Amid a flurry of public backlash, the Board of Visitors’ special committee on governance and engagement released a revised version of its draft Statement of Expectations last Wednesