George Mason University

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George Mason University

Type: Public
City: Arlington, Fairfax, and Prince William County, Virginia
Sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, softball, swim and dive, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling[1]
Colors: green, gold
Mascot: Patriots
Website: http://www.gmu.edu/

George Mason University is a Virginia public university founded in 1972.[2] It was ranked a third tier school in US News's 2008 "National Universities: Tier 3" list.[3]

[edit] George Mason

George Mason, the man for which the school is name, was a founding father of the United States of America. He drafted the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which served as the foundation for the first 10 amendments of the Bill of Rights.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. The Official Athletics Site of the George Mason University Patriots (English) (HTML). George Mason University.
  2. A Habit of Excellence (English) (HTML). George Mason University.
  3. National Universities: Tier 3 (English) (HTML). US News.
  4. George Mason the Man (English) (HTML). George Mason University.


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