Schar School of Policy and Government

George Mason University announced today that businessman and philanthropist Dwight C. Schar has pledged $10 million to the university’s School of Policy, Government, and International Affairs. Schar is known in the greater Washington metropolitan area for founding and leading NVR, Inc., the region’s largest residential homebuilder.

George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government and the Washington Post have joined forces to conduct a series of political polls in Virginia over the next year, forging a strategic partnership that will illuminate voter sentiment on a broad range of political and public policy issues.

The village of Nangi in western Nepal is as remote as it is beautiful. It takes up to nine hours to reach the next large town from Nangi’s location 7,300 feet up in the Himalayas. The farmers who make up the bulk of the population of 800 use yak to plow their fields, and traditions there are centuries old.

President Barack Obama nominated and the U.S. Senate confirmed Mason alumna Denise Turner Roth as the 39th Administrator of the General Services Administration.

It’s an annual right of passage with George Mason University professor Laurie Schintler’s capstone transportation class: Examine a problem for a client, develop a solution, present the findings and make the world a better place.

For a self-proclaimed “small-town graduate from Missouri”, Connor Gary’s life has been anything but insular. A current student in the Peace Operations master’s program at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, his résumé is stocked with overseas travels and remarkable appointments, including stints in the corporate world, radio, and Peace Corps.

For Michael Donoghue, tackling critical analytical research on issues facing the nation is just another day at the office.

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Ohio Gov. John Kasich helped the George Mason University community dedicate the newly named Schar School of Policy and Government on Monday, recognizing long-time Mason supporter Dwight C. Schar for his generous gift to the school.