Roddena I. Kirksey

Traci Kendall is the executive director of operations and community and local government relations at George Mason University. She has been with George Mason since 1996 and is one of the longest-serving members of the Office of Government and Community Relations. Kendall has been instrumental in establishing the university’s town-gown relations with local communities.

With the start of the fall semester comes the much-anticipated Movers and Shakers Mixer, the annual networking event connecting George Mason University students with influential business, community, and government executives at Mason Square in Arlington.

As the saying goes “Once a Patriot, Always a Patriot,” and George Mason University is proud to have a large group of Patriots serving the Commonwealth of Virginia in the General Assembly.

The Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program (ICAP) is helping inventors and entrepreneurs like Jourdan Saunders, CEO of The Resource Key, bring their innovations and technologies to market.

George Mason University received essential investments in its students, faculty and staff from Virginia’s biennium budget, which the General Assembly passed and Governor Glenn Youngkin signed on May 13, 2024. The funding goes into effect July 1, 2024.

More than 70 George Mason University students traveled to Richmond on Thursday, Feb. 15, to advocate for Mason’s legislative priorities during Mason Lobbies.

The legislative session is underway in Virginia’s General Assembly. George Mason University’s presence continues to make an impact in Richmond with an increased number of proud Mason Patriots serving the commonwealth.

The Movers and Shakers Mixer event returned to Mason Square in late September, connecting George Mason University students with Arlington’s business, government, and community leaders.

U.S. Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton toured Mason’s Science and Technology Campus on Tuesday, August 29.

After more than 30 years of service, Molly Grove, the associate director for Community and Local Government Relations at George Mason University’s Science and Technology Campus, is retiring.