The Association of Black Faculty, Administrators & Staff (ABFAS) will hold its monthly community lunch gathering on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012 from 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM in the African American Studies Resource Center: The Paul Robeson Room, George W. Johnson Center, Room 240A (phone: 703 993-4085) on the Fairfax Campus.  Also, ABFAS will hold its Happy Hour Meet-n-Greet on Friday, March 16th, 2012 from 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM at ICONS Sports Lounge & Grille, 10418 Main Street in Fairfax (phone: 703 865-6101). Feel free to invite Mason colleagues who may wish to join us for a casual get-together at the end of the work week.  Thanks to all current members for your continued support of ABFAS!

Greetings Mason Colleagues,

On behalf of the ABFAS Executive Committee I'd like to welcome everyone back for the 2011-2012 academic year!

Thanks to your continued participation and support, ABFAS exceeded expectations in 2010-2011:

• We continue to build relationships with colleagues during our monthly community brown bag lunch gatherings on Wednesdays and First Friday Happy Hour Meet-n-Greets. 
   

• We're strengthening our relationship with the Provost's Office and the Office of Student Involvement.  Their renewed support and commitment to ABFAS was vital to the success of our activities and initiatives during Spring 2011, particularly, our Black History Month event, Celebrating the Educators -- Sharing the Legacy.

• We hosted our inaugural Women's Forum roundtable discussion during Women's History Month as well as our first White House tour - an event we hope to turn into an annual spring activity for our members.
   

• We reached out to our colleagues on the Arlington and Prince William campuses through the use of videoconferencing to let them know we're one community.   We'll continue to interact with our colleagues on the Arlington and Prince William campuses through the use of Mason's technology services and we're excited about our Fall Meet-n-Greet with our Arlington campus colleagues.

• Finally, renewed participation and commitment from the organization's members is re-energizing our efforts to build ABFAS into a much needed social and professional development outlet for Mason's Black and African heritage community.

The Executive Committee is excited about our goals and plans for 2011-2012 and hope you will make a commitment to participate in the organization’s meetings and activities – attending our monthly community lunch gatherings, meet-n-greets, and special events throughout the year.  We look forward to seeing you at our annual Welcome Back Luncheon to kick off the semester.
 

Thanks to all for your continued support of ABFAS!   

Sincerely,

Kevin R. Slaughter

Kevin R. Slaughter, The Capitol Connection/GMU-TV

President, Association of Black Faculty, Administrators & Staff (ABFAS)

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