October Newsletter
Important Dates for Fall 2011
October 10th; Columbus Day recess
(Monday classes/labs meet Tuesday. Tuesday classes do not meet this week.)
| Incomplete work from spring/summer 2011 due to instructor |
October 28 |
| Incomplete grade changes from spring/summer 2011 due to registrar |
November 4 |
| Thanksgiving recess |
November 23-27 |
| Last day of classes |
December 10 |
| Reading Days |
December 12 |
Exam Period
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December 13 - December 20 |
| Degree Conferral Date |
January 14, 2012 |
SPRING 2012 Schedule of Classes
CTCH 601, The Community College, Wed., 7:20
Instructor: Anthony Tardd
CTCH 605, Curriculum Program Design and Assessment, Thurs., 7:20
Instructor: Ashley Sieman
CTCH 606, Diversity in Higher Education, Mon,. 4:30
Instructor: Paul Gorski
CTCH 624, Finance and Fiscal Management in Higher Ed, Mon., 7:20
Instructor: Christopher Mullin
CTCH 644, Student Service in Higher Ed., Wed., 4:30
Instructor: Todd Rose
CTCH 685-001 MAIS Practicum
Practicum Coordinator: Todd Rose
CTCH 685-002 MAIS Practicum
Practicum Coordinator: Anne Kuhta
CTCH 792-001, Special Topic (Leadership in Higher Ed.), Mon., 4:30
Instructor: Jaime Lester
CTCH 792-004, Special Topic ( International Education) Tues., 7:20
Instructor: TBA
CTCH 885, College Teaching Internship
Internship Coordinator: Anne Kuhta
Please click here for course descriptions.
Moments of Truth Lecture
On October 4 from 3:00 - 4:30 PM, Mason will host Dr. Chris Myers Asch in the Center for the Arts Lobby as the 2011 Moments of Truth Speaker. Dr. Asch is a history professor at the University of District of Columbia and author of The Senator and the Sharecropper, a compelling book about the way the economics of the cotton industry and the politics of Senator James O. Eastland influenced the progress of the civil rights movement in Mississippi. Dr. Asch weaves the story of Senator Eastland with the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, the daughter of a sharecropper and civil rights activist.
The title for the lecture is Unfinished Work: Mississippi, D.C., and the Struggle to Live Up to American Ideals. According to the speaker, “The title comes from Lincoln’s line at the end of his second Inaugural Address, where he talks about how we must ‘strive on to finish the work we are in.’” He plans to talk about his time in Mississippi with Teach for America, as well as his experience growing up in DC public schools, his efforts to start the Public Service Academy, and his book.
There will be a book signing and reception following the free lecture. This event is sponsored by the CHSS Interdisciplinary Curriculum Collaborative. For more information about the Moments of Truth Lecture, contact the Bachelor of Individualized Study (BIS) office at bis@gmu.edu or 3-4556.
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Jeannie Brown Leonard, PhD
Director
Bachelor of Individualized Study (BIS)
George Mason University
Enterprise Hall, Room 351
4400 University Drive, MS 5A9
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-2305
Fax: 703-993-9476
Email: jleonarc@gmu.edu
University Dissertation and Thesis Services (UDTS) is here to help!
On Monday, October 10, UDTS is offering two hour-long sessions that explain, step by step, the dissertation and thesis process. You only need to sign-up for one session.
Location: Fenwick Library Instruction Room
Times: 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. or 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
To register for a session, please email training@gmu.edu
Dissertation and Thesis Workshops
Mason University Libraries, University Dissertation & Thesis Services (UDTS), and the Division of Instructional Technology (DoIT) are excited to bring back our three-part workshops, designed to help you format and submit your thesis or dissertation correctly and on time!
These workshops will take place at the following times:
Monday, October 17, from 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Thursday, October 20, from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Both workshops will be held in 334 Innovation Hall. Both sessions are two hours long, and both consist of the following three segments:
Part 1: Sally Evans, Coordinator of University Dissertation and Thesis Services, will give an overview of UDTS and the process grad students need to go through in order to graduate--specifically, the format review, submission consultation, and final submission of your thesis or dissertation.
Part 2: Abel Roasa of DoIT will introduce you to the Interactive Template. This amazing tool will make formatting your thesis or dissertation a breeze.
Part 3: Allison Meyer O'Connor will introduce you to Zotero, a research tool that helps you gather and organize your sources and make them work for you, as citations, references, footnotes, you name it.
To sign up for either of these sessions, please email training@gmu.edu to sign up. We hope to add more sessions as soon as possible; we'll let you know when we do.
If you have any questions or need any further information, please contact Sally Evans, UDTS Coordinator, at udts@gmu.edu, or Marlys Shoup, a DoIT team member, at mshoup@gmu.edu.
We hope you can make it!
Thank you,
Sally
Sally R. Evans
Coordinator
University Dissertation and Thesis Services
George Mason University
Fenwick Library, Room C203
Web: http://thesis.gmu.edu
Phone: 703-993-2222
Office Hrs. Mon - Fri 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. (by appointment only)
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Graduate Student Center
The Graduate Student Center is located in Johnson Center 310 and 311 E on the third floor, and features the following:
- Quiet study room
- Wireless Internet access
- On-campus phone
- Couches, chairs, tables, and portable white boards
- Bulleting boards advertising campus events, student postings, and resources for graduate students
Please see the flyer, and make sure to visit.
Spotlight on Our HEP Family
Rebecca Ericson, Term Instructor for the department of Physics, Astronomy, and Computational Sciences, and a student in the Doctor of Arts program, recently received a College of Science Curricular Innovation Grant to develop a large enrollment topics course in astronomy for general education science.
Dave Farris, Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response at Mason, and a Ph.D. candidate, with a specialization in higher education, made two presentations at this year's Annual Campus Safety Health and Environmental Management Association (CSHEMA) Conference. One presentation was on Preparing University Communities to Respond to Emergencies, a program he is currently developing and using at George Mason. Dave's second presentation was on a program he developed in cooperation with George Mason's Office of Sustainability two years ago; an Environmental Management and Sustainability System to help govern and record university initiatives aimed at satisfying federal, state, and local environmental regulations and to provide project management guidance for environmental and sustainability projects conducted at the university.
Rod McFadden completed the Susan G Komen 3 day, 60 mile walk to cure breast cancer. His mother is a breast cancer survivor. The Washington, DC walk raised over $7 million for research.
Frances Villagran-Glover, an administrative faculty member at Northern Virginia Community College-Alexandria Campus, was recently appointed Dean of Learning and Technology Resources.
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