Author: Amanda Corrigan

Mason Recreation’s Free Health and Fitness Screenings provide valuable information to help you stay on track to meet your fitness-related goals. These events help to provide a snapshot of an individual’s current health status and are an important component of health management. Along with Mason Recreation, campus partners work together to provide you with an assessment that determines what possible health-related risk factors you might have, how you can improve your health, and what resources George Mason has to help you do so.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Fairfax Campus, Aquatic and Fitness Center

Personal trainers, fitness instructors, Mason Recreation representatives, and Dining Services will be on hand to demonstrate exercises and offer nutrition advice. This screening will also feature a Strengths Based Wellness presentation by Mason Sports Dietitian Deanna Busteed.

For more information, contact Mason Recreation at 703-993-5323 or [email protected].

Did you know that the George Mason University Observatory in Research Hall offers Evenings Under the Stars, a free event series open to the general public and campus community? These events occur on alternate Monday evenings, with weather days on the off-weeks. Each evening features a 30-minute presentation by a prominent local scientist, who wants to share their current research in an accessible way. After a brief opportunity for questions, and if the weather allows, observatory staff will escort guests up to the roof for a look through the primary telescope.

Visit the website for more information. View the upcoming calendar of Evenings Under the Stars.

Contact [email protected] with questions.

Register for Faculty-Staff Enrichment Day at hr.gmu.edu/learning. Dive into your strengths at this year’s event on Tuesday, November 10, 2015. The keynote speakers include Men’s Basketball Head Coach David Paulsen and leadership and mindfulness expert Laurie Cameron.

Breakout sessions will provide strategies for using your strengths in teams, in conflict, to improve your health, and more. Take the StrengthsFinder assessment for free at wbu.gmu.edu/strengths-academy. You must have taken StrengthsFinder to attend.

For questions, contact [email protected].

Started in fall 2014, Mason’s Pop Up Pantry works to mitigate the challenges that face Mason students, faculty, and staff with food insecurity and hunger. Please consider donating any of the items listed below to this worthy cause. Drop-off your donation in SUB I, Room 4207.

Moreover, with supervisor approval, Mason employees may consider using some of their school assistance/volunteer leave to work in the pantry (Monday, Wednesday, or Thursday from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.). To arrange to volunteer, contact Yara Mowafy at [email protected].

Items needed:

• Boxed pasta/rice
• Spam/canned meats or fish
• Sauces/dressings/gravy
• Applesauce
• Chili
• Paper towels
• Diapers, size 4
• Drinks (i.e. individual-sized soda, Gatorade, bottled water)
• Snacks/chips
• Individual-sized cereal cups
• Toilet paper
• Deodorant
• Microwaveable single-serving meals
• Granola bars
• Spices (especially salt and pepper)
• Individual serving soy milk and milk (shelf-stable)

No Ramen noodles, please. For more information, visit the website.