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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.
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Celebration of Distinction 2012
By Mason Spirit contributor on March 27, 2012
On March 28, the George Mason University Alumni Association will recognize its most prestigious alumni at an elegant dinner in the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel. For a look at the biographies of those honored that night, please take a look at the full program available online. The top four award winners are profiled…
Where in the World (Is Dean Haddock)
By Colleen Kearney Rich on October 24, 2011
If School of Management Dean Jorge Haddock’s passport could talk, it would tell you it needs more pages.
Professors We Love: William Snavely
By Mason Spirit contributor on October 24, 2011
The Economics Department at the end of the 1970s was not yet the world-renowned home of Nobel laureates in a shining building on the Fairfax Campus, rather it was located in an old ranch house on a residential street a short drive away. Distance from campus was not a burden. This odd bit of office space was filled with men and women of vision and hope led by a man who had plenty of both, William P. Snavely.
Susan Shields: Just Dance
By Leah Kerkman Fogarty on May 10, 2011
Susan Shields, MFA ’03, may not tell you this, but she’s rather important. After all, she calls Mikhail Baryshnikov by his nickname, Misha, so that should give you an idea of her stature in the world of dance. Now a professor in Mason’s School of Dance, Shields was a well-known performer before setting her sights…
Celebration of Distinction 2011
By Mason Spirit contributor on April 28, 2011
On April 13, the George Mason University Alumni Association recognized its most prestigious alumni at an elegant dinner in the Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel. During the course of the evening, Mason President Alan G. Merten took a few minutes to address the group about his upcoming retirement in June 2012 and reiterate his…
Making the Grade
By Colleen Kearney Rich on November 1, 2010
Most people can name the vice president of the United States, but few people (outside of the faculty and staff, of course) could tell you who is second in command to George Mason University president Alan Merten. That position is held by Provost Peter Stearns. It’s time you met him.
Janine Wedel: Who Is Really in Charge?
By Colleen Kearney Rich on November 1, 2010
Public policy professor Janine Wedel has been a pioneer in applying anthropological insights to topics that are typically the terrain of political scientists and economists. In her new book, Shadow Elite: How the World’s New Power Brokers Undermine Democracy, Government, and the Free Market (Basic Books, 2010), she details a new system of power and influence…
Professors We Love: Margaret Duffner
By Mason Spirit contributor on October 8, 2009
Duffner would tell you that part of her motivation in forming the team was to put Mason on the map. Not only did she succeed in achieving this goal, she did so in remarkably short order. Just two years later, Mason cracked the top 10, taking seventh place at the 1973 National Forensics Association national…
Forget the Plank, Matey, and Tell Me about Your Bottom Line
By Colleen Kearney Rich on October 7, 2009
When the Leesons took their eight-year-old son Peter to Disney World, they could not have anticipated that his experience with the Pirates of the Caribbean ride would lead to a research project and book. In his book The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (Princeton University Press, April 2009), Peter T. Leeson, MA, PhD…
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Five Tips for Creating Happiness and Fulfillment
By Mason Spirit contributor on October 7, 2009
How can we feel positive and devote effort toward a meaningful life in these unstable, uncertain times? How do we find solace when our budget is shrinking and stressors at home and work are growing? Many of us are finding ourselves on life paths that we never expected as cortisol surges through our veins. Many…
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