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Robert Hardie and Rachel Sheridan, outgoing and incoming Rectors of the Board of Visitors, announced Monday that Jennifer Wagner Davis, executive vice president and chief operating officer, will serve as acting University President effective on the date when President Jim Ryan formally leaves his position and until an interim President is appointed.
Editor’s Note: The student responses below were collected via a Microsoft Form posted to The Cavalier Daily’s Instagram account Friday in the wake of University President Jim Ryan’s resignation. They have been edited for grammar, style and length. We have only included responses from current students. Some students requested to be anonymous, and in those cases, we have identified them by their school and year.
Picking classes every semester can feel like a lottery. But whether you are a first-year student looking to explore your options or a fourth-year wanting to take a fun elective, the good news is that the University offers a myriad of arts courses to take that are engaging and enlightening. No matter your major, arts classes can provide a creative outlet and introduce you to valuable new skills.
Hundreds of University and Charlottesville community members joined University President Jim Ryan outside Madison House Saturday morning to participate in a final Run With Jim. The Fourth-Year Trustees planned the event on a whim just a few hours after the announcement of Ryan’s resignation Friday morning with volunteer support from the younger councils.
University President Jim Ryan resigned June 27 under pressure from President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice, having been accused of misrepresenting his efforts to dismantle the University’s diversity, equity and inclusion programs. As students, we first learned of his resignation not from our own University, but from The New York Times. This failure of transparency by the University’s Board of Visitors is deeply troubling and reflective of the Trump Administration’s brazen campaign against higher education and academic freedom. This failure is compounded by a serious conflict of interest — the Board is largely appointed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, and the University Counsel is unable to take legal action due to control exerted over them by the Virginia Attorney General’s office. To yield in the face of federal pressure does more than betray the University’s core values — it encourages future attacks on academia.
The news sent shockwaves throughout the University and higher education nationwide.
The news of President Jim Ryan’s resignation has hit Grounds like a slap across the face, placing the spotlight on the University in ways not seen since the dark days of 2017, when hundreds of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville and enacted violence on our community. The irony is that many other University community members and I have had our own frustrations and critiques of Ryan’s leadership throughout his seven-year tenure at the University. His administration too often engaged in civility politics, evaded responsibility on difficult questions, put forth half-measures in moments of crisis and resorted to heavy-handed tactics against the safety and wishes of students and faculty.
University President Jim Ryan’s resignation means that the Board of Visitors are poised to select the next president of the University. A president selected by this Board — which has already demonstrated an unwavering commitment to the goals of the Trump administration — will be quick to capitulate to the demands of President Donald Trump. This prospect poses an existential threat to the intellectual life of our University. As a student, it worries me more than anything else, and it should worry you too.
Editor’s note: University President Jim Ryan resigned June 27 following pressure from the Department of Justice to leave his post or risk the University losing research funding. Following this event, The Cavalier Daily has received letters from University community members. This page was originally published June 28 and has been updated as more letters are received. The opinions expressed in these letters are not necessarily those of The Cavalier Daily. Letters represent the views of the authors alone.
Editor’s Note: The student responses described in this article were collected via a Microsoft Form posted to The Cavalier Daily’s Instagram account Friday. At the time of publication, the form had received 121 responses.
University students, staff and Charlottesville community members gathered on the Lawn Friday afternoon to demonstrate their support for University President Jim Ryan following the news of his resignation earlier that day. Hundreds of community members turned out with individuals chanting, giving speeches and waving signs to express their anger and fear at the federal government’s interference in higher education.
Celebrated every June, Pride Month is a time of celebration and authenticity, as well as a reflection on those who made progress for Queer people possible. Though the month will soon be over, it is never too late to celebrate the Queer community and all who are a part of it. A great way to do so is to engage with identities — and literature — that are often politicized and censored.
Throughout the last months, the Department of Justice has pressured University President Jim Ryan to step down, alleging that the University had violated a federal order to dismantle diversity, equity and inclusion programs. This was an unprecedented and invasive ultimatum — lose vital federal funding for the University, or resign. Yesterday, Ryan submitted his resignation to the Board of Visitors, putting an end to his tenure of seven years and choosing to put the longevity of the institution and the security of its students above his own job.
University President Jim Ryan announced his resignation to the University community Friday afternoon, following the Board of Visitors’ acceptance of his resignation Thursday. In his statement, sent via email to the entire community, Ryan said that choosing to remain in his position would threaten employees’ jobs, researchers’ funding and students’ financial aid and visa access.
June 14, about 5 million people gathered across the country to participate in the “No Kings” protest, showing their disapproval of the way President Donald Trump has shown authoritarian leanings in his second term. While demonstrators themselves remained peaceful, some of the protests became violent as people opposing the protests resorted to acts of violence. In Culpeper, Va., a man intentionally drove an SUV through a crowd of “No Kings” demonstrators, an act of political violence which is abominable in its disrespect for free speech, peaceful protest and basic human dignity.
A perennial NCAA powerhouse, Virginia field hockey routinely attracts players not only from all over the country, but also the world. Yet, despite representing a state school that pledges to maintain a two-thirds ratio of Virginians, the program’s in-state recruitment numbers have waned in the last few years — right now, there is just one Virginian on the team. But high school junior Brayden Johnston — the Cavaliers’ new recruit in the class of 2027 — just changed that.
Nine Virginia Senate Democrats filed a lawsuit against the rectors of three state universities Tuesday, including University Board Rector Robert Hardie. The lawsuit is the Democrats’ next step in the political standoff regarding the legitimacy of the Senate Privileges and Elections Committee’s vote to deny eight of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s appointees to university boards June 10.