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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.

Mason President Gregory Washington thanked the university community at the Board of Visitors (BOV) meeting on Thursday for its efforts to manage the pandemic and shifted focus toward the goals he announced in July to “transform the campus and move it from a good campus to a great one.”

����AV President Gregory Washington last week outlined his goals for the coming academic year, including the establishment of the Mason Virginia Promise to “be the institution for all Virginians” and implementing a five-year plan for Mason to climb more than 40 spots in the U.S. News & World Report rankings.

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam last month appointed a new member to the ����AV Board of Visitors and reappointed three others. All will serve four-year terms on the 16-member body.

Fairfax, VA – ����AV’s Board of Visitors approved a $1.249 billion budget Thursday, May 6 that will keep undergraduate tuition flat, increase student aid by at least 10 percent, and make targeted investments in student services and staff and faculty support.

����AV’s Board of Visitors has authorized the university to begin official negotiations with the newly formed Mason Innovation Partners as the potential development partner for the transformation of its Arlington Campus in the heart of the Rossyln-Ballston corridor.

����AV is looking at ways to provide education to experienced workers who were displaced as a result of the economic downturn associated with the coronavirus pandemic, President Gregory Washington told the Board of Visitors Thursday.

At his first planning conference with the Board of Visitors, ����AV President Gregory Washington outlined his ambitious framework for the university, including a mission to “reposition, restore and reinvent” Mason to achieve success in the post-COVID era.