ISIS back in business
After technical problems thwarted course registration on Monday and Tuesday, ITC and the ISIS software vendor reinstated registration last night.
ITC announced yesterday that they repaired the application error which caused the problem, and that a test group of students successfully logged on to ISIS.
Students now cleared to register today have been notified via e-mail of their new registration times.
Before 12:30 p.m. today, all students originally scheduled to register Monday will be allowed access to ISIS.
All course registrations already processed will remain valid, meaning students already enrolled in a class will not be forced to register again.
After today, remaining students will be allowed registration access in an order following the original registration priority. E-mails notifying students of their new registration date and time will be sent out beginning this afternoon.
All students will be cleared for registration before Dec. 4, although registration will not take place during the Thanksgiving Break.
ISIS will continue to be available from roughly 2:30 a.m. until about 9:30 at night from today until registration.
New name, bigger mission for aid foundation
The Virginia Student Aid Foundation (VSAF) announced Saturday that it changed its name to the Virginia Athletics Foundation.
The foundation also has expanded its mission, which now includes fundraising for the entire University's Department of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Since 1948, VSAF has provided all funding for Virginia student athlete grant-in-aid. The foundation will continue to fund these scholarships while working to broaden its fund-raising efforts.
Anchors away for New York homeless?
New York City officials flew to the Bahamas yesterday morning to investigate the possibility of converting old pleasure cruise ships into floating homeless shelters.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration came up with the idea, a potential response to the city's growing homelessness problem. Reports show that around 67,000 people resort to shelters every night in New York.
The "fact-finding mission," to consider the feasibility of floating the homeless on the Hudson or East river, was undertaken by heads of New York's Department of Homeless services. Spokesman Jim Anderson said they did not expect to come to a decision on the matter anytime soon.
-- Compiled by Nick Chapin
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