BY MANDY KATZ, CONTRIBUTOR Dear President Washington, What’s old is new again. I didn’t think I’d face commencement bigotry even once in my life, let alone twice. As my daughter neared graduation from Bethesda’s Walt Whitman High School in 2010,…
BY BRAD BYRNE, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF; TAYLOR RAMIREZ, OPINION EDITOR & JALEN STUBBS, SPORTS EDITOR On March 22, Mason announced that Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin will address the Class of 2023 at our Spring Commencement Ceremony. This announcement was met with immediate…
BY DOMINIC PINO OPINION EDITOR On Friday, March 19, President Washington announced in an all-campus email that Mason would be having a more normal commencement in accordance with Virginia loosening COVID-19 restrictions for school graduation ceremonies. Jim Ryan, president of…
Cynthia Jessup, Staff Writer As seniors wrap up the last of their classes, smooth out their resumes and reminisce about when they began college; a key factor that tends to evade them are the actual logistics of graduation day. There is a…
Many people don’t remember what was said at their college graduation as many schools aim to bring someone who has more name recognition than solid advice, but Mason’s 2015 commencement speaker hopes to bring a globalized voice to the podium as she…
With graduation just over the horizon, Mason prepares to announce its commencement speaker for the spring 2015 graduating class who will likely be announced soon after the Board of Visitors meeting on Wednesday, March 25. This is a responsibility that the…