- May 7, 2024George Mason University will celebrate Spring Commencement on Thursday. A record-setting number of students are earning degrees, and nearly 11,000 students total will be recognized for earning degrees or certificates. Graduates represent 114 countries, 50 states, and the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and military installations.
- May 6, 2024In addition to Spring 2024 Commencement on Thursday, May 9, graduates have the opportunity to attend their own school or college degree celebrations. Here’s a look at the keynote speakers for those events.
- May 6, 2024George Mason lacrosse midfielder and biology major Lauren Distad is the 2024 Aimee Willard Commemorative Award recipient.
- May 6, 2024Just three and a half years after George Mason's College of Public Health created its PhD in Public Health in 2021, Kim McNally will be the first graduate to walk across the Commencement stage at EagleBank Arena this May.
- May 3, 2024Mason Korea student Yoonseo Cho is a rising senior in George Mason’s Global Affairs Program and a greenhouse research intern for University Sustainability.
- May 2, 2024George Mason University senior Elizabeth Wiehe says that ballet is her first love. The School of Dance student, who is graduating this spring, grew up being classically trained in the dance genre.
- May 1, 2024George Mason University’s Spring 2024 Commencement speaker is Barbara Humpton, president and CEO of Siemens, who guides the technology company’s strategy and engagement in the United States.
- May 1, 2024George Mason University students taking Art History 495/595 Curating an Exhibition worked together to take an exhibit of South African art from conception to completion this spring.
- May 1, 2024George Mason University’s Forensics Team remains a force on the national speech tournament circuit.
- April 30, 2024After his high school graduation was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no way Teon Frazier is going to miss this year's Spring Commencement.
- April 30, 2024Three Virginia municipalities will see lower energy costs and lower emissions thanks to the Schar School’s Local Climate Action Planning Initiative’s Energy Action Plans. More are coming.
- April 29, 2024The Virginia Board of Education has approved funding for George Mason to launch the Accelerated College and Employability Skills (ACCESS) Academy, a collaborative partnership with Northern Virginia Community College and Loudoun County Public Schools. This lab school will be based inside K-12 public schools as part of shared goals to increase pathways for students from high school to college and on to high-demand careers.