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For their timely and vital support to the business community, the Fauquier Chamber of Commerce recently recognized Christine Kriz and Renee Younes, regional manager of the MEC, with the 2020 Business Hero of the Year awards.

As part of an ROTC training exercise, two Blackhawk UH-60 helicopters will land in the West Campus parking lot of the Fairfax Campus this Thursday, April 1 and on Thursday, April 15

�鶹��Ƶ has eight graduate programs listed among the top 25 nationally according to latest rankings by U.S. News & World Report, reflecting the university’s impact as one of the best institutions for advanced degrees.

Bug-in-Ear (BIE) or eCoaching allows a coach to observe special education teachers or teachers-in-training as they work with students, then give real-time feedback through a Bluetooth earpiece.

Horizon Hall, at the center of �鶹��Ƶ’s Fairfax Campus, was conceived as a crossroads where faculty and students in many disciplines can meet and exchange ideas. The multistory Word Wall that greets visitors in the building’s atrium embodies this vision.

New �鶹��Ƶ men's basketball coach Kim English was introduced to the �鶹��Ƶ Nation Thursday, March 25 at a press conference at EagleBank Arena.

�鶹��Ƶ introduced new men’s basketball coach Kim English at an enthusiastic press conference Thursday at EagleBank Arena, with the 32-year-old hire touting the program as a prospective “incubator for the best talent in the country.”

�鶹��Ƶ and the Prince William County Department of Economic Development will lead the Northern Virginia BioHub, one of five clusters that will exist throughout the commonwealth by Virginia Bio-Connect.

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) approved �鶹��Ƶ’s proposal to set the stage for a reorganization of the Volgenau School of Engineering to a newly formed College of Engineering and Computing, comprising the proposed School of Computing and Volgenau School of Engineering. The College of Engineering and Computing will be led by Ken Ball. The change will become effective on April 1, 2021.

An American Council on Education (ACE) Task Force of college and university presidents and chancellors released a report Monday highlighting the ADVANCE Program, a partnership between �鶹��Ƶ and Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) as an example of successful collaboration to improve transfer student success.

�鶹��Ƶ President Gregory Washington praised the �鶹��Ƶ community for its collective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, calling it “as great of a team effort as I’ve ever seen in academia,” in remarks at a general faculty meeting Wednesday, which was televised on GMU-TV.

�鶹��Ƶ’s Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution will host its Spring 2021 Peace Week virtually March 22-26, focusing on how to foster anti-racism approaches in the field of conflict resolution in the United States and around the world.