The GMUAA has great plans for alumni weekend in the future and some how the party planners were able to add some of those plans to this year’s event!  I am kinda thinking this year will be #MasonAW version 1.5.  The goal for alumni weekend is to engage alumni from every generation all weekend by including activities that are family friendly, energize young alumni, appeal to cultural alumni chapters, and maybe even allow some the old timers relive the glory days of their past.

Be sure to click on the banner to visit the official Alumni Weekend site and checkout “What’s New This Year” and register.

And I want to invite everyone to join me Friday night 6:30-8pm for “Wiskey, Widgets, and Wonks” in the Nguyen Engineering Building Atrium (full disclosure – my son will be showing off his team’s Senior ME design project – a robot called “Thunder Rat“).  If you are a basketball fan and plan to attend “Mason Madness” at 8pm, Eagle Bank Arena is a short walk from the event.

Recommended Hotel
I am working on negotiating a MasonRVA rate, but standard rates are < $100 / night and there is a nice bar in the atrium to meet up at the end of the day.

Hyatt Regency Fairfax
12777 Fair Lakes Cir, Fairfax, VA 22033