Per the Commonwealth of Virginia's new telework policy announced last week, Mason's classified employees must submit new telework agreement forms by May 20, 2022. CHSS leadership asks that you contact your unit leader prior to submitting your forms.

A shout-out to our colleagues who will be crossing the stage on during Mason's Commencement activities May 14 through May 22, 2022.

Were you wondering if the University Events team is still looking for volunteers to help with Mason's Commencement, May 20, 10:00 am? It's not too late!

A number of College of Humanities and Social Sciences faculty were among those honored at the May 2 Celebration of Teaching Excellence, presented by Mason's Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning.

A new exhibit, Past, Present, Future: Mason's Core Remains Constant, showcases photos taken by student photographers working for the Broadside, Mason's student newspaper from 1969 to 2014. The exhibit is curated by Melissa Cannarozzi, who is working on her MA in history with a concentraiton in applied digital history.

The Fall for the Book festival looks back over a successful 2022, with its podcast, a poster contest, and pop-up lit nights featuring Brendan Slocumb and Amor Towles.

Mason's inaugural Global South Graduate Student Conference, an international conference organized by the Global South Hub (housed in Mason's Center for Social Science Research), brought together participants from around the world for a conversation, research, and connection.

Mason's Center for Humanities Research has announced that five faculty members have received Summer 2022 Research Grants to support ongoing projects related to the humanities.

The 2022 Anti-Racism & Inclusive Excellence Seed Funding is seeking proposals. This funding will support research, scholarship, and creative activities addressing the myriad issues on the theme of anti-racism and inclusive excellence. Proposals are due at 11:59 pm on June 30, 2022. 

Funding opportunities in this issue include several from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Fulbright Scholars Program, and a collaborative opportunity with UK colleagues for International Interdisciplinary Research 2023 from the British Academy. Check them out!

Take a look at a few of these resources to learn more about external funding possibilities, grant proposal writing, and the federal funding landscape.

Mason's update of its Chart of Accounts, the system by which it captures transactions and data, will require most of the university's financial processing systems to be unavailable in June. Employees are asked to coordinate with their office managers on upcoming travel or purchases.

Mason's Human Resources and Payroll office have announced two changes specific to full time nine-month faculty.

In a Washington Post article on a 1978 wildcat strike on the Washington, DC, transit system, history professor Zachary Schrag remarks on the marked increase in transit users at that time.

Akila-Ka Ma'at (who also publishes under the name Jennifer Warren), assistant professor affiliated with the Department of Communication, the Women and Gender Studies program, and the African and African American Studies program, adds historical context to an NBC 4 report.

In an opinion piece in Bloomberg and the Washington Post, economics professor Tyler Cowen considers the possible worldwide effects of a Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine.

As a guest on the Well Balanced podcast, psychology professor Todd Kashdan discusses how those with whom we surround ourselves impact on our mental health.

On a National Public Radio report on rock en español, Matthew Karush, professor and chair, Department of History and Art History, discusses the point where musicians and their fans turned to music for its expressive qualities more than for commercial appeal.