The Mason Spirit
George Mason University
Where Innovation Is Tradition
A Magazine for the George Mason University Community
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Leadership, Attitude, and Success
President Alan Merten recently sat down with long-time Mason supporter Milt Peterson, principal and founder of the Peterson Companies. The two talked about leadership, their careers, the region, and, of course, George Mason University.
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
In its short 40-year history, George Mason University has changed a great deal. Not only has the university grown in reputation and physically in terms of campuses and buildings, but the Mason student body keeps getting bigger and better.
A University Engaged
Whether educating the next generation of leaders for the classroom, the hospital, the boardroom, or Capitol Hill, or providing quality entertainment through its wonderful arts programs and venues, Mason is setting the gold standard for the modern, public university.
Biomedical Boot Camp
An unusual partnership between Mason and its neighbor, Georgetown University, puts wanna-be medical students and health care professionals on the fast track.
Future Is Bright for Mason Engineering Students
“[The engineering industry] has more jobs than we have students,” says Lloyd Griffiths, dean of Mason’s Volgenau School of Engineering.
At Mason, Studying Business Is No Minor Matter
When it comes to picking a minor, Mason is almost all business–literally, as the minor in business is by far the most popular among students.
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Mason Spirit is published twice a year by the Office of University Development and Alumni Affairs in conjunction with the Office of University Relations.
From the Issue
Who Is That Man and Why Is He Wearing That Suit?”
More from Profiles
The questions: Who is the man with the question mark suit and what is he doing spending so much time at the campus Starbucks?
The answers: He’s Matthew Lesko, the longtime grants researcher made popular by colorful late-night infomercials in which he pitches his free money books. He busies himself on his laptop at the coffee shop between Chinese language classes at the Confucius Institute at Mason.
Meet Mason’s Next President
More from News
In December, Ángel Cabrera was unanimously selected by Mason’s Board of Visitors to become the sixth president in the university’s history. Cabrera will assume the office on July 1.
Drinking Coffee Could Help Those With Liver Disease, Study Shows
More from Research
Coffee gives more than a morning pick-me-up—about two cups daily could help sufferers of liver disease, according to a new joint study by Mason and Inova Health Systems.