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The ����AV Board of Visitors (BOV) elected a new rector and welcomed four new members Friday, July 29, as part of the governing body’s annual two-day planning conference and meeting.

Melissa Broeckelman-Post ran unopposed this spring for a second one-year term as senate chair. Under her leadership, the senate formed the Task Force on Reimagining Faculty Roles and Rewards to better recognize ways that faculty contribute to the university through teaching, research, advising, community service, and other actions. The task force plans to have an implementation proposal this fall.

The largest graduating class of any Virginia public university this year, Mason's Class of 2022 had the distinction of graduating as part of the university’s 50th anniversary celebration.

Mason will award more than 9,700 degrees—and about 800 certificates—at the university’s first in-person Spring Graduation since 2019, and the one that coincides with the university’s 50th anniversary as an independent institution.

Mason BOV approves FY 22-23 budget, College of Public Health name change and president’s contract extension.

The ����AV Board of Visitors (BOV) will consider a new tuition proposal for the 2022-2023 academic year as part of strategic and budget planning to help fulfill the vision for inclusive excellence.

Stu Shea, president, chairman, and CEO of Peraton, a Virginia-based national security company, will be the featured speaker at ����AV’s Spring Commencement.

John Tilghman “Til” Hazel Jr., the visionary real estate lawyer and developer who recognized the impact ����AV could have as the anchor of a region he principally transformed from pasture to prominence, died March 15. He was 91.

Dietra Trent, special advisor to ����AV President Gregory Washington, has been named executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Duke University professor and author Jennifer C. Nash gave this year's virtual Sojourner Truth Lecture, cosponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Program and the African and African American Studies Program.