Costello College of Business News
February 12, 2025The Patriot Pitch Competition returns to George Mason’s Fairfax Campus on Thursday, April 10, with the opportunity for all current George Mason students and recent alumni, who have innovative business ideas or early-stage business ventures, to successfully launch their own businesses.
February 3, 2025Meet Colleen Leavell, our Costello MS in Business Analytics Program Student Ambassador at the Costello College of Business at George Mason University. Colleen’s non-traditional path taught her to enjoy every second of her educational journey. Circumstances caused her to drop out in her junior year, but her dedication to learning brought her back to George Mason years later where she completed her undergraduate degree and is currently in the MS in Business Analytics Program. Always interested in Big Data, she’s excited to support fellow students in the Master's in Business Analytics Program, and happy to share her experiences.
January 28, 2025Meet Giorgia Sausa, our passionate Costello MS in Finance Student Ambassador from Italy, who is dedicated to global finance. With a background in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in economics and management, she chose George Mason University for its intensive one-year master’s program that prepares students for successful careers in finance.
January 28, 2025For John Davis, the welcoming staff and unwavering support, as well as the discussion-based class structure he found at the Donald G. Costello College of Business at George Mason University were the ideal conditions to succeed in the MBA program.
January 22, 2025The Costello College of Business at George Mason University is proud to announce its collaboration with the Deloitte Foundation through the Deloitte Foundation Accounting Scholars Program (DFASP). Starting fall 2025, this collaboration is expected to provide 10 full tuition scholarships to George Mason University students who intend to become CPAs after pursuing their master’s degree in accounting at the Costello College of Business.
January 21, 2025The Costello College of Business online MBA program jumped 19 spots with a new ranking of #55 nationally for Best Online MBA (#41 among public universities) from U.S. News & World Report. In addition, the Online MBA Program jumped 16 spots from last year for Best Program for Veterans, landing at #34 nationally (#30 among public universities). This new ranking places the Costello online MBA program #1 in Virginia for veterans.
January 15, 2025When business major Kyle Samuel went to George Mason University’s Fall 2023 Career Fair with a list of companies to speak with, he didn’t realize he would land an internship that would kickstart his career.
January 14, 2025In her off hours, Mariia Petryk, assistant professor of information systems and operations management, is using her data science expertise to help bring decentralized medicine to conflict zones—starting with her birth country, Ukraine.
January 13, 2025Meet Marianne Makhlouf, our Costello MS in Management Program Student Ambassador at the Costello College of Business. A Mason alumna and bilingual in English and Arabic, Marianne loves the culture and diversity at George Mason University.
January 10, 2025Meet Bo Galles, our Costello MS in Real Estate Development Student Ambassador, who brings his experience as a retail broker at KLNB, specializing in pad sites and new construction projects. He encourages aspiring candidates to join industry organizations like NAIOP and attend networking events to build valuable connections.
January 7, 2025One accounting standard to rule them all might be a less desirable state of affairs than the ‘managed divergence’ that currently exists between U.S.-GAAP and IFRS.
December 11, 2024Burned-out auditors are getting dangerously distracted by job postings that offer a glimpse of more appealing professional pathways.