Faculty/Staff Newsletter

This milestone demonstrates the college’s commitment to expanding opportunities for students and strengthening public health across Virginia and the nation. Thank you to all who participated and helped with the accreditation process.

Findings by Ali Weinstein, a scholar of chronic illness, indicate that quality of life may be impacted long after cancer treatment concludes.

The College of Public Health Strategic Plan Steering Committee invites you to review and share your feedback on the draft of our new five-year strategic plan. Whether you have questions or ideas, we encourage thoughtful, solution-oriented input no later than September 21. Explore the full draft here and summary slides here, and use this form to submit your feedback. 

American Short-Term Research Publication Grants aim to increase the number of women with academic tenure and promote gender equity for women in higher education by providing funding to women in academia to prepare research manuscripts for publication. Learn more.

Need assistance with your statistical analysis, power calculation, data collection plan or study design? Whether for your article, abstract, or proposal, CPH is pleased to connect our faculty with colleagues in the Statistics Department at no cost to you. Several CPH faculty have successfully used George Mason's statistical consulting service. We have developed a streamlined process to request assistance with financial support provided by CPH. Just visit the CPH stats consulting page and complete the intake form.

Do you subscribe to NIH emails with updates and funding announcements?  Be aware that NIH NOFOs will no longer be accessible from the NIH Guide and will no longer be included in the weekly NIH Guide Table of Contents subscription emails. You will need to use Grants.gov subscription services to receive notifications of new NIH funding opportunities. 

Our new faculty were busy last week attending George Mason’s two-day faculty orientation and then CPH New Faculty Orientation. We had a great time discussing technology, teaching and research, mentoring, Lightning Talks, monthly opportunities to connect with other faculty, and much more. Please welcome our new faculty starting this fall and stay tuned for additional new faculty joining us in January.

Fall 2025 new faculty and post-docs:

September 30, October 28, November 18, December 9 | 4:30 - 5:30 pm

Please join your colleagues monthly during the fall semester to chat about anything faculty related (research, teaching, service, strengths and challenges of being a faculty member, etc.). You will receive calendar invites and feel free to accept or decline, and come as often and for as much time as you can. 

August 27 | 3 – 4:15 pm | Zoom: https://gmu.zoom.us/j/9787144706?

The university’s first Faculty Senate meeting for the fall 2025 semester.

The first CPH adjunct faculty meeting was held on August 20 with an impressive turnout. Topics included adjunct faculty recognition, engagement, evaluations, the university adjunct faculty social, and the role of AI.

The virtual adjunct faculty connections program continues from last year and will begin on September 15 from 6:30–7:30 pm. Sessions will feature updates on CPH happenings, engagement and recognition efforts, and Q&A opportunities. The gatherings will be on the third Monday of each month this fall (September 15, October 20, November 17, and December 15). You are welcome to join whenever you can— every week or occasionally and stay the whole hour (or as long as you can).

University Adjunct Faculty Social

September 29 | 5 - 6:30 pm | Merten Hall, Room 1201 | RSVP here by September 15

Network with adjuct faculty from around campus and engage with some members of George Mason’s leadership team.

Welcome to fall 2025. The Stearns Center and ITS provide the following beginning of semester checklists. Review this to ensure your semester is off to a great start:

As always, George Mason’s Stearns Center for Teaching and Learning has a plethora of workshops, trainings, and events scheduled for the fall 2025 semester. Check out its website and sign up for its newsletter!

Don’t miss the Stearns Center’s Annual Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference held on September 25 (virtual sessions) and September 26 (in-person sessions). The theme for this year’s conference is Teaching for the Future: AI, Analog, and Beyond. Several CPH faculty will be presenting. Learn more and register here.

Your input is shaping the future of our Staff Council! Thanks to your thoughtful feedback, we’re making final edits to ensure the bylaws reflect the voices of our staff in the College of Public Health. To give space for these updates, voting will now open on September 1. 

August 27 | 11 am | Peterson Hall Multipurpose Room | RSVP here

Join us to kick off the new academic year. Address followed by a lunch reception. Please RSVP to ensure we have enough lunch.

August 25

September 15

More details and RSVP to come.

The CPH Steps Challenge is back again for a new semester of healthful, departmental competition. All CPH employees can join in—this includes adjuncts, GRAs, and wage staff. Participants may walk anywhere, anytime, within each weekly time frame, counting their steps, and then report the steps they’ve walked by midnight the immediately following Monday.

Report your steps no later than 11:59 pm on the Monday after each Monday-through-Sunday challenge week. 

The first week of walking is September 1 - 7. Report your steps for that week on September 8. Report your preceding week’s steps here.

Every Tuesday Starting Sept. 2 | Noon | Peterson 2407 

Please join the CPH faculty and staff for a fun filled yoga class. Teri Patterson will return as the instructor. For any questions, contact Cathy Tompkins (ctompkin@gmu.edu).

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