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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.
Student Profiles
Cody Norman: Mason’s B-Ball Blogger
By Jason Jacks on October 24, 2011
During their initial meeting, Broadside sports editor Cody Norman was granted something by Mason men’s basketball coach Paul Hewitt that sports reporters prize above all else: unfettered access.
Patriot Profile: Kaala Evans
By Leah Kerkman Fogarty on May 10, 2011
Name: Kaala Evans Major: Bioengineering Hometown: Alexandria, Virginia Organizational Theory: Evans was a commuter student her first two years at Mason, so she participated in a lot of clubs to meet fellow students. “It’s a good way to network and meet people. In science, you need people around you as a support system to help…
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…
Patriot Profile: Grant Paulsen
By Jason Jacks on March 10, 2011
Sports radio fans know Grant Paulsen as 106.7 the Fan’s voice at FedEx Field and Redskins Park, but he is also a senior communication major at Mason looking forward to graduation and what looks like will be an exciting career.
Patriot Profile: Michael Strobl
By Colleen Kearney Rich on November 1, 2010
Major: PhD in Economics Hometown: Stafford, Virginia Semper Fi: In 2004, Lt. Col. Michael Strobl volunteered to escort home the remains of PFC Chance Phelps, a Marine killed in the Iraq War. Strobl kept a diary throughout the trip, which took him from Dover, Delaware, to Dubois, Wyoming. Those notes would eventually become the basis…
Music Alumnus Collaborates with Broadway Legend
By Mason Spirit contributor on October 9, 2009
Vincent Oppido, BA Music ’08, who penned his first composition at age 14, is well on his way to joining the ranks of talented composers, such as Mozart and Chopin, who began their musical careers at a young age. Currently a graduate student in Mason’s School of Music where he is working toward a master’s…
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Patriot Profile: Alex Plank
By Colleen Kearney Rich on October 8, 2009
Year: Senior Major: Film and Video Studies Hometown: Charlottesville, Virginia Webmaster Extraordinaire: Plank started WrongPlanet.net, an online community for individuals and the parents of those with autism, Asperger’s syndrome, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other neurological differences, with a friend he met online while he was still in high school. WrongPlanet.net currently has almost…
Tizoc Perez-Casillas
By Mason Spirit contributor on April 4, 2009
Year: Senior Major: Psychology Hometown: Arlington, Virginia In the Laboratory: Under Mason’s Undergraduate Apprenticeship Program, Tizoc Perez-Casillas is working with Professor Jane Flinn, the director of the undergraduate neuroscience program. Flinn’s research focuses on the effects of trace metals on age-related macular degeneration, including Perez-Casillas’s project examining the effects of these same trace metals on…
Sasha Hollinger
By Leah Kerkman Fogarty on October 1, 2008
Year: Senior Major: Dance Hometown: Woodbridge, Virginia Citizen of the World: Hollinger and her older sister were born in England. Her family moved back to the United States when she was a baby. Claim to Fame: Hollinger was awarded a full dance talent scholarship, funded by Friends of Dance. One or two incoming freshmen who…
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