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Nation’s top universities see mixed results in mental health services

By Kaelyn Quinn and Catherine Valentine | April 24, 2014

With a recent spike in highly-publicized collegiate tragedies attributed to mental illness, increased attention is being paid to deficiencies in psychological and counseling services universities offer. State incidents, including the campus massacre of 32 Virginia Tech students in 2007 and the number of suicides which occur every year, have increased pressure on Virginia schools to both meet and monitor the mental health of young adults.

Executive Vice President Patrick Hogan (above) said Wednesday that there are two bids being considered for the University’s dining services contract, but that Sodexo never submitted a bid.

Sodexo never submitted dining contract bid, Hogan says

By Catherine Valentine | April 3, 2014

Sodexo is not being considered as the University’s next dining services provider, Patrick Hogan, the University’s executive vice president and chief operating officer, announced last Friday to a small group of students and faculty members who are a part of the Living Wage campaign.

Student Financial Services is located in Carruthers Hall (above).

University leads students through loan process

By Catherine Valentine | March 27, 2014

With higher education costs trending ever upward, students are applying for grants, scholarships and student loans at higher rates than ever before to help pay for college. To help students with the financial aid process, the University offers counseling and step-by-step instructions on how to navigate the process of obtaining a loan.

Students gathered in the LGBTQ Resource Center (above) to reestablish QUAA.

Students re-establish Queer & Allied Activism

By Catherine Valentine | February 26, 2014

Queer & Allied Activism was re-established at the University Tuesday evening. More than 20 individuals — including two University staff members — convened in the University’s LGBTQ Center for the first meeting since the activist organization dissolved last spring.

Superintendent Pam Moran’s funding request passed by School Board 6-1

By Catherine Valentine | February 11, 2014

The Albemarle County School Board voted 6-1 last Tuesday to proceed with Superintendent Pam Moran’s $164.28 million funding request. Board members convened to determine if the budget request needed adjustments before sending the proposal to the Board of Supervisors for approval, ultimately deciding to pass Moran’s request in its initial form.

University Guide Service faces new administrative regulations

By Catherine Valentine | November 18, 2013

The University administration is requiring the University Guide Service to rewrite its constitution, reform its disciplinary system, and restructure its new member education program in light of the hospitalization of five students for alcohol poisoning during a new member event in early October.

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