Film and Video Studies major Jason Gilligan wrote a pilot, Through the Trees Eyes, for his Web Series class that was produced as a short film. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter recognized it with an Emmy.

David Verburg, who majored in Health, Fitness, and Recreation Resources with a concentration in Sport Management, helped the 4 by 400 U.S. relay team bring home a gold medal from the Summer Olympics in Rio. During his time at Mason, the 2013 grad was a seven-time All-American in indoor track and four-time All-American in outdoor track.

Civil engineering major Whitney Woodcock was among a group of Mason Engineers for International Development who traveled to Nicaragua to install a reliable water storage and distribution system for an orphanage and school.

Sharon Dorsey, a rising junior and track team member, has a summer internship at the Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. The environmental science major with a concentration in ecology sees herself one day working for Fish and Wildlife Services.

Mason grad Sasha Hollinger, who graduated with a BFA in Dance in 2009, has earned a role in the Broadway musical Hamilton. She’s also on stage for most of the show, dancing and singing as part of the story.

Michelle Pepino writes and records as The Gem Fragments as part of the Mason Noise project, in which music technology students mix, master, produce, and distribute original albums.