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Mason will award more than 9,700 degrees—and about 800 certificates—at the university’s first in-person Spring Graduation since 2019, and the one that coincides with the university’s 50th anniversary as an independent institution.

Mason BOV approves FY 22-23 budget, College of Public Health name change and president’s contract extension.

The ������ Board of Visitors (BOV) will consider a new tuition proposal for the 2022-2023 academic year as part of strategic and budget planning to help fulfill the vision for inclusive excellence.

Stu Shea, president, chairman, and CEO of Peraton, a Virginia-based national security company, will be the featured speaker at ������’s Spring Commencement.

John Tilghman “Til” Hazel Jr., the visionary real estate lawyer and developer who recognized the impact ������ could have as the anchor of a region he principally transformed from pasture to prominence, died March 15. He was 91.

Dietra Trent, special advisor to ������ President Gregory Washington, has been named executive director of the White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

Duke University professor and author Jennifer C. Nash gave this year's virtual Sojourner Truth Lecture, cosponsored by the Women and Gender Studies Program and the African and African American Studies Program.

The Patriot Perks program, which began in August, now includes more than 100 businesses and is onboarding new members weekly.

Mason roundtable helps create more opportunities for government contracts

������ will host the Small and Minority-Owned Business Roundtable on Jan. 24 to inform regional and state businesses owners and operators how they can compete for contracts related to an infrastructure and jobs act recently passed by Congress.