SJ 9 — Commending George Mason University.

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9 OfferedE January 12, 2022 N Prefiled January 10, 2022 T Commending George Mason University.

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and WHEREAS, twoGeorge Mason University Korea was established in Seoul, South Korea, in 2014 as a parWHEREAS, George Mason University professors,achieved JamesR1 Buchanan"Highest andResearch VernonActivity" Smith,status becamein 2016, which was reaffirmed in 2018, from the firstCarnegie twoClassification winnersof Institutions of Higher Education, recognizing the Nobeluniversity Memorialas Prizea intier-one Economictop Sciencesresearch fromuniversity Virginia,and winningfor its 121 percent growth of research funding over the :last decade;

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and WHEREAS, in 2017, U.S.

News & World Report named George Mason University as the most divWHEREAS, in 2018, George Mason University and Northern Virginia Community College created the ADVANCE program, a partnership that has helped more than 2,020 students transfer from a two-year program to a bachelor's degree track;

and WHEREAS, George Mason University achieved level three management autonomy in 2021, the highest level of management flexibility granted to public institutions of higher education in Virginia;

and WHEREAS, in 2021, Times Higher Education magazine ranked George Mason University as the nation's top "young" university, compared with all other institutions less than 50 years old;

and WHEREAS, George Mason University offers a wide range of opportunities to students through the and Human Services, the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, the College of Science, theth SJ9 2 of 2 College of Visual and Performing Arts, the Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, the Schar School of Policy and Government, the School of Business, and the Volgenau School of Engineering;

and WHEREAS, of George Mason University's undergraduate students, 24 percent are first-generation of 2 college students;