As most students know, the first month of school is filled with constant adjustments and non-stop activity.
The Native American Student Union (NASU) and Astronomy professor Ed Murphy came together this past Wednesday to put on the first Native American Stories of Night Sky at the McCormick Observatory.
First-year College students Ben Walters and Eve Immonen, members of the executive board of the University’s Native American Student Union chapter, helped organize the first ever Native American powwow on Grounds.
Helping Advocate Rights Through Stories organized Empowerment Through Fashion this past week — a showcase in recognition of National Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Relay For Life garnered the participation of over 1,800 student volunteers Friday night through its partnership with Madison House.
The 2015 Tom Tom Founders Festival will take place April 13-19 in Downtown Charlottesville.
Fight the Stigma — a mental health awareness week organized by Second Year Council — took place from April 6th to April 10th and aimed to rework preconceived notions surrounding mental health at the University.
When we think of our worst fears as college students, pop quizzes and 8 a.m. classes are most likely to come to mind immediately — not rejection.
Pride Week kicked off with the Queer Student Union’s Drag Bingo Saturday night and events will be held throughout this week.
Students in COMM 4693 — “The Business of Saving Nature” — traveled to Costa Rica to explore sustainable business practices.
The decision to deviate from the common path is hard, especially for teenagers just out of high school.
Most students imagine their spring break to be exactly that — a break. Select students, however, dedicated their week to one of 29 service trips organized by the University’s Alternative Spring Break program.
In her short time here at the University, first-year College student Attiya Latif has immersed herself in clubs and organizations related to promotion of diversity, tolerance and acceptance of students of various backgrounds.
Last February, after receiving an email from his brother with the simple message, “so good” and the song “I Wanna Get Better” by the Bleachers attached, fourth-year Commerce student Collin Waldoch had an idea.
Not many students can say they took gap years to travel the country on behalf of the Invisible Children, biked halfway across Canada, and participated as a student delegate in the United Nations Lima Climate Change Conference.
It was fitting that my trip to the dog park coincided perfectly with the end of my first semester at college.
Feminism is for Everyone, commonly known as FIFE, is a CIO which advocates for gender equality on Grounds. The CIO holds weekly discussion-based meetings, as well as frequent collaborative meetings with other organizations.
Throughout first semester, first-year Engineering student Erin Murphy has balanced adjusting to a new social environment and the challenges of higher level classes with daily practices for regional, national and global Irish dancing competitions. Murphy, who was influenced by her dad’s side of the family, began Irish dancing at the age of five and has continued for 13 years. “My dad’s side of the family is really Irish, so when my dad was a kid, all my aunts Irish danced,” Murphy said.
Saturday marked the beginning of International Education Week, a nationwide initiative begun by the US Department of State and the US Department of Education in 2000.
The University chapter of Oxfam America hosted its first annual hunger banquet Wednesday to increase awareness of global hunger and poverty.
