Dear Mason Staff,

I hope you had a restful winter break and were able to enjoy time with family and friends. When a new semester begins, staff always have long “to-do” lists as we welcome our students back to campus. But with the start of this new semester—and decade—there is much to look forward to at Mason …

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Congratulations to Marcel Assink, data analyst and office manager for Disability Services within University Life, for being selected as the January 2020 Employee of the Month! Read more about Marcel in this Mason News article.

Do you know a superstar? Make sure they receive the deserved recognition and submit a nomination for Mason’s Employee of the Month. Additional information can be found on the Human Resources and Payroll website.

Thank you to Mason faculty and staff for donating to the 2019 Holiday Food and Donation Drive. Together, we collected 225 pounds of food to stock the Patriot Pantry. In Fairfax, we collected several boxes of book and toy donations to benefit Inova Children’s Hospital. In Arlington, we collected $425 in gift cards to benefit Bridges to Independence. At SciTech …

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Join the Mason Staff Senate at the 2020 Winter Warm-Up Staff Appreciation Events! Enjoy donuts, warm beverages, enter the raffle with a variety of prizes, and receive special giveaways courtesy of the Staff Senate.

SciTech: Thursday, February 20, from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. in the Katherine Johnson Hall Atrium.

Arlington:  Tuesday, February 25, from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. in the Van Metre Multipurpose Room.

Fairfax: Thursday, February 27, from 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. at Dewberry Hall, Johnson Center. A departmental information fair will be held at the Fairfax event only.

The Staff Senate will hold a Department Information Fair on the Fairfax Campus during our Winter Staff Appreciation Event on Thursday, February 27, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

This is a great outreach opportunity for Mason departments. We hope staff can learn more about the opportunities, services, events, and other activities available to them.

Departments may participate by staffing a table at the event …

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Enjoy meeting some of our senators this year as we share their role in serving Mason staff and the university as a whole. 

Mason is more than a job or a place of work for me; it is a family. A home. I have grown so much because of the people I have had the privilege to work alongside. I have discovered that in every experience and interaction we have a chance to learn and grow. Mason has made me the person I am today, for the better...

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