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Mason Week 2012

Events all week, ending with Mason Day and the Mason Day Concert.

Program Board, (703) 993-2925

 

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Office of Diversity Programs & Services, (703) 993-2700

9:30 am

New SUPERvisor Series: Retreat Information Session

University Hall, Room 2001

Join us at this information session to discuss guidelines, examples and brainstorm ideas for the New SUPERvisor Series final project.

Bridget Peabody, (703) 993-6764, hrlearn@gmu.edu, Human Resources and Payroll, (703) 993-2600

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10 am - 12 pm

Emerging Leaders

The Hub, Room 2400

Eight-week course designed to introduce leadership topics to a cohort of new and beginning leaders.  Topics include leadership styles, managing conflict, stress management, and more.

Leadership Education and Development, (703) 993-4186

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11 am - 12 pm

Statistics Seminar

Johnson Center, Room B

Spring 2012 weekly statistical seminar, featuring speakers from academia, private industry and the government.

Statistics Department, (703) 993-3645

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12 pm

Noon Mass

Student Union Building I, Room A

Father Peter Nassetta will celebrate Mass for Mason students, faculty and staff.

Kathy O'Hare, (703) 425-0022

12 pm

16th Annual Victims' Rights Walk/Run

Center for the Arts, Lawn

In collaboration with the Aimee Willard Endowed Scholarship Fund. Proceeds go to support Mason's Victims fo Violence Fund and the Rape Aggression Defense Program.

Rachel Lindsey, (703) 993-9859

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1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

C4I Seminar Series: Dr. Dennis K McBride

Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 4705

Tomorrow's Advanced C2 Research and Brains Stuck on Pleistocene.

Deb Schenkar, (703) 993-3682, dschenak@c4i.gmu.edu

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3 pm - 4:30 pm

Department of Computational Social Science Seminar

Research Hall, 3rd floor, Center for Social Complexity Suite

Constructive Failure in High-Impact Entrepreneurship: And Agent-Based Model of Company Growth Based on Team Formation and Individual Skills, presented by Anamaria Berea, CSS PhD Candidate, George Mason University.

Free

Karen Underwood, (703) 993-9298, kunderwo@gmu.edu, Computational Social Science

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3 pm - 10 pm

Mason Day

Parking Lot L

A day of games, give aways, and live music from Hot Chelle Rae.

Student Involvement, (703) 993-2909

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4 pm - 5:30 pm

Experimental Economics Seminar: David Reiley

Arlington Campus, Truland Building, Room 648

Does Retail Advertising Work? presented by David Reiley, Yahoo! Research.

Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science, (703) 993-4719

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4 pm - 8 pm

We the People National Finals

Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall; The Mason Inn Conference Center and Hotel

One thousand high school students from the 50 states, DC, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands will participate in the We the People National Finals - a 3-day competition on te US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

We the People - Main Office, (818) 591-9321, cce@civiced.edu

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7 pm

APA Heritage Month: Cultural Showcase: Spark Hope

The Hub, Ballroom

Spark Hope is Kappa Phi Lambda’s Cultural benefit show. Performances include cultural dances, skits, steps and strolls, and singing.

Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Multicultural Education, (703) 993-2700

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8 pm

Mason Players: Ten-Minute Play Festival

Performing Arts Building, Room 105

Original works written and directed by Mason students.

$15, $10; $12, $8

Theatre Department, (703)993-1120

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8 pm

Faculty Artist Series: Anna and Friends

Harris Theatre

Free

School of Music, (703) 993-1380

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8 pm

APEX Cycle Education

Prince William Campus, Occoquan Parking Lot

The Occoquan Lot will be closed each Friday evening at/by 8:00 pm and will re-open on Sunday evenings by 8:00 pm.

APEX Cycle Education, (571) 201-7661

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