Category: November 2015

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 hrlearn@gmu.edu.

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 yelmowaf@masonlive.gmu.edu.

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.