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History of the Award for Scholarship
In 1996, George Mason University’s College of Arts and Sciences established an award to recognize an outstanding faculty member. Recipients of the annual CAS Award for Scholarship are faculty members whose recent research has played an important role in the advancement of their disciplines and who are widely known as first-rate scholars and speakers. Each year the winners have given a public lecture highlighting their work and been honored at a gala event including a reception and dinner. Through the award and the event known as the Celebration of Scholarship, the college has called attention to the value of the scholarly activities in which all faculty are engaged.
On July 1, 2006, after more than 30 years of growth and development, the College of Arts and Sciences separated into two new colleges: the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the College of Science. To highlight their common goal of the advancement of knowledge and to bring increased awareness of the accomplishments of their faculty to the community, the new colleges have joined together to continue this tradition. Each college will present an annual Award for Scholarship and the faculty will come together in a joint Celebration of Scholarship.
The College of Arts and Sciences gave 10 Awards for Scholarship to faculty representing a range of disciplines represented. The new colleges are proud to add their award recipients for 2006 to this distinguished group.
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is a cornerstone of learning and research at George Mason University. Programs of study at the graduate level provide a strong foundation of knowledge rooted in theory and research. Undergraduate students build strengths in writing, leadership, and knowledge of global issues. All programs promote the exploration of contemporary issues through integrated interdisciplinary learning that encourages students to forge real-world connections to science, technology, and the community. To learn more, visit chss.gmu.edu.
College of Science
The College of Science plays the central role in undergraduate and graduate education and research in the physical, biological, mathematical, and computational sciences at George Mason University. The college serves the local community and the nation by providing world-class scientific leadership and many degree programs in a wide variety of areas important to modern society, including bioscience, climate change, geoscience, physics, space science, mathematics, and computational science. All students are encouraged to take advantage of the many available research opportunities and a number of accelerated bachelor’s and master’s combination programs. For more information, visit cos.gmu.edu.