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(09/19/13 3:49am)
Appointed by the Virginia Governor and charged with seeing to the effective and transparent governance of the University, the Board of Visitors consists of 19 members — former professors and faculty, business owners, working professionals and one non-voting student.
(09/16/13 4:18am)
The Honor Committee voted unanimously Sunday evening to consolidate its three officer pools of counselors, advisors and educators into one pool of support officers, who would be recruited and trained together.
(09/10/13 12:43am)
Student Council’s Appropriations Committee allocated its semi-annual funding for the fall semester on Monday night, the first of two processes through which the University’s Contracted Independent Organizations can gain access to funds for the upcoming semester.
All CIOs not currently in debt are eligible to apply for funds – in this case, hundreds of active CIOs. Requests came in for a total of $868,127.18, far exceeding Council’s $550,000 annual budget and their expected allotment of $175,000 for fall’s semi-annual allocations – all of which comes from student activities fees.
Though the numbers are still being finalized, funding is typically awarded in a manner similar to progressive tax-structure – with the first bracket of the request being fully awarded and the upper brackets awarded on a decreasing percentage scale, said Neil Branch, fourth-year College student and Vice President for Organizations.
In addition to the semi-annual requests which involve requests for entire semesters, CIOs can also request funding during one of four rolling rounds.
“Clubs can only participate in one funding type or the other, and then we have another round of [semi-annual funding and rolling rounds] in the spring,” Branch said. Semi-annual rounds tend to draw organizations with higher membership and larger budgets, he said.
“Each round has its own application and hearing process,” said fourth-year College student Ashish Makadia, co-chair of the appropriations committee. “This allows us to clarify ambiguities, give feedback to the CIO, and ask questions regarding line-items on their budgets.”
Many CIOs know well ahead of time they will not receive the entirety of their request. “In past years we’ve gotten at most a quarter to a third of what we have asked for,” said fourth-year Commerce student Sarah Zillioux, president of the Rowing Team. The Rowing Team made its biggest request ever this year, she said – coming in at $54,222, second only to the Sailing Association, who requested more than $60,000.
Athletic clubs took a large portion of funding, comprising eight of the top ten recipients.
Currently, Virginia Polo is set to be the largest recipient of funding, getting $8,715, over $2,000 more than the second-place Virginia Rowing Association. Last year, Polo received almost $13,000 for the entire year.
Some clubs were awarded less than $100 for the semester, such as the Federalist Society and the Black Business Student Forum, which both received less than 10% of their original request. CIOs that wish to receive more funding than their initial allotment can appeal to the committee.
The Climbing Team, which was the most funded CIO during the 2012-2013 academic term, had even more drastic cuts, with about a quarter of the funding for this semester that they received for the entirety of last year. They obtained over $26,000 less than they requested.
To combat applications which make unnecessarily large funding requests in hopes of receiving a larger percentage closer to the CIO’s actual needs, the appropriations committee does attempt to analyze the specifics of each request and gauge how much of the request is truly necessary – though Branch said this is an imperfect system in some respects. “We don’t know everything about crew, or sailing, but part of [these requests] is just the Honor system,” he said.
CIOs are also required to file purchase requests in October and December to verify the amount allocated to them has been used for the items reported during their initial hearings.
(09/02/13 11:09pm)
During its first general body meeting of the semester, the University Judiciary Committee discussed reducing the size of the First-Year Judiciary Committee and making accompanying changes to the organization’s training methods.
(08/29/13 3:26am)
A proposed change to the Honor Committee’s bylaws could overhaul the way new members are recruited and trained. Previously, honor recruits have been divided into three separate pools: counselors, advisors and educators. The proposed change would group all recruits into a single pool.
(08/27/13 1:52am)
Spouses of University employees may lose access to the University’s health care plan next year. Those whose employers provide health care plans which meet the minimum requirements of the Affordable Care Act will be removed from University family insurance plans starting in January.
(04/23/13 12:36am)
The University Honor Committee attempted to host representatives from the Hispanic community in a Hispanic Town Hall forum Monday, but only one student came out for the event.
(04/15/13 10:58pm)
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe announced Friday he raised more than $5 million in the first quarter of the year. Republican candidate Ken Cuccinelli, current Virginia attorney general, announced Monday evening he raised $2.4 million in the same time period.
(04/11/13 1:08am)
During the University’s annual Thomas Jefferson Lecture Wednesday afternoon, participants suggested the University’s founder would have likely disapproved of women and racial minorities studying at the University.
(04/08/13 11:36pm)
In celebration of the University’s humanities scholars and programs, the Institute of Humanities and Global Cultures began the second-annual Humanities Week Monday. Created by the institute’s director English Prof. Michael Levenson after he delivered a TEDTalk last year, Humanities Week is part of an effort to revitalize interest in the humanities in an era of heightened focus on more profitable fields in the sciences and technology.
(04/04/13 2:22am)
University students and faculty members gathered Wednesday evening to discuss the University’s approach to integrating students into a global society in a talk entitled “What We Don’t Talk about When We Talk about the Global U.Va.”
(03/28/13 12:18am)
The Graduate School of Arts & Sciences held its 13th annual Robert J. Huskey Research Exhibition yesterday in Newcomb Hall to publicize student research and reward exceptional projects. The Exhibition was part of Grad Days, a two-week celebration of graduate and professional student life and academic achievement.
(03/25/13 8:34pm)
In an effort to spark student conversation about the future of the University, the student representatives from the seven working groups of the University’s Strategic Planning Steering Committee officially formed Imagine UVA Tuesday.
(03/21/13 1:40am)
The Charlottesville Fire Department responded to a car fire in the Health System South Parking Garage Wednesday morning.
(03/06/13 5:13pm)
For the third time this academic year the University has canceled classes with Charlottesville receiving more than 15 inches of snow Wednesday. When the announcement appeared on the University website at 6 a.m. many students breathed a collective sigh of relief, as midterms were postponed and deadlines were pushed back.
(03/05/13 5:34am)
An email exchange obtained by the Washington Post between University President Teresa Sullivan and Rector Helen Dragas concerning goals for the academic year reveal a continuing divide between the University’s leading officials.
(02/28/13 5:03am)
Provost John Simon approved proposed tuition increases for doctoral candidates in the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences. The new rates will go into effect in the fall semester, pending approval by the Board of Visitors during their meeting in April.
(02/26/13 4:10am)
During Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s class Monday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling discussed his possible run for governor as an independent and the lack of bipartisan cooperation in both Richmond and Washington.
(02/19/13 4:48am)
Jonathan Stevens formally announced Tuesday he will run for Charlottesville commissioner of revenue in the November election.
(02/14/13 4:03am)
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell announced in a press release Tuesday that the University, along with other Virginia colleges and industries, will be part of a new collaborative logistics program aimed to improve business and industry through joint research projects and resource sharing.