Ryan is the highest-earning employee at the University, and for the two-year period covering 2020 and 2021, the average base salary for University president was $750,000.
McAuliffe served as the 72nd Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 and is running for re-election.
During his time as a faculty member, Pianta became the founding director of the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia.
All students, faculty, staff, contractors and visitors who are unvaccinated are required to wear masks inside, except when in a private space, and all times outside.
As senior vice president of Syracuse University, Groves will oversee programs, services and personnel ranging from student health and career services to multicultural affairs and residence life.
The audit will evaluate the University’s mission of higher learning, discovery, innovation, student development, world-class patient care.
The statement approved by the Board “unequivocally affirms” the University’s commitment to free speech and inquiry, pledging that all views, beliefs and perspectives should be considered without interference.
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Hume was a Confederate soldier who served in the Virginia House of Delegates for two terms after the Civil War.
Many students and groups have campaigned for the removal of the Frank Hume Memorial Wall due to Hume’s Confederate background over the past year.
Announced in March 2020, the University’s affordable housing initiative promises to support the development of 1,000 to 1,500 housing units in Charlottesville and Albemarle County over the next 10 years.
There will be no changes to tuition and fees for the upcoming 2021-2022 school year for most undergraduates.
The student member of the Board of Visitors works to give students a better understanding of how the Board and the University’s administration works.
President Jim Ryan gave an overview of the priorities for 2020-2021 year, which include increased funding and changes to the University landscape based on recommendations from the Naming and Memorials Committee.
The pandemic has cost the University over $125 million in revenue, and the University has undergone an 8 percent budget cut in all central service units.
Because of the mask-wearing guidance in place for all in-person instruction — students and faculty are required to wear masks at all times— Rosner feels that classrooms are a relatively safe setting.
In the Friday town hall, President Ryan said that there is “no doubt” that recruitment contributed to the rise in cases and willful violations of public health guidelines — as did “innocent mistakes.”
According to President Ryan, the University Police Department and Ambassadors were enlisted to monitor activity at Greek houses, the Corner and on Grounds.
In accordance with BOV-019, the Board must provide students and the public with a projected range of the planned increase and an explanation for the need of the increase.
The Naming and Memorials Committee will serve as a reconfiguration of the University's Committee on Names.
Dean Roberts said that 42 percent of this year’s applicants opted to submit their application without the traditionally required test scores.
