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Grace Catello, BS Psychology '24, is a Spring 2024 Honors College graduate. Most memorable moment: presenting a research proposal at the 2023 Honors College Winter Research Exhibition.

After two years of studying management and marketing at the Costello College of Business and the Honors College at George Mason University, Rakibul Alam’s academic credits have put him a semester ahead of schedule.

Senior of the Year Celine Apenteng has made an impact during her time at George Mason, and she isn’t done. After graduating this spring, the Silver Spring, Maryland, native will continue to pursue her master’s through the university’s accelerated master’s program.

The Honors College at George Mason University and Peraton awarded 11 students the selective Peraton Scholarship in National Security at the conclusion of the Spring Semester.

As a first-generation Guyanese American student, Zayd Hamid has found his calling in empowering his generation of student leaders with the education and experience they need to solve the world’s grand challenges.

The Honors College is pleased to announce that Jeff Shen (BS Management Information Systems, ‘96), a University Scholar alumnus and the President of Red Team Consulting [tagged on platforms where it is appropriate to do so], will speak at our graduation reception tomorrow, Wednesday May 7th. Since January 2023, Jeff has served on the Honors College Advisory Board. In this capacity, Jeff recently organized the first-ever Honors College Government Contracting Roundtable and hosted an Honors College Professional Development Fellows workshop.

Keil Eggers, who is graduating from Mason with his PhD in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, has been a champion of complexity-informed conflict transformation, futures, and SenseMaker: a technology that applies a quantitative framework to narrative data submitted and interpreted by the subjects themselves. 

George Mason University senior Elizabeth Wiehe says that ballet is her first love. The School of Dance student, who is graduating this spring, grew up being classically trained in the dance genre.

After his high school graduation was held virtually because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is no way Teon Frazier is going to miss this year's Spring Commencement.

When criminology, law and society major Ari Williams came to Mason as a first-generation student and a member of the Honors College, she wanted to work in the federal government.

Ali Tyler picked Mason because of its well-regarded Forensic Science Program and proximity to Washington, D.C., a choice that put her on her preferred career path and also allowed her to flourish as one of the Atlantic 10’s best all-around swimmers.

On February 17, Honors College students were given the opportunity to discover for themselves this bastion of American culture. During the visit, the students were able to see some of the Library of Congress’ most significant exhibitions and collection pieces – including a replica of Thomas Jefferson’s personal library