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The world is facing serious challenges. Mason President Gregory Washington's conversations on these topics with thought leaders and experts will broaden perspectives, enlighten and educate.
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Dr. Michael Nickens, an associate professor of music in George Mason University’s Reva and Sid Dewberry Family School of Music, tells Mason President Gregory Washington how he transforms from his mild-mannered persona into Doc Nix, the flamboyant leader of the Green Machine, the nation’s No. 1 pep band. The band doesn't play mechanically, Nix says. There are times its members are “exploring the universe in that moment. Those are the moments that feel like we have really accomplished something.” Nix is pretty good on the tuba, too.
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