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With 80,000 streams on Spotify, music technology major Jessica Taylor is on a fast track to her goal of a successful career in the music industry. She sees her time at Â鶹ÊÓƵ as an opportunity to advance her skills as a singer, songwriter and producer by taking courses in music theory, keyboard and voice lessons.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ is disbursing millions of dollars in CARES Act funding to more than 14,000 eligible students this fall, with the latest funds to be awarded in early September.

Meet recent graduates Harsha Nayyar (BS, Health Administration, ’21) and Kelly Simons, (BS, Health Administration, ’20) who share insights and advice with students considering a degree and career in health administration.

Learn more about the rapidly growing field of health administration from George Â鶹ÊÓƵ Department of Health Administration and Policy faculty and recent graduates.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ has implemented several strategies to keep the campus community safe this fall during the evolving pandemic. Due to the ongoing risk of COVID-19, the university is requiring all students, faculty and staff to participate in mandatory routine COVID testing, regardless of vaccination status. Earlier in the pandemic, the testing was voluntary.

After coming to the United States from El Salvador to join her mother late in 2010, she enrolled in Â鶹ÊÓƵ's Early Identification Program and was an academic star at Freedom High School in Woodbridge, Virginia.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ volunteers stepped up to help when a group of 174 Afghan refugees, fleeing the Taliban takeover of their country on a U.S. government flight, sheltered for 24 hours at Northern Virginia Community College’s gym in Annandale, Aug. 20-21.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ one in three Â鶹ÊÓƵ students are in the first generation of their families to attend college. First-generation college students find a welcoming environment at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, with a multi-layered support network to help ensure success and provide help through any challenge.

Mengqi Li is a Master of Social Work student with a passion for social justice and advocating for the Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) community. She was recently accepted into the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Minority Fellowship Program, with a mission to reduce health disparities for racially and ethnically diverse populations through cultural competency training. Additionally, Li accepted a new position at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Center for Culture, Equity, and Empowerment (CCEE) as a graduate assistant within the Student Engagement for Racial Justice team.

For Hakeem Muata Oluseyi, one of the nation's best-known astrophysicists, being named a Visiting Robinson Professor at Â鶹ÊÓƵ represents the natural progression of his career.

Leah and Peregrine Pistone, incoming freshmen at Â鶹ÊÓƵ, are used to learning together. The siblings were homeschooled by their mother throughout their K-12 years. While they say they are grateful for the experience, they both are looking forward to engulfing themselves in a large university environment with diverse classmates.

The tourism and hospitality industries have been confronting increasing challenges related to both the pandemic and climate change, according to experts from Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College of Education and Human Development (CEHD).