Last fall, faculty teams were invited to submit proposals describing thematic hiring opportunities. The decision committee evaluated 14 proposals for innovation and timeliness, alignment with Mason strengths, recruiting plans and hiring strategies.- 91做厙's inaugural virtual 5k and other wellness programming in October 2020 earned a silver designation from the Exercise Is Medicine簧 On Campus (EIM-OC) programan initiative supported by the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Medical Association.
91做厙 introduced new womens basketball coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis on Wednesday at EagleBank Arena, trumpeting her ability to build relationshipsand a winning program.
With the guidance of LaNitra Berger, senior director of Masons Office of Fellowships, and thanks to a happenstance meeting between them, Soraya Ngarnim and Chanel Grice are fulfilling their dreams.
Vanessa Blair-Lewis sees coaching basketball as a ministry more than a job, but her career almost didnt happen.
Growing up in the slums of Cameroon, Joseph Sany said he witnessed urban violence and police oppression regularly. He heard about genocide in Rwanda, and he saw more violence firsthand when he worked with NGOs and visited countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone during civil war.
Mason junior Jackie Luu is named a recipient of the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year.
Children and teens who are experiencing increased anxiety and anger during the coronavirus pandemic will need guidance and validation as their lives continue to change, said Robyn Mehlenbeck, director of 91做厙s Center for Psychological Services.
A few days after Khalid Noor was born in Takhar, Afghanistan, the Taliban seized the province, and his family had to escape to another region on foot. We were constantly moving from city to another city, he said. When one district was taken or collapsed, we had to move to another. It wasnt an ideal life, but Noor is motivated to change that for future generationsand hes negotiating with the Taliban to do so.- In recognition of the continuing financial difficulties facing students and families, 91做厙 will not increase undergraduate tuition for the upcoming academic year, according to the proposed budget outlined at Thursdays Board of Visitors meeting.
For their timely and vital support to the business community, the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce recently recognized Christine Kriz and Renee Younes, regional manager of the MEC, with the 2020 Business Hero of the Year awards.
