Sustainability groups work to reduce plastic waste in response to Executive Order 77
This year, sustainability groups across Grounds are working to eliminate the usage of single-use plastics, as mandated by Executive Order 77.
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This year, sustainability groups across Grounds are working to eliminate the usage of single-use plastics, as mandated by Executive Order 77.
For first-generation graduate students — those whose parents did not complete a four-year higher-education degree — higher-education spaces can bring struggles, including financial insecurity, pressure to graduate early and trouble navigating the job market. The First Generation Graduate Student Coalition, established last spring, aims to combat these challenges and is working as the first on-Grounds organization aimed at supporting these students at the University.
The Miller Center of Public Affairs hosted a webinar Thursday afternoon to discuss the continued impacts of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, American foreign policy and recent actions in Afghanistan.
With the University planning to resume in-person operations in the fall, the majority of students took their final exams virtually for the last time this semester. Professors and students shared concerns for cheating with online finals and are anticipating a return to in-person final exams.
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., and Shelley Capito. R-W.Va., weighed in on the importance of engaging in civil debate to strengthen democracy and to reach bipartisan cooperation within Congress during the Democracy Initiative’s second Democracy Dialogues event held via Zoom Thursday morning.
As more and more students receive vaccines through U.Va. Health, the Blue Ridge Health District and other sources, vaccinated students report that they are looking forward to seeing elderly relatives and family members along with having a reduced fear of contracting or spreading the virus.
The Honor Committee released a Statistical Transparency Reporting Portal in March with data on Honor reports and cases over the past eight semesters, from spring 2017 to fall 2020. The website allows the public to interactively view the process for cases reported to the committee and demographic statistics that, until now, were only viewable by Honor members.
In its second meeting of the 2021-2022 term Sunday night, the Honor committee passed an amendment which will require the Honor chair to publish by-law amendments within three weeks after the committee votes for the changes to go into effect. The committee also discussed redefining vice-chair positions.
The Office of Undergraduate Admission released regular decision offers for the Class of 2025 Thursday evening, accepting 20.6 percent of applicants. Out of the record-breaking 48,011 total applications submitted through early action, early decision and regular decision rounds this year, 9,898 students were offered admission through regular decision.
Graduate Batten student Mazzen Shalaby will end his one-year term as student member of the Board of Visitors on May 31. He will be succeeded by third-year College student Sarita Mehta, whose term will begin June 1. During his time on the Board, Shalaby has aided the University in its response to the COVID-19 crisis, pushed for diversity and equity initiatives and advocated for a tuition freeze.
In a joint statement released Thursday, the Asian Student Union, Asians Revolutionizing Together, Asian Leaders Council, Asian Pacific American Leadership Training Institute and Women’s Asian American Leadership Initiative responded to the murders of six Asian women by a white gunman Tuesday.
With about one in every six Charlottesville residents lacking access to affordable, nutritious meals, the student-run organization FoodAssist aims to address food insecurity by reallocating food that might otherwise be disposed of to community members in need — even throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
The University’s Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion hosted Eddie Glaude Jr. to discuss race in America through the words of poet James Baldwin Thursday afternoon via a Zoom webinar. The event was co-sponsored by the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies and 100 Black Men of Central Virginia and is part of an ongoing racial equity speaker series.
The Virginia General Assembly wrapped up its legislative session March 1, with some of the proposed bills and budget amendments allocating more money to public higher education institutions and expanding voting access. Student Council’s Legislative Affairs Committee lobbied for several of the initiatives that were passed. Governor Ralph Northam has until March 31 to propose new amendments, so the budget’s impact on tuition for the next two fiscal years is uncertain.
Since University operations transitioned online in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, students and community members alike have faced food insecurity, financial stress and mental health challenges. Resources like the Community Food Pantry, Counseling and Psychological Services, Maxine Platzer Lynn Women’s Center, U.Va. Mutual Aid, the Student Disability Access Center and Student Legal Services are just some of the resources available to individuals affiliated with the University for advice, funding and accommodations.
The Inter-Sorority Council and the Inter-Fraternity Council announced Jan. 26 that Greek chapters will be able to hold in-person gatherings as long as they follow University, city and state public health guidelines to curb the spread of COVID-19. Their announcement permits chapters to hold in-person recruitment events, which begin Friday — while the ISC will only allow chapters to have in-person meetings on bid day, IFC chapters are permitted to host in-person recruitment rounds before bid day.
The Miller Center contributed to the Division for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’s annual two-week community celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Tuesday with a virtual discussion entitled “Race Relations and Criminal Justice in the New Year.” Kevin Gaines, African American and African Studies professor, was joined by Paul Butler, Georgetown University law professor and legal analyst on MSNBC, to discuss the aftermath of the Capitol insurrection and criminal justice reform.
The official dedication ceremony for the Memorial to Enslaved Laborers will occur virtually Saturday at 11 a.m. — one year after the initially planned formal dedication date, which was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the community are also invited to participate in a moment of silence at noon Friday to commemorate the more than 4,000 enslaved and free laborers who built the University.
The University’s Miller Center of Public Affairs announced Thursday that it has begun an oral history project on former Sec. of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. The project will cover Clinton’s time as Secretary of State under the Obama administration.
Update: In a press conference held Dec. 10, Chief of Police Dr. RaShall Brackney said that the Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville Church's claims were not supported by evidence and cited the church's letter as an attack on CPD, calling on Rev. Dr. Linda Peebles and the church's board to resign. A follow-up news article is available here.