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The University Learning center back in 1995 when it was first completed. This Center is known today as the Johnson center. This building helps represent the evolution and growth of a small college to an amazing university.

-The George Mason football team has its first spring game as a club level sport. Although the University has several other D1 sports teams, football will not be one of them with the University claiming the cost to maintain the team would be too…

-Amid the start of a perfect season, Coach Pascale is fired by Athletic Director Tom O’Conner for allowing an ineligible player on the roster. Coach Pascale claims instead the firing is due to his support of upgrading the program from club level to…

At the January 1998 board meeting a consulting group estimated that upgrading the football team would cost the University $4.2 million a year. A taskforce is created to investigate this matter so the board could vote on it in March.

The football taskforce found that even though upgrading the football team was overwhelmingly supported by the students, significant upgrades would need to be made to the University’s facilities to field a D1 football team. At this meeting President…

-The taskforce put forward a ten-year financial plan to upgrade the current club team and facilities, including a 4 year raise to student fees that they claimed was supported by the student body. The taskforce lost the measure by one vote, and to…

The western end of the plaza focuses on the idea of reflective/personal well-being. There is also a reflective fountain that honors Roger Wilkin, a former civil rights leader and professor at the university. Roger Wilkins played a huge role in…

As the era of two income households slowly become the normal. Women taking on higher education and/or occupying employment at George Mason College campus needs flexible childcare services.

The Hourly Child Care trailer, site of first on-campus day care for George Mason University, used by student and faculty members who needed childcare for irregular class schedules.

The need for on-campus childcare was confirmed through a study coordinated by a representative of student parents and GMC Chancellor Lorin Thompson. The intent is to provide hourly childcare at a low cost for student and faculty members of GMC…