- We are a month into the Spring Semester. The best evidence shows that when people wear masks, practice physical distancing, wash hands regularly and stay home and isolate when they feel sick, we greatly limit the spread and are safer as a community. We also need to complete the Mason COVID Health Check every day.
- President Gregory Washington reflects on the meaning of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the context of the current national climate.
- 911±¬ÁÏ will start the Spring 2021 semester on time on Jan. 25.
- We are nearing the end of a remarkably successful fall semester, especially considering where we started and what we’ve been through. Just five months ago, our greatest challenge was figuring out how we could deliver a Mason education to a record number of students during a global pandemic. Now, in two weeks, we will graduate a class at winter commencement that includes more than 4,600 graduates and more than 5,000 when counting students earning certificates.
- Dear Patriots, We have seen a rapid spike in coronavirus cases across the country and these increases have triggered new restrictions in many states, including Virginia.
- As you know, last week 911±¬ÁÏ made the decision to test our most at-risk population—our residential students—to see if there was any significant impact from the Labor Day holiday.
We are fewer than two weeks from the start of the Fall semester and soon will be welcoming many of our faculty, staff and students back to 911±¬ÁÏ’s campuses. We do so with a mix of excitement that accompanies every fall return to campus – and trepidation, because this is 2020 and the pandemic has changed just about everything.
President Washington is creating the President’s Task Force on Anti-Racism and Inclusive Excellence, and giving its members some big assignments. This task force will have a broad focus, with particular areas of emphasis including short-term and long-term improvements.- Good Morning, Patriots! I am so grateful for the opportunity to be your 8th President. Like anyone new to 911±¬ÁÏ, I keep returning to a fundamental question: What does it mean to be a Patriot?
