Paul Fengler (current ICP student) has been awarded the Alfa fellowship. He will work for a financial institution in Moscow during the six-month fellowship, which begins in June.

George Mason University recognized the following people, along with other employees, at the 2007 University Day Celebration on April 5: Professor Jack High for 25 years of service, Professor Desmond Dinan and Professor John Paden for 20 years of service, Assistant Dean Thys van Schaik for 10 years of service, and Administrator Kathleen Vitkus and Director of Communications Jocelyn Rappaport for five years of service.

The following MPP students will be inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha honor society on April 20 at George Mason’s Fairfax Campus: Keith Collins, Ryan Donmoyer, Brian Hanlon, Ben Hardaway, Christopher Harm, Justin Hentges, Steven Hurlburt, Timothy Johnson, David Lutter, Margaret McDonnell, Michael McGinn, Jack Osburn, Silva Pecini, Thomas Steinfeldt, Charles Tobler, Karen Weiss, and Carol Whitney. To be eligible for membership, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. More information about Pi Alpha Alpha can be found at http://www.naspaa.org/initiatives/honor.asp.

Wallace Johnson, director of the Mason Enterprise Center’s Mentor Protégé Program, accepted, on behalf of the program, an award of Special Recognition during the 2007 Nunn-Perry Awards Program. The award has been recognizing successful mentor-protégé relationships since it was founded by the Department of Defense (DoD) in 1995. The award, first given in 1995 and named in honor of former Senator Sam Nunn and former Secretary of Defense William Perry, recognizes outstanding mentor-protégé teams formed under the auspices of the DoD Mentor-Protégé program. The Mason Enterprise Center’s Mentor Protégé (MP) Program was one of 12 institutions recognized as being integral in the success of Nunn-Perry award winners. Since the MP Program began in 1995, the Mason Enterprise Center has provided support to 15 Nunn-Perry award winners. To learn more about the DoD Mentor Protégé program and award, click here. To learn more about the Mason Mentor Protégé program click here.

Daniel Fraim (current student in the Peace Operations program) and Christopher Harm (current student in the MPP program) were nominated by SPP and chosen by OPM to be finalists in the Presidential Management Fellows Program (PMF). The program attracts men and women with an interest in public policy to federal service and seeks to provide skilled and diverse people for public service. More information about the PMF program can be found at: https://www.pmf.opm.gov/Index.aspx