Yoga with Pranjal Thursday, April 30th @ 2PM Click here to learn more Join University Life SciTech for a free yoga class! Programming Assistant Pranjal will lead students, faculty, and staff in a virtual yoga session via Zoom.
Virtual Mental Health Workshop:
Mindfulness Thursday, April 30th @ 3PM Click here to learn more Join CAPS for a virtual workshop to learn strategies to calm your mind and ease life stress during this challenging time.
Contemporary Student Services
Kahoot Night Thursday, April 30th @ 7PM Click here to learn more and RSVP Join your OCAs for a fun night of Kahoot! If you're not familiar, Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform with user-generated content. RSVP for access.
Virtual Mental Health Workshop:
Managing Stress Friday, April 1st @ 1:30PM Click here to learn more Join CAPS for a virtual workshop on ways to de-stress and take care of yourself. Topics include mindfulness, healthy habits, and coping with stress.
Managing Academic Anxiety Workshop Friday, May 1st @ 10:30AM Click here to learn more Join Learning Services for a virtual workshop that examines the reasons for performance anxiety and explores strategies for cope with it.
We will be sharing the final video with you in coming weeks, but check out this teaser clip from Mason's Athletic Director, Brad Edwards! Click the image above to watch via YouTube.
Introducing Student Media @ Home
We've Got You Covered!
Although the Mason community is experiencing changes and challenges associated with COVID-19, we are committed to continuing our mission to enrich, entertain, and inform the #MasonNation.
We hope you enjoy this "at home" collection of the content our amazing students have created for you!
Free Online Entertainment Subscription: HBO GO FREE for Mason students! (Select programs FREE for everyone for a limited time)Click here to log in.
Free Online Training Platform: LinkedIn Learning FREE for all Mason students, faculty, and staff! Click here to learn more.
Content Spotlight
Mason Day Throwback Video: 1990-2012
We were all sad to miss the 2020 Mason Day celebration that was cancelled due to COVID-19... But you're in luck! Check out this retrospective video looking back at Mason Day through the years 1990-2012. Click the image above to watch via YouTube.
Student Media's own Ben Hosig has created a new Burnalong course to teach beginner tap dancing skills to the Mason community. You may know him as our friendly business manager, but Ben had a whole career as a tap dancer working with legends like Savion Glover and Gregory Hines before he joined our team last May!
In case you haven't heard, BurnAlong is an online platform that offers on-demand well-being classes and programs on many topics, from physical fitness to mindfulness meditation. Through a partnership between University Life and BurnAlong, all students, faculty, and staff now have access to more than 1,000 classes across more than 40 categories. Create your free account today!
For more information on creating your own custom BurnAlong content, contact Lewis Forrest, Associate Dean of University Life: lforres1@gmu.edu
WGMU Radio faculty advisor Rodger Smith has created a new podcast series to help inform and update the Mason community during this challenging time. Each podcast will include an interview with a key administrator or faculty member and cover a range of topics related to the University's COVID-19 response.
The first offering in the series features an interview with University Life Director of Advancement Dr. Kaitlin Ciccheti and focuses on the Student Emergency Assistance Fund. As of April 27th, over $1.7M has been disbursed to some 1,500 Mason students.
Online Mentorship Opportunity:Digital Women Leaders Digital Women Leaders is for women and female-identified people working in news who are looking for advice from someone who understands their experience. We facilitate conversations with knowledgeable, understanding mentors who might otherwise be hard to find. And because coaching sessions are just 30 minutes, the time commitment for mentor and mentee is low, but the impact on career satisfaction can be significant.Click here to learn more and reserve an appointment.
Online Mentorship Opportunity:Media Mentors Media Mentors is a mentoring program from journalism-internships.com, a website dedicated to fostering the next generation of media leaders. Industry professionals have volunteered to be mentors and are offering free, half-hour one-on-one sessions for advice, guidance or general questions about navigating the media industry.Click here to learn more and reserve an appointment.
"Job-Hunting During a Pandemic" Webinar:Poynter
Thursday, April 30 @ 2:00pm Social distancing, furloughs and working from home present an opportunity for journalists to first reflect on — and second, act on — why they’re the best candidate for a job. Aspiring journalists, out-of-work journalists and freelance journalists sit together at a crossroads. It’s time to take self-inventory and career initiative.Click here to learn more and register.
Bulletin Board
On behalf of everyone at Student Media, we would like to extend our wishes for the happiest of birthdays to all of our Volunteers, DJs, and Staff Members, who are celebrating another year this month!
Thank you for your service and for making Student Media a fabulous place to work!
Send your content submissions or questions to: Jason Hartsel (jhartsel@gmu.edu)
