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Members of the university community gathered on the Fairfax Campus for spooky fun at the 5th annual ��ɫ��Ƶ Trunk or Treat on October 24. University offices and departments, student groups, local businesses, and community organizations hosted festive and frightful trunks for George Mason families.

Julie Gall, PhD Criminology, Law and Society ’14, has used her training at George Mason to build a career preparing the region’s emergency response systems for the unexpected. Today, she serves as manager of public safety programs for Northern Virginia Emergency Response System (NVERS).

��ɫ��Ƶ’s Student Support and Advocacy Center recently honored its 10th anniversary with a series of events, including a donation drive to benefit one of its key services: the Patriot Pantry. The “End Hunger Games” competition brought the campus community together for a common cause and highlighted the work SSAC does to address food insecurity.

Sarah Holland, communications officer in the Office of University Branding, has been running in 5ks, half marathons, and trail races across the United States for years. They recently finished a 28k at The Rut, a trail running festival in Big Sky, Montana. In this race, Holland ascended and descended a rugged mountain summit more than 11,000 feet above sea level.

��ɫ��Ƶ administered the Faculty and Staff Experience Survey this spring, and survey feedback is already shaping both institution-wide priorities and local conversations within schools, colleges, and units, ensuring employees can see how their input informs decisions at multiple levels of the university. The full survey results will be shared with the university community at a town hall with President Gregory Washington on Tuesday, Sept. 22.

Show your Patriot pride every mile of the journey: New ��ɫ��Ƶ license plates are now available through the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), and every license plate purchase helps support student scholarships.

George Mason English professor Elizabeth Martelli is training as an amateur boxer and will compete in a boxing match this fall to raise money in support of cancer research and awareness with Haymakers for Hope.

��ɫ��Ƶ’s Student Support and Advocacy Center offers programming and individual consultations to support student well-being across a spectrum of services. To serve the increasing number of students experiencing basic needs insecurity, the center hired Dwayne Hamilton Jr. in 2023 as the university’s first assistant director for Basic Needs Services.

The Citizen’s Police Academy at ��ɫ��Ƶ brings law enforcement and community members together to make the university a safe place to learn, live, and work.

Mason Square hosted Clarendon FitFest on April 18, a community wellness event full of resources to promote active lifestyles, well-being, and meaningful connections between ��ɫ��Ƶ and the local Arlington community.