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Mason English major Jasmine Okidi’s dedication and accomplishments were rewarded recently with a Beinecke Scholarship, which supports exceptional students committed to research careers in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Jasmine Okidi, a third-year �鶹���� Scholar studying English, was selected as Mason’s first-ever recipient of the Beinecke Scholarship.

The Honors College class on the “100th Meridian Project” involves a multidisciplinary investigation into the water crisis in the American West.

Michael is an academic advisor in the Honors College at George Mason �鶹����. He enjoys writing comedy and has been published in several magazines. He is currently working on a novel that explores humanity’s relationship with social media.

Knowing the importance of first-generation students to Mason, Tharuna Kalaivanan, a doctoral student in sociology, created a section of HNRS 131 Contemporary Social Issues dedicated to learning about their experiences.

Maoria Kirker, lead of the Teaching and Learning Team at George Mason �鶹���� Libraries, answered questions about book banning, the benefits of a diverse curriculum, and issues pertaining to access to higher education.

Students in Honors 261 Bridging the Digital Divide put together an advocacy campaign as part of Digital Inclusion Week to raise awareness about the divide.

Dr. Matthew West is a Term Assistant Professor of Global Affairs. Dr. West is broadly interested in phenomena at the intersections of the legal and the economic as sites to further our critical understanding of globalization's unequal circulations of knowledge, people, and things.

Caroline West is a Term Assistant Professor in the Honors College. Her research is broadly centered in cultural and media studies with special focus in photography and visual culture, theories of race and gender, and political economy.

This fall, 25 students in Mason’s Honors College enrolled in a class focusing on the changing status of men in American history.