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�鶹��Ƶ’s positivity rate – the percentage of those being tested who are positive for COVID-19 –remains consistently far below the 4 percent threshold, at 0.38 percent. This success, combined with �鶹��Ƶ’s 95-percent overall vaccination rate, as well as the continued overall drop in COVID-19 spread throughout the region and nation, now make the pivot to optional mask-wearing more viable.

Amidst the arcade games, ping pong tables, and neon lights of the Corner Pocket sits a brand-new addition: a mural by art and visual technology student Lecsi Pillar.

With the theme of “Dangerous Unselfishness,” �鶹��Ƶ hosted its annual MLK Evening of Reflection and awards ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 15.

Roger Wilkins, a Robinson Professor from 1986 to 2007, and for whom Wilkins Plaza on �鶹��Ƶ’s Fairfax Campus is named, died in 2017 at age 85, but his legacy at the university remains strong.

Many notable African American students, faculty and staff have made indelible marks at �鶹��Ƶ. As we acknowledge Black History Month, and celebrate �鶹��Ƶ’s 50th anniversary, here are just a few:

As part of an effort to research and record local history, �鶹��Ƶ graduate and undergraduate students, along with faculty, have begun documenting Black students who attended �鶹��Ƶ and the Black communities that once existed in Fairfax County.

�鶹��Ƶ PhD student Jehad Halawani became acutely aware of educational inequality when she began teaching high school physics in her home country of Palestine, where infrastructure is lacking and resources are scarce.

On Friday, April 7, 1972, Virginia Governor A. Linwood Holton Jr. signed into law Virginia General Assembly Bill H 210, which separated George �鶹��Ƶ College from the University of Virginia.

Art is essential to a university's learning environment and invites research partnerships across all disciplines, said �鶹��Ƶ Curator Don Russell. A new arts space in Arlington—�鶹��Ƶ Exhibitions Arlington at 3601 Fairfax Drive—is one such partnership that is already generating a buzz.

Knowing the importance of first-generation students to �鶹��Ƶ, Tharuna Kalaivanan, a doctoral student in sociology, created a section of HNRS 131 Contemporary Social Issues dedicated to learning about their experiences.

In his extra year of athletic eligibility, �鶹��Ƶ baseball player Scott Morgan is pursuing a master's degree in software engineering.

�鶹��Ƶ sociology student Charlotte Woodward has tirelessly advocated for the rights of people with disabilities—and she is being recognized for her efforts.