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What's New?
The Virginia Credit Union is offering a 5% rebate on all gas purchase between July 1 and August 31, 2008 if you pay at the pump with a Virginia Credit Union Visa or Mastercard. For details and to apply, check out Swipe & Save.
It's a challenge to keep all the pieces of your life together. Here's a new service that can help! Faculty, staff, and graduate students now have a complimentary subscription to Sittercity.com's comprehensive database of in-home caregivers providing child care, senior care, pet care, home care, and tutoring. Sittercity makes it simple and fast to find local care providers. To learn more and to register for free access to Sittercity.com, please visit George Mason's personal program page.
Important note: Mason does not own, sponsor, or endorse Sittercity.com.
You should always carefully screen and check the references of any caregivers, including those who
are listed on Sittercity.com, before you retain their services.
For COVA Care and COVA HDHP Members
A new DVD called the Take Care Road Show is available to outline some key wellness and preventive care programs that are available to you as COVA Care or COVA HDHP members. It's 10 minutes well spent. A Take Care Flyer is also available.Mason Gear Fridays
Mason Gear Fridays has been extended throughout the year. Be sure to wear your Mason gear EVERY Friday!Green and Gold Fever
Check out who has Mason Spirit!
You're Very Mason If You....
• Attended the final four basketball playoffs in 2006,
• Own at least three different color 2006 Final Four t-shirts,
• Know the difference between the Patriot Center and the Center for the Arts,
• Know that the site of Paul VI High School in Fairfax was once the main George Mason Campus,
• Dye your hair and paint your face green and gold during Mason Week,
• Have a basketball season wardrobe that is entirely green and gold,
• Know what day Ciao Hall and George's opens for the fall and dread the day it closes for the summer,
• Know to arrive earlier or later on Tuesdays and Thursdays,
• Named your son George or Mason,
• Get indignant when someone refers to George Mason as George Washington,
• Walk past the statue of George and don't comment on what has been appended,
• Have "decorated George" at least once,
• Know who George Mason was and know he is not Dr. Merten.
Thanks to all who submitted suggestions!
