Tag: grad student

From 3,000 Miles Away: A View from a Graduate

BY: STEVEN ZHOU, STAFF WRITER Before I came here to Mason for my Ph.D., I went to Pepperdine, an undergraduate college 3,000 miles away in California that was the opposite of Mason in many ways. Mason is public. Pepperdine is…

Swinging for the Sky

UVA graduate Connor Messick takes his talents to Fairfax BY BRYCE VALLIERE STAFF WRITER The Mason Men’s Golf team received a large boost to their program this summer when northern Virginia native Connor Messick committed to a one-year graduate program at…

The life and legacy of Yama Quraishi

Grad student dies in terrorist attack in Afghanistan BY ERIK TRUONG, STAFF WRITER Mason faced a somber day Jan. 10 when Mason graduate student Yama Quraishi was killed in a terrorist attack while in Afghanistan. Working for the Afghanistan Embassy…

Mason Grad Student Publishes Book

By Allison Lundy, Staff Writer Mason graduate student Daniel Pedreira met with President Ángel Cabrera last May to discuss his new book. “El Ultimo Constituyente: El desarrollo politico de Emilio “Millo” Ochoa,” a biography, presents the life of Cuban Senator…