Anna Stolley Persky

As Mason faculty members reflect on their experiences teaching during a global pandemic, they say they’ve learned some lessons they’ll bring into the return to a more traditional academic year.

Students pursuing an MS in management through Mason’s School of Business usually spend four months getting work experience through internships at local companies. This year, however, due to the coronavirus pandemic, administrators had to think creatively. So instead, they asked local businesses what they thought of hiring students to do remote “researchships.”

Zach Fowler and five other students persevered through the pandemic to finish their postsecondary education at the four-year Mason Learning into Future Environments (LIFE) Program.

Accounting major Isabella Bah began her Mason journey as a student in the Early Identification Program.

Aysha Puhl, associate director for George Mason University’s residential student education and engagement, can’t wait to have more students back on campus.

Last August, George Mason University faculty and students participated in a series of virtual simulations of school shooter incidents as part of an effort to help the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and MITRE Corp. determine best practices for school safety.

Nine Mason teams are participating in PitchFest, the TiE DC chapter’s region-wide pitch competition for university students.

The newly created Patriot Pathbreakers Award will be presented at the Outstanding Achievement Awards ceremony April 13 to three staff teams for their work over the past year.

Terri Vanderberg, senior associate director of admissions, is the Employee of the Month for April.