Mason Now: Power the Possible

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

Board of Visitors member Shawn Chambliss Purvis honors her father with a $50,000 scholarship for George Mason electrical and computer engineering students.

George Mason Athletics raised a record $4.4 million this year—its highest ever—fueling scholarships, facilities, and support across all 22 varsity sports.

The Sharmas have made a gift to George Mason University that will name the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) at the Costello College of Business in their honor.

A new rainwater harvesting system is coming to George Mason University’s Presidents Park Greenhouse, thanks to a donation from the Society for a Secure and Sustainable Water Future, a nonprofit organization based in James City County, Virginia, and dedicated to advancing long-term water sustainability through practical solutions, sound policy, and public education.

The planning study phase of the Center for the Arts’s proposed renovation has been completed. Associate Dean Emerita Victoria Salmon discusses her participation in the center’s needs assessment and her hopes for its future.

Through a generous $3 million gift from Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Paul So’s SYYK Foundation, George Mason’s College of Science will be able to advance the education of the next generation of quantum scientists.

George Mason University’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.

For many university students, scholarships are more than financial support. They represent a bridge to opportunity, enabling students to pursue their dreams and aspirations. At George Mason University, scholarship donors help pave the way for education that will shape students’ futures and prepare them to serve their communities.

At its final meeting of the academic year, the George Mason University Board of Visitors  saluted graduates from the Early Identification Program, received an update on the men’s basketball program from Coach Tony Skinn, and passed a six-year capital plan, among other actions, including approval of a tuition and fees increase for 2026-27.