Family Weekend
Save the date for Family Weekend 2019 – November 8-10
We encourage all families to join us for a university-wide celebration and attend events designed to allow families to meet one another, become familiar with university staff and administrators, and spend time with their students.
Registration will open August 12 at masonfamilyevents.gmu.edu. If you have questions about the weekend, email families@gmu.edu or call (703) 993-2475.
Hotel Accommodations
Visit masonfamily.gmu.edu/where-to-stay to book your hotel in one of our discount room blocks for Family Weekend 2019.
Check out a sample schedule of events for the weekend! Events take place on the Fairfax campus and the Science & Technology campus. Transportation is not provided.
Friday
12-6 p.m. Check-In
12-5 p.m. Care package pop-up shop
12-6:30 p.m. Photo booth
12-2 p.m. What’s buzzing at Mason?
1 p.m. Veterans Day luncheon
2:30-5:30 p.m. Community immunity and flu vaccine administration
3:30-5 p.m. Academic receptions
4-6 p.m. Patriot Tech Tournament
4:30-8:30 p.m. Family fun and film night
5-6 p.m. MasonLIFE reunion
5-7 p.m. Family Weekend Kickoff Celebration
5-7:30 p.m. Hillel Family Shabbat
7 p.m. Men’s Basketball
7:30-9 p.m. An evening under the stars in the Observatory
9-10 p.m. Patriots Unplugged
Saturday
8 a.m.-6 p.m. Check-In
8:45-1 p.m. Mason on location: Washington, D.C.; Gunston Hall; and Great Falls bus tours
9:30 a.m. Living Learning Community (LLC) breakfast
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Mason Families Give Back
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Explore the EDGE: Ropes course and open climb
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Parent donor breakfast
11 a.m.-12 p.m. Parent & Family Council interest meeting
12-2 p.m. Housing & Residence Life staff lunch
1-2 p.m. Faculty Spotlight: Inside the real criminal minds
1-3 p.m. Explore the EDGE: Ropes course and open climb
1-4 p.m. Little Patriots Lounge
1-4 p.m. Veterans Day Celebration at the Hylton
2-6 p.m. Photo booth
1:30-3:30 p.m. Regatta de Cardboard
3-5 p.m. Explore the EDGE: Ropes course and open climb
3:30-5:30 p.m. Mason Uncorked: Wine & cheese event
4 p.m. American Festival Pops All-Stars salute to veterans concert
4-6 p.m. Play the Patriot Way
5:30 p.m. Catholic Mass
6-7:30 p.m. Mason’s Got Talent
7:30 p.m. Movie
Sunday
9 a.m. 5K Run/Walk
10 a.m.-12 p.m. Breakfast & Bingo with the Patriot
11 a.m. Catholic Mass
Other benefits include free play at Corner Pocket, Recreation open house, and discounts at various on-campus dining locations, the university bookstore, Center for the Arts and Hylton Performing Arts Center.