Robert G. Smith, superintendent of Arlington (Va.) Public Schools (APS), will join the Mason faculty this fall as an associate professor of education in the College of Education and Human Development (CEHD).

The National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project led by George Mason University, College of Education and Human Development faculty, Kevin Clark and Kim Sheridan, is featured on the George Lucas Foundation's Edutopia website as part of the Digital Generations project.

When Christopher Johnston attends the Graduate School of Education's convocation next week, he'll be wearing 47-year-old regalia — the cap and gown his grandfather wore when he was getting an honorary doctorate as president of Concordia Teachers College (now Concordia University) in River Forest, Ill.