George Mason University

Profileuniversity.com - George Mason University is a public research university with its main campus located in Fairfax, Virginia, United States and with several campuses located around the outskirts of Washington, DC. At first established, this university is a branch of the University of Virginia in 1957 and since 1972 has turned into an independent institution itself. Since the transformation, George Mason University has become one of the largest university in Virginia.

With faculty and school-owned, including the School of Business, School of Law, School of Public Policy, School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism, College of Science, and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, George Mason University offers a wide range of majors courses with a variety of academic degrees in it.

The George Mason forensics program and debate team is a program provided by the academic departments in this university that has consistently get the best ranking among the top teams in the country.

One warehouse and a source of knowledge in this university, Fenwick Library, is currently undergoing renovation in order to provide the best service to the students by adding facilities that use more modern technology, including an installment of a naturally irrigated rooftop garden. The project expected to be completed and ready to use with either the 2015's.

One of the iconic buildings and also a pride in the university campus, the George Mason statue, many associated with a variety of activities and traditions of the university, for example, students will rub the feet of the statue in order to have good luck in the exam. In addition, associations and student organizations at the university campus will decorate to promote the event to be held.

Many achievements and awards that have been achieved by members of the George Mason University, including two George Mason faculty members have won the Nobel Prize in economics, and the alumni include former heads of both the US Treasury and the SEC.

Of athletic activities, the university has provided various facilities and infrastructure so that the students can develop their talents and hobbies in the exercise. Supported by various factors such support, George Mason University sports teams strive to be the best in the competition NCAA Division I.




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