Topics included a planned curriculum overhaul, new guidelines on student athlete time demands, the creation of two new professorships and the promotion of the University’s African and African-American Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality programs to departmental status.
The University’s Native American Student Union issued a statement of solidarity last Saturday with the Standing Rock Sioux in their legal battle and demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Some businesses have noticed a high rate of recurring students that continuously use the meal plan as their source for food.
With only about three percent of the state’s total votes coming from the area in 2012, “Trump is not going to necessarily lose Virginia because he doesn't have an office in the [Charlottesville] area,” Skelley said.
Eramo’s suit is set to go to trial Oct. 17.
John Glier, the President and CEO of philanthropic management consulting company Grenzebach Glier and Associates, presented to the committee on how to attract and sustain donors through campaigns.
These new late hours are attractive for students who are on Grounds later in the day either to study or attend later classes or discussion sections.
University architect Alice Raucher said the most dramatic change to the Rotunda is the renewed use of the building itself.
Historically, University protests and the reasoning behind policies limiting demonstrations have been significant areas of reflection and analysis.
Senator Tim Kaine’s (D-Va.) seat may be vacant if Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton is elected in November.
On Wednesday, Sept. 14, an Ad Hoc committee of the Board of Visitors met to discuss the Strategic Investment Fund.
Students who plan to stay in Charlottesville during the October reading days will have an opportunity to both help and explore the community through Alternative Fall Break.
On Sept. 12, the University Democrats announced its official endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president of the United States in the upcoming November election.
The Black Student Alliance presented a program for Kent-Dabney after racial slurs were written on doors in the dorm.
At Student Council’s weekly Tuesday night meeting, members discussed community concerns, including the Ambassadors program and the Board of Visitors’ negative response to requests for student involvement in the Strategic Investment Fund.
The University’s Not on Our Grounds initiative hosted the #HoosGotYourBack campaign on the lawn in an effort to to raise awareness about being an active bystander and to prevent sexual violence on Grounds.
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton hosted a “Back to School” Call with student volunteers across the country last Friday.
The University of Virginia was named the No. 2 public university in the country — up one spot from last year — in the U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 college rankings.
Welcome Week events are designed to help introduce new students to Grounds and welcome back returning students.
“The hard work that we do together now, today and tomorrow will become in later years the history of U.Va.’s third century,” Sullivan said.
