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Fairfax Campus
Research Hall, Suite 318
Phone: 703-993-2109
Web: ocpe.gmu.edu
Prince William Campus Professional Development Office
Prince William I, Room 301
Phone: 703-993-8335
Herndon Office and Training Center, located at the Center for Innovative Technology
2214 Rock Hill Road, Suite 400
Herndon, VA 22070
Phone: 703-993-4800
Arlington Campus
Founders Hall, Suite 734
Phone: 703-993-2109
Administration
Cynthia Huheey, Acting Executive Director
The Office of Continuing Professional Education (OCPE) serves as Mason’s initial point of contact and referral for the business and professional community, and responds to all professional development and continuing education inquiries, requests, and needs. Supported program activities include contracted academic credit programs, noncredit public programs and seminars, online courses, professional certificate programs, continuing education units (CEUs), on-site contract training programs, special professional development events and programs, special workforce development programs, and training center facilities.
The OCPE is strategically located at the Fairfax Campus in University Hall, the Prince William Campus, and the Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) in Herndon. Current continuing education program information, offerings, and capabilities can be reviewed at ocpe.gmu.edu.
The Research Hall office serves as the primary point of inquiry and referral. It facilitates, promotes, and administers the delivery of contract credit courses, ed2go online courses through Cengage Learning, and other specialized non-credit professional development programs, such as Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance, Leadership Communication, Positive Leader, and Information Technology programs through TechAdvance. This office also administers the award of CEUs, which are nationally recognized standard units of measurement earned for satisfactory completion of qualified programs of continuing education. OCPE provides this service to external organization and Mason academic groups that deliver noncredit professional development programs.
The Prince William Campus office facilitates a variety of open enrollment and contract programs (both noncredit and credit) such as Facility Management, Sustainability and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Programs are designed to meet the professional development needs of the business community of the Prince William area, as well as Northern Virginia local and state government communities.
The OCPE Herndon Office located in CIT in Northern Virginia’s high-technology corridor facilitates a variety of professional development programs targeted to the area’s business and federal government organizations. This office reaches out to the business community by designing, marketing, and delivering noncredit training courses and in-depth certificate programs such as Project Management, Enterprise Leadership, Human Resources, Contracting with the Federal Government, Internal Auditing, Business Analysis, Process management and Financial Planning. . Public seminars and customized, contract training programs respond to the needs and interests of managerial, technical, and professional employees in private, nonprofit, and public organizations located in Northern Virginia and the broader metropolitan area.
The Arlington Campus office facilitates OCPE’s business development for all OCPE professional development programs. Programs such as Leadership Coaching for Organizational Performance, Project Management, Facility Management, Human Resources, Internal Auditing, Business Analysis and TechAdvance Information Technology programs are offered in the classroom space at this location, providing easy access for students commuting from businesses and federal agencies in the metropolitan area.
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