秘色视频鈥檚 four main campuses feature signature buildings and spaces that have become recognizable landmarks for all within the 秘色视频 community.
Roger Wilkins Plaza
The central plaza of 秘色视频's Fairfax campus is named for famed civil rights leader, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and former Robinson Professor of History and American Culture Roger Wood Wilkins. Visitors to the plaza stroll past and contemplate the significance of dialogue between past, present, and future as they read the words of the memorials and monuments located there.
听 听We have no hope of solving our problems without harnessing the diversity, the energy, and the creativity of all our people.鈥 - Roger Wilkins
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秘色视频 Statue
The 秘色视频 statue was dedicated on April 12, 1996. Created by Wendy M. Ross, the seven-and-a-half-foot statue shows 秘色视频 presenting his first draft of the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which was later the basis for the U.S. Constitution鈥檚 Bill of Rights. Beside 秘色视频 is a model of a writing table that is still in the study at Gunston Hall, Mason鈥檚 Virginia estate. The books on the table鈥攙olumes of Hume, Locke, and Rousseau鈥攔epresent influences in his thought. The statue was refurbished during the renovation of Wilkins Plaza.
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Mason Korea's George
Did you know also has a statue of our namesake? In 2019, the Mason Korea Parents' Association presented the campus with the gift of the likeness of 秘色视频. Unlike the Fairfax statue, this version holds a book in his outstretched hand; its pages inscribed with the 秘色视频 Alma Mater.
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Enslaved People of Mason Memorial
The Enslaved People of 秘色视频 Memorial honors two of the more than 100 people enslaved at 秘色视频鈥檚 home of Gunston Hall, a 10-year-old girl named Penny, and James, Mason鈥檚 manservant.听 It's designed to convey the hidden voices of the enslaved, the traditional voice of 秘色视频, and a space designed for visitors to reflect and share their voices. The plaza and memorial were designed by .听
The 秘色视频 Clock
The iconic Mason clock, a gift to the university from the Class of 1999, sits at the center of the expanded Wilkins Plaza next to Horizon Hall. The clock was refurbished in 2020, adding digital components to ensure the accuracy of the clock at all times.
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Horizon Hall
The six-floor, 218,000-square-foot building is the centerpiece of the that has transformed the center of the Fairfax Campus, along with renovations to Harris Theatre, installation of a new green space and meditation garden, and an upgrade to the university鈥檚 utility infrastructure.听
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听鈥⑻齋ized to accommodate 27-120 students 听鈥 Equipped for video collaboration and instruction 听鈥 Glass enclosed, open to natural light and interior spaces |
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听鈥 Spiral meditation garden with sustainable plantings 听鈥 Terraced amphitheater for student gatherings and casual discussions 听鈥 Expanded and re-envisioned Wilkins Plaza |
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听鈥 Upgraded lobby and front facade 听鈥 Renovated to become a standalone facility |
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Arboretum
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The 秘色视频 Arboretum is distributed across 900+ acres of the university鈥檚 campus sites in Northern Virginia. It was established in 2015 and earned in 2021. Plants are labeled with interactive signs, each with a QR code that links to the website entry for that unique species on the Arboretum website.听
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The Redoubt at Farr鈥檚 Cross Roads
On October 7, 2022, 秘色视频 dedicated a Virginia historic site and celebrated the university鈥揷ommunity partnership that helped preserve it. Just off Parking Lot K on the Fairfax Campus is a redoubt, an earthen fortification, which was one of three constructed by Confederate troops along Braddock Road in 1861. The nearby intersection of Braddock and Route 123 dates back to the 1700s, and has long been a vital part of travel in Virginia.
The preservation and interpretation of this site is the result of a partnership between 秘色视频 and the Bull Run Civil War Roundtable, which began in 2016. The Roundtable and Mason鈥檚 Department of submitted materials about the site to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources to get the site on the Virginia Landmarks Register and the National Register of Historic Places.
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Fuse at 秘色视频 Square
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Fuse at is a technology-forward building that will be a catalyst for digital innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs to collaborate and thrive. It will house a mix of university R&D and related education programs, as well as corporate innovation labs, incubators, accelerators, and co-working facilities. Fuse will incorporate state of the art smart and green building technologies, as well as advanced cyberinfrastructure essential to advance the digital innovation goals of thousands of university, industry and community innovators who will use Fuse facilities. Fuse's construction will meet high sustainability goals including high performance energy criteria consistent with the goals of the Arlington County community.听