The Minority Rights Coalition announced Tuesday United For Undergraduate Socioeconomic Diversity will have a representative at MRC meetings beginning March 18.
In the upcoming weeks, University second, third and fourth years will elect the presidents and vice presidents for their respective Class Councils. The presidents and vice presidents will then be responsible for selecting the rest of the members of the Council.
Local author and attorney Mike Signer announced his candidacy for a Charlottesville City Council seat Wednesday.
The Charlottesville City Council approved on Tuesday two resolutions addressing homelessness in the city, both proposing to allocate money towards helping the homeless population. City funds were pledged to two different programs: $150,000 to Virginia Supportive Housing and $105,000 toward the Spring for Housing program.
In an effort to improve current safety procedures, the University is requiring fraternities to sign the new Fraternal Organization Agreement (FOA) addendum by Jan. 16 or face suspension. The addendum comes out of intense scrutiny of the University Greek system following a gang rape accusation -- and later retraction -- by Rolling Stone against the University Phi Kappa Psi chapter.
The release of Rolling Stone’s article “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA,” published Nov.
Thanks to a donation from Blue Ridge Capital President and Board of Visitors member John Griffin, a 1985 Commerce School graduate, 107 members of the Class of 2018 became recipients of the Blue Ridge Scholarship, a full scholarship for high-achieving, low-income students.
Recently, the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs created a handful of focus groups to gauge students’ knowledge of the University’s sexual misconduct policy. The groups were part of the University’s broader efforts to combat sexual misconduct.
A section of the newly built fence enclosing the railroad tracks between 15th street and a private parking lot on the Corner has gone missing.
With the 2016 presidential election just two years away, a newly formed student committee is leading an effort to bring a presidential debate to the University.
