two,” said Little. Little, who will travel from Alabama to address her fellow graduates as the 2024 Winter Commencement Student Speaker, will welcome her second child, Isabella, this winter. 

Darius Jack came to ����AV with a passion for systems engineering and for flying. He’s been able to maintain his flight hours while earning a bachelor of science in systems engineering this May and an accelerated master's in systems engineering, his second degree from George Mason, in December.

George D. Schindler, former president and chief executive officer of business and information technology company CGI, will be the featured speaker at ����AV’s Winter Commencement on Dec. 19 at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

Enjoy these heartwarming moments of accomplishment at ����AV's 2023 winter commencement.

In a spirited speech at ����AV's Winter Graduation, the university president extended a warm welcome to the diverse Winter Class of 2023, comprising 4,700 graduates from 78 countries and 41 states.

Mason alum Paul Misener, JD ’93, founder and principal of Misener Innovation and a former global vice president at Amazon, is this year's Winter Commencement speaker.

From being an orientation leader to working as an environmental field interpreter for school programs, Jason Mercado made the most of his time at Mason by building up the campus community.

����AV will celebrate more than 5,000 students graduating or earning certificates in the Winter Commencement ceremony at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at EagleBank Arena.

Inspired by her parents who immigrated from Mexico in search of a better life for their children, Ashley Alvarado-Lopez is following the path her older sister by graduating in winter 2023 with two degrees from Mason.