Connect a 4th gen iPad via tether?

I ordered a 4th gen iPad today (for work, wifi only) and I already have a 1st gen iPad at home.
I use a late 2012 Mac-Mini at work and we do have wifi.  However, where I am in the building there is no wifi due to the building itself (old TV station).
I was wondering if it is possible to have the iPad connected directly to the mini and still be able to use internet features with no wifi.
Basically, tethering the iPad to the mini will the USB cable be able to use the mini's internet?  Is that possible?
Or I guess instead just use a Airport Express and use it that way in my office?
Thoughts? Thanks.

Diophantus wrote:
I only want to connect the new iPad since I would be at work.  Sorry if that was confusing.  The mini refers to a Mac-Mini not a iPad mini.
So can you connect a iPad with no internet due to no wifi signal to a Mac-Mini using the USB cable and use that to access the internet through the Mac-Mini?]
No.
However, you can use the Mac mini, connected to the internet via ethernet cable, and create a wifi network to share with the iPad. You are using the Mac mini to create a wifi hotspot.
See this -> OS X Mountain Lion: Share your Internet connection

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