Graduate research and graduate teaching in the sciences will receive a big boost through a precedent-setting gift from Richard and Catherine Becker ’96 MS Environmental Science and Policy. A $500,000 commitment from the Alexandria, Va.
Mason doctoral student Blake Klocke has been interested in amphibians for as long as he can remember. He talks about growing up in Minnesota, where he shared his bedroom with a few dozen frogs, snakes, and geckos, as well as the insects he cultivated to feed them.
Cathy Becker (’96 MS ESP) and her husband have generously established the Catherine Z and Richard J Becker Environmental Science and Policy Graduate Research Assistantship for students pursuing a graduate degree in the College of Science.
The Mason Observatory, located on the roof of Research Hall on the Fairfax Campus, was opened by the College of Science on January 24, 2007 and stands as a beacon of research, instruction, and community involvement on campus.