English major Amaiyah-Monet Parker and Integrative Studies major Alessaundra Shallal presented posters in OSCAR's Celebration of Student Research and Impact. Shallal expressed gratitude for Manuel-Scott’s “unwavering” support over nearly two years, crediting her mentorship for enabling her to pursue her research across semesters and “maintain faith in the progression of inclusion in academia.”

Education is under attack, say Cattaneo and Manuel-Scott, precisely because of its liberatory potential. Educators who are committed to the empowerment of those students are an obstacle for those in power who want their populace complicit or quiet. 

In the first of an annual Constitution Day series devoted to on our foundational document's impact and changing meanings, the Center for Mason Legacies drew more than one hundred guests to a for an informative and thought-provoking discussion grappling with questions of formation and change of the presidential role and current moves to expand it.