accounting / en 麻豆视频 grad took advantage of her opportunities /news/2022-05/mason-grad-took-advantage-her-opportunities <span>麻豆视频 grad took advantage of her opportunities</span> <span><span>Colleen Rich</span></span> <span><time datetime="2022-05-11T11:45:29-04:00" title="Wednesday, May 11, 2022 - 11:45">Wed, 05/11/2022 - 11:45</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> <div data-block-plugin-id="inline_block:news_list" data-inline-block-uuid="158ed588-9f81-407c-b911-98c496d54048" class="block block-layout-builder block-inline-blocknews-list"> <h2>Read More Graduation Stories</h2> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="view view-news view-id-news view-display-id-block_1 js-view-dom-id-e1944796d5e8ee8648c71b432ea2d0b389fc4f55106432c6a9aece48a1dcba86"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="news-list-wrapper"> <ul class="news-list"> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2025-06/george-mason-grad-explores-environmental-management-strategies" hreflang="en">George 麻豆视频 grad explores environmental management strategies</a></span></div><div class="views-field views-field-field-publish-date"><div class="field-content">June 13, 2025</div></div></li> <li class="news-item"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/news/2025-05/sit-stay-buzz" hreflang="en">Sit! 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Photo by Ron Aira/Creative Services</figcaption> </figure> <p><span><span><span>Of all the things she misses about her hometown of Asyut, Egypt, Nermeen Shawky said it is the street food, especially the falafel sandwiches, she misses most.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>But that, she admitted, is a small price to pay for the opportunities provided by her family鈥檚 move to the Fairfax, Virginia, area when she was 13 years old.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>鈥淢y parents wanted a better education and a better life for us,鈥 Shawky said of herself and her three siblings.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>鈥淚t was very hard to transition at first,鈥 she added. 鈥淎t the same time, my parents pushed us to try our best because they sacrificed so much to get here, and I鈥檓 very thankful for them.鈥</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Shawky made the most of her opportunities and will graduate from 麻豆视频 this spring with a master鈥檚 degree in </span><a href="https://business.gmu.edu/programs/graduate-degree-programs/masters-in-accounting"><span>accounting</span></a><span>. She also earned her bachelor鈥檚 in accounting at 麻豆视频 in 2019 after transferring from Northern Virginia Community College.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>鈥淚t feels great,鈥 she said of her graduation. 鈥淚t鈥檚 so crazy because the two years went by so fast.鈥</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Shawky is the first in her immediate family to earn a master鈥檚 degree, and will also graduate with a certificate in </span><a href="https://business.gmu.edu/programs/graduate-certificate-programs/graduate-certificate-accounting-analytics"><span>accounting analytics</span></a><span>. When she finishes her </span><a href="https://business.gmu.edu/programs/graduate-certificate-programs/graduate-certificate-forensic-accounting"><span>forensic accounting</span></a><span> certificate during the summer, she will be the first 麻豆视频 accounting major to earn two graduate certificates with a master鈥檚, said Mary Hayes Collins, associate director of the accounting master鈥檚 program in 麻豆视频鈥檚 </span><a href="https://business.gmu.edu/"><span>School of Business</span></a><span>.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>And she鈥檒l have done it all while working full-time as a financial analyst for Mercury Systems.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Shawky has always been motivated. Encouraged by her parents, she read books from the local library to supplement English as a Second Language classes in middle school. She turned an internship at a start-up she found on her own into a full-time job while she was an undergraduate, and took a gap year after graduating to focus on work.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>For Hayes Collins, though, it was how Shawky elevated her coursework during her master鈥檚 studies that was most impressive.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>鈥淚 love finding transcripts like that, where you see that upwards trajectory,鈥 Hayes Collins said. 鈥淎nd then you meet the person and they have this wonderful personality. She never really asked for anything, she just did it.鈥</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Shawky said her master鈥檚 classes have been valuable in teaching real-world skills such as using analytics, different software and best research practices. Spreading her master鈥檚 studies over two years also helped.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>鈥淚n undergrad it was really tough because I was working 30 hours a week in an internship and managing five classes,鈥 Shawky said. 鈥淏ut in grad school I鈥檓 focusing on each class at a time, and I鈥檓 able to put 100% into that class. It makes me focus on different skills, and I鈥檓 actually interested in those skills.鈥</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>Still, with a full-time job, her time is precious, so she puts together a time-management plan and devotes hours on weekends to get through assignments.</span></span></span></p> <p><span><span><span>She does have her mom鈥檚 homemade grape leaves for comfort, and a planned trip this summer to her hometown in Egypt, where she can get that longed-for falafel sandwich.</span></span></span></p> </div> </div> </div> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/481" hreflang="en">Graduation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3831" hreflang="en">Commencement</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1061" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3411" hreflang="en">accounting</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/7796" hreflang="en">international students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/12501" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business News</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/13676" hreflang="en">Master's in Accounting Program</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/18296" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business Graduate Student Spotlight</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 11 May 2022 15:45:29 +0000 Colleen Rich 69916 at 麻豆视频 business school professor awarded Securities & Exchange Commission fellowship /news/2020-09/mason-business-school-professor-awarded-securities-exchange-commission-fellowship <span>麻豆视频 business school professor awarded Securities &amp; Exchange