Welcome to the Provost's Blog at George Mason University. This is the official blog of Dr. Peter N. Stearns and it is a forum for insight, a look behind the scenes at the university and thoughtful discussion.
The Provost serves as a member of the President’s Executive Council and as senior staff to the Board of Visitor’s Faculty and Academic Standards Committee. The Provost oversees two Vice-Provosts, the Deans of nine colleges and schools, the directors of one academic institute, selected special support programs, and research and outreach centers.
In the accomplishment of these duties, the Provost serves as Chief Academic Officer, with special attention to areas such as curriculum and faculty recruitment and evaluations. As part of the senior management team for the university, the Provost works with deans and directors on strategic issues. In this role, he provides academic leadership and vision, and develops academic policy recommendations.
Contact: Provost Stearns, Phone: 703-993-8776
Undergrad Research
I’ve written before about Mason’s major initiative, the Students as Scholars project, focused on undergraduate research and creativity. This was the year that the project shifted from planning to implementation. It’s still soon to judge, of course, but initial results are very encouraging. We had the first celebration of achievement this past week, with a ...
Will the Real George Mason…
The past decade plus has been a dynamic period for George Mason. We’ve grown, added programs, added facilities, etc. There is every reason to take pride in the varied achievements and the basis they provide for the future. It’s also important to note that in many ways we’ve been trying, in this same period, to ...
The Vision Series
April 30th is the last in the Visions Series lectures for this year, with a discussion in Fairfax of Obama and presidential powers by Mark Rozell of the School of Public Policy. We’ve been running this series for four years now. The goal is to get Mason faculty, from the whole spectrum of disciplines, to ...
Reform and Its Limits
Last weekend, I met with provosts from the other Colonial Academic Alliance schools, around the annual undergraduate research council. A good meeting. It’s actually fairly rare for provosts to be able to get together (there are a few useful national organizations, but the meetings tend to be large). SCHEV gets Virginia provosts together, but mainly ...
Lessons to Ukraine?
I’m off to Kiev this week, giving several talks and participating in several forums on higher education. Audience and co-panelists will be mainly higher ed officials from Ukraine. I’m sponsored by the State Department (and taxpayers will be relieved to know they don’t pay for business class airfares). The goal is to use discussions of ...
Teaching Awards
The annual celebration of teaching, centered around the awards given to outstanding faculty, is worth note in several respects. First, the occasion has steadily increased in visibility thanks to the great efforts of our Center for Teaching and Faculty Excellence and the enthusiasm of past recipients, colleagues and others. It should be an important event, ...
Mikado
The following two parodies were presented at the Faculty Arts Board, before the Virginia Opera performance of Mikado on Friday, March 23, 2012: To the tune of “Titwillow” Near a tree by the Q bus a cheerleader sat Chanting Mason, George Mason, George Mason And I said to her madam do you mean ...
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Undergrad Research
I've written before about Mason's major initiative, the Students as Scholars project,...
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Will the Real George Mason...
The past decade plus has been a dynamic period for George Mason....
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The Vision Series
April 30th is the last in the Visions Series lectures for this...
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Reform and Its Limits
Last weekend, I met with provosts from the other Colonial Academic Alliance...
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Lessons to Ukraine?
I'm off to Kiev this week, giving several talks and participating in...
-
Teaching Awards
The annual celebration of teaching, centered around the awards given to outstanding...
-
Mikado
The following two parodies were presented at the Faculty Arts Board, before...
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