FYI if you or your students are interested.
Perseverance and Success in Graduate School: A First Generation Student Perspective
Wednesday, April 1, 2020, 12:00-1:30pm
This Building Community event focuses on fostering relationships among Mason graduate and professional students of diverse identities while providing a platform for them to express ways to improve and strengthen the graduate community at Mason. Join Graduate Student Life for a panel discussion featuring the experiences and insights of first-generation graduate students and faculty at Mason. Hear their stories of success and resilience as they make their way through higher education.
Panelists include:
Sharrell Hassell-Goodman, Doctoral Candidate in Higher Education Program, College of Education and Human Development
Nadia Miningou, Doctoral Student in Chemistry & Biochemistry, College of Science
Dr. Toya Jones Frank, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education Leadership and Secondary Education
Dr. Erin Peters-Burton, Donna R. and David E. Sterling Endowed Professor in Science Education
Moderator: Sydney S. Glass, Master's Student in Public Health, College of Health and Human Services
For more information and to register, visit this link. We hope you will join us!
You can also join us directly using this info:
1) Join online:
Password: firstgen
Meeting number: 617 711 176
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Please type in your name and GMU email address when prompted
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You may choose whether to connect video. When you join, your microphone will be muted by default.
2) Join by phone:
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+1-415-655-0003 US Toll
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+1-202-860-2110 United States Toll (Washington D.C.)
Access code: 617 711 176
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When you join, make sure your microphone is muted.
Julie Choe Kim, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Student Life
George Mason University
4400 University Drive, MSN 2A4
Student Union Building 1, Room 3326
Fairfax, VA 22030
Phone: 703-993-4031
Fax: 703-993-9528
Facebook/Twitter: @MasonGradLife