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Art Exhibit: Peter Marcus & Joan Hall

Fine Arts Building, Gallery

Large Scale Prints.  Open 9:00 am - 9:00 pm weekdays and weekends by appointment.  11/9 - 21.

Free

School of Art, (703) 993-8898

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American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month

Office of Diversity Programs & Services, (703) 993-2700, odps@gmu.edu

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Exhibit: Ah, Wilderness!

Fenwick Library, 2nd floor, A wing

An exhibit of materials from various productions of Eugene O'Neill's only comedy Ah, Wilderness!  On display are photographs, playbills, scripts, production and technical notes, and other materials from Arena Stage, the Federal Theatre Project of the 1930s, and Studio Theatre productions.  The materials are part of the American Theatre Collections held in the Special Collections & Archives department of George Mason University Libraries.

Free

Melissa McAfee, (703) 993-2220, speccoll@gmu.edu, Special Collections & Archives

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8:30 am - 12:45 pm

NVMS Workshop: Mentoring New Mediators

4260 Chain Bridge Road, A-2, Fairfax

$215; $165

Northern Virginia Mediation Service, (703) 993-3724, info@nvms.us

Web Site

9 am - 12 pm

Fiscal Services Workshop: Basic eVA Purchasing

Innovation Hall, Room 334

For Mason faculty and staff.  Register online at the IT Training website.

Free

Fiscal Services, (703) 993-2089

Web Site

9:30 am - 11:30 am

Sponsored Programs Workshop: Administering Direct Expenses on Sponsored Programs

Prince William, Occoquan Building, Room 110E

An overview of managing direct expenditures.

Office of Sponsored Programs, (703) 993-8929

Web Site

9:30 am - 12:30 pm

SUPERvisor Series: Creating an EWP & the Hiring Process

SUB II, Rooms 1-2

For Mason faculty and staff enrolled in the SUPERvisor Series program. Register online at the HR Training website.

Free

HR & Payroll Training Team, (703) 993-4180, hrtrain@gmu.edu

Web Site

10 am - 11 am

IRC Workshop: Viewing Student Enrollment Reports

Johnson Center, Room 311B

For Mason faculty and staff.  Register online at the IT Training website.

Free

Fiscal Services, (703) 993-2089

Web Site

10 am - 11:30 am

Library Workshop: Zotero in the Social Sciences

Fenwick Library, Room A214

For Mason faculty, staff, and students.  Register online at the IT Training website.

Free

Fenwick Library, (703) 993-2240

Web Site

10 am - 12 pm

Oral Defense of Dissertation

Engineering Building, Room 2901

Carbon Footprint Estimation of Municipal Water Cycle, presented by Ali A. Bakhshi.

Read More

Lisa Nolder, (703) 993-1499, snolder@gmu.edu, Volgenau School of Information Technology & Engineering

Web Site

10 am - 12 pm

State Senator Chap Petersen: Discussion of Virginia State Military Issues

Research I, Room 163

State Senator Chap Petersen discusses the current legislative issues around military, veterans and military family concerns.  Hosted by Mason Military Outreach.  Videoconferenced to Arlington, Original Building, Room 250, and Prince William, Occoquan Building, Room 221.

Free

Stacey Remick-Simkins, (703) 993-1162, sremicks@gmu.edu, Mason Military Outreach

10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Rising Up: The Amazonian Struggle in Peru

SUB II, Rooms 3-4

Javier Diez Canseco, former Congressman and Senator from Peru, will discuss the intense debate and increased indigenous protests regarding the status of indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon.  Sponsored by Latin American Studies, Global Interdisciplinary Affairs, and Center for Global Studies.

Mary Jo Lopez Duckwitz, (703) 785-5183, mlopez3@gmu.edu, Public and International Affairs

12 pm - 1 pm

Mason Toastmasters

SUB I, Room A

Free

T. Andrew Finn, (703) 993-4387, afinn@gmu.edu, Communication

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12 pm - 1:30 pm

Center for Science & Technology Policy Lecture: Darrene Hackler

Arlington, Original Building, Room 269

High-Technology and Regions in an Era of Open Innovation, presented by Darrene Hackler.

Free

David Hart, (703) 993-2279, dhart@gmu.edu, School of Public Policy

Web Site

12:15 pm - 1:45 pm

Career Services Workshop: Salary Negotiation

SUB I, Room 348

Free

Career Services, (703) 993-2370

Web Site

12:45 pm - 1:30 pm

Fiscal Services Workshop: P-Card Cardholder Training

Innovation Hall, Room 334

For Mason faculty and staff.  Register online at the IT Training website.

Free

Fiscal Services, (703) 993-2089

Web Site

1 pm - 2:30 pm

Workshop in Philosophy, Politics & Economics: Steve Horwitz

Enterprise Hall, Room 318

Steve Horwitz visits from the Economics Department of St. Lawrence University.

Free

Peter Boettke, (703) 993-1149, pboettke@gmu.edu, Economics

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1:30 pm - 3 pm

Academic Skills Workshop: Scheduling & Time Management

SUB I, Room 354

Free

Learning Services, (703) 993-2999

Web Site

2 pm - 4 pm

Human Resources Workshop: EPAF Training

Innovation Hall, Room 334

For Mason faculty and staff.  Register online at the HR Training website.

Free

Robyn Madar, (703) 993-4180, rmadar@gmu.edu, Human Resources & Payroll

Web Site

3 pm - 6 pm

H1N1 Vaccination

Prince William, Occoquan Building, Room 110A

Free to Mason faculty, staff, and students.  Bring your Mason ID.  First come first served, based on eligibility.

Student Health Services, Prince William, (703) 993-8374

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6 pm

Cinema Series: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

Johnson Center, Cinema

Presented as part of American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month.  Mason students w/ID, free; Mason faculty and staff w/ID, $1; general public, $3.

Program Board, (703) 993-2925

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6:30 pm

Visiting Writer Series: Katherine Russell Rich

Research I, Room 163

Free

English Department, (703) 993-1160

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7 pm

School of Public Policy PhD Information Session

Arlington, Original Building, Room 329

For prospective PhD students to meet the Program Director, admissions staff, and current students.

Free

School of Public Policy, (703) 993-8099, spp@gmu.edu

Web Site

7:30 pm - 10 pm

Graduate Student Night

SUB I, Rathskeller

Erica Cosentino, (703) 993-4066, ecosenti@gmu.edu, Student Activities

Web Site

7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Akoma Circle: Midnight Breezes

Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall North

The Harlem Renaissance.

Michael Hoggard, mhoggard@gmu.edu, Akoma Circle

Web Site

8 pm

Mason Dance Company

Harris Theater

$15; $10; $7

Center for the Arts Box Office, (703) 993-8888

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8 pm

Concert: Don Henley - MOVED

Patriot Center

The Don Henley concert has been moved to the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC.

Patriot Center, (703) 993-3000

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9 pm

Cinema Series: Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee

Johnson Center, Cinema

Presented as part of American Indian and Alaskan Native Heritage Month.  Mason students w/ID, free; Mason faculty and staff w/ID, $1; general public, $3.

Program Board, (703) 993-2925

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