American Civil Liberties Union attorney Ben Wizner — legal advisor to Edward Snowden — spoke at the Law School Wednesday.
A fraud examiner was recently commissioned by Saving Sweet Briar, Inc. to review the financial documents and data of Sweet Briar College.
Fourth-year College students Sidney Gafford and Tina Mensa-Kwao organized a symbol of solidarity for third-year College student Martese Johnson Thursday by having Lawn residents place tablecloths on every Lawn room door.
The Board of Visitors Finance Committee’s decision to approve a substantial tuition increase this week has been met with significant concerns about the Board’s lack of transparency throughout the decision-making process.
Amherst County Attorney Ellen Bowyer issued a warning Wednesday afternoon to Sweet Briar College President James Jones and the college’s Board of Directors regarding how the college’s leadership will handle the school’s endowment — valued approximately at $94 million — which will remain outstanding following the school’s scheduled close at the conclusion of this academic year.
Dominion announced Tuesday that it will begin accepting applications for over $1.5 million in educational program grants focusing on energy, the environment and conservation. Schools in areas served by Dominion — including Virginia, parts of Ohio and upstate New York — are eligible to apply for the grants.
The Green Dot Program held its launch event at the University’s Amphitheatre Thursday in an effort to familiarize the University community attendees with the program and to gather information on sexual assault bystander intervention. The program aims not only to train students to become better bystanders but also to encourage community engagement and mobilization against sexual assault and violence.
The initial hearing of third-year College student Martese Johnson took place Thursday morning at the Charlottesville General District Court regarding his arrest last Wednesday morning. Johnson was released on bond, and is scheduled to return to the court May 28.
The University Board of Visitors voted Wednesday to name Alderman Road Residence Hall Building 6 the Gibbons House in recognition of William Gibbons and his wife Isabella Gibbons, two slaves who worked in the Academical Village between 1840 and 1863.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asst. History Prof. Lerna Ekmekcioglu spoke to students and members of the University community Tuesday about the 1915 Armenian Genocide, commemorating the centennial of the event.
The Board of Visitors announced recent faculty salary equity adjustments and discussed the 2015 MLK Community Celebration event and the President’s Commission on Slavery and the University.
Governor Terry McAuliffe signed Executive Order 40 on Wednesday, taking steps to improve law enforcement in the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Student Council held a special session Wednesday evening on the resolution of the enforcement powers of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
Students United and University community members gathered outside of the Special Collections Library Tuesday to protest tuition hikes.
The Board of Visitors took action Tuesday on a 3.9 percent tuition increase for all students, with additional tuition fees for students incoming in the fall of 2015 and the fall of 2016. The proposal was held to an official vote and passed by the Board in a closed session on Wednesday.
University President Teresa Sullivan discussed the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed rating system for institutions of higher education with members of the Board of Visitors Educational Policy Committee during a meeting Tuesday.
The Black Student Alliance and the I.M.P. Society recently partnered to announce a social justice fellowship allowing students and organizations to use a grant to fund projects which will benefit the University’s and Charlottesville community.
The Board of Visitors’ Student Affairs and Athletics Committee met Tuesday afternoon and discussed the University’s Counseling and Psychological Services and new Athletics developments. Patricia Lampkin, the vice president and chief student affairs officer, said the administration is working to finalize an interim policy on sexual harassment and intimate partner violence, following the Rolling Stone article and its fallout last semester. "Student safety will remain a critical focus this spring," Lampkin said.
Lea Calvani, a child and adolescent advocate from the Shelter for Help in Emergency hosted a forum titled “The Confidence to Care” Monday evening.
Chief of the Chickahominy tribe of Virginia Stephen Adkins gave a talk called “Diversity Within the American Democracy” to students with the University’s Center for Politics’ Youth Ambassadors Program for South America.
