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¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ honored faculty and staff with significant service anniversaries at the University Day Service Awards ceremony on Monday on the Fairfax Campus. Honorees were recognized for years of state service ranging from 5-55 years.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ recognized faculty and staff for their years of service at the University Day Service Awards this week.

The ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ community united recently to celebrate colleagues who have served Mason and/or the Commonwealth of Virginia from five to 45 years.

Service awards ceremonies will be held Nov. 2-3 in Dewberry Hall, honoring faculty and staff who have been at George Mason five years or more. There are 693 awardees this year, which is an increase of 100 honorees compared with the 2016 ceremony.

Robinson Professor James Trefil, who is the first George Mason faculty member to reach the milestone of 55 years of service, taught at the University of Virginia for more than a decade before joining Mason’s then brand-new Robinson Professor Program in 1987.

¾ÅÉ«ÊÓƵ psychology professor Jane Flinn has achieved something few Mason faculty have: She’s celebrating 50 years of service.