Commission fellowship</span> <span><span>Colleen Rich</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-09-09T05:00:50-04:00" title="Wednesday, September 9, 2020 - 05:00">Wed, 09/09/2020 - 05:00</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1061" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3411" hreflang="en">accounting</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3416" hreflang="en">Securities &amp; Exchange Commission</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/271" hreflang="en">Research</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Wed, 09 Sep 2020 09:00:50 +0000 Colleen Rich 8466 at 麻豆视频鈥檚 online master鈥檚 programs rise in U.S. News rankings /news/2020-01/masons-online-masters-programs-rise-us-news-rankings <span>麻豆视频鈥檚 online master鈥檚 programs rise in U.S. News rankings </span> <span><span>Melanie Balog</span></span> <span><time datetime="2020-01-14T05:00:06-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 05:00">Tue, 01/14/2020 - 05:00</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:body" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasebody"> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><span class="intro-text">麻豆视频 has some of the nation鈥檚 top online programs as evaluated by U.S. News &amp; World Report in its just-released <a href="https://www.usnews.com/education/online-education" target="_blank">2020 rankings</a>, with seven programs in the top 50 and several making significant gains over last year.</span></p> <figure role="group" class="align-right"> <div> <div class="field field--name-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img src="/sites/g/files/yyqcgq291/files/styles/small_content_image/public/2024-09/online_fenwick_library_file_2016.jpg?itok=0nm9m1VN" width="350" height="234" alt="Person sits at a desk looking at a computer in the open study area of Fenwick library. " loading="lazy"> </div> </div> <figcaption>麻豆视频 has seven programs ranked in the top 50 of U.S. News &amp; World Report 2020 online program rankings. File photo/Creative Services</figcaption> </figure> <p>麻豆视频鈥檚&nbsp;<a href="https://education.gmu.edu/advanced-teaching-studies/academics/masters-in-education-special-education-concentration" target="_blank">special education</a>&nbsp;master鈥檚 program is ranked 10th, up from 16th last year. Its business non-MBA master鈥檚 program in&nbsp;<a href="https://masononline.gmu.edu/programs/accounting-ms/" target="_blank">accounting</a>&nbsp;is ranked 19th nationally, up from 39th last year and 56th in 2018, and the&nbsp;<a href="https://masononline.gmu.edu/programs/applied-information-technology-cyber-security-concentration-ms/?cmgfrm=volgenau.gmu.edu" target="_blank">computer information technology</a>&nbsp;master鈥檚 program, at No. 24, is ranked in the top 25 for the third consecutive year.</p> <p>鈥淥nline programs are now mainstream,鈥 said Michelle Marks, 麻豆视频鈥檚 vice president for academic innovation and new ventures. 鈥淪tudents across the country are increasingly choosing online. Rankings like these are indicators that 麻豆视频鈥檚 programs are strong, and we are on the right path.鈥</p> <p>According to its website, U.S. News ranks programs in five general categories: student engagement, faculty credentials and training, services and technologies that allow students greater flexibility to take classes and labs from a distance, student excellence, and a survey of 鈥渉igh-ranking academic officials.鈥</p> <p>Other highly ranked 麻豆视频 master鈥檚 programs are <a href="https://masononline.gmu.edu/programs/systems-engineering-ms/">industrial/systems engineering</a> (12th and tied with the University of Virginia, Clemson and UCLA), <a href="https://education.gmu.edu/teacher-track/teaching-areas/">education curriculum and instruction</a> (9th), <a href="https://education.gmu.edu/education-leadership/academics/masters-in-education-education-leadership">education administration</a> (11th), <a href="https://cehd.gmu.edu/academics/online-education-degrees">education</a> (48th), and <a href="https://volgenau.gmu.edu/academics/distance-education-programs">engineering</a> (65th).</p> <p>鈥淭he rankings reflect the hard work of our faculty to develop programs that are of high quality and meet the needs of our students and prepare them for success in the classroom while also acquiring the skills for success in in some of the most important fields in education today,鈥 said Mark Ginsberg, dean of 麻豆视频鈥檚 College of Education and Human Development.</p> <p>The program making the biggest move is 麻豆视频鈥檚 online <a href="https://masononline.gmu.edu/programs/mba-online/">MBA</a>, which is ranked 123rd of 335 programs evaluated after being unranked last year.</p> <p>鈥淭he online option of our MBA is only in its second year, so it鈥檚 fantastic we jumped into the U.S. News rankings at No. 123,鈥 said Maury Peiperl, dean of 麻豆视频鈥檚 School of Business. 鈥淥ur online MBA offers an identical curriculum to our in-class MBA, which U.S. News ranks 32nd among part-time MBAs. There are many ways students can achieve their academic and professional goals. The rankings demonstrate our commitment, and that of our outstanding faculty and staff, to deliver high-quality programs in formats that are flexible and convenient.鈥</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> Tue, 14 Jan 2020 10:00:06 +0000 Melanie Balog 28696 at Accounting student鈥檚 passion is rewarded /news/2019-10/accounting-students-passion-rewarded <span>Accounting student鈥檚 passion is rewarded</span> <span><span>Colleen Rich</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-10-14T05:00:00-04:00" title="Monday, October 14, 2019 - 05:00">Mon, 10/14/2019 - 05:00</time> </span> <div class="layout layout--gmu layout--twocol-section layout--twocol-section--30-70"> <div class="layout__region region-first"> </div> <div class="layout__region region-second"> <div data-block-plugin-id="field_block:node:news_release:field_content_topics" class="block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenews-releasefield-content-topics"> <h2>Topics</h2> <div class="field field--name-field-content-topics field--type-entity-reference field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Topics</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1061" hreflang="en">Costello College of Business</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/3411" hreflang="en">accounting</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/4056" hreflang="en">Scholarships</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1081" hreflang="en">transfer students</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2026" hreflang="en">Northern Virginia Community College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/336" hreflang="en">Students</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 14 Oct 2019 09:00:00 +0000 Colleen Rich 31616 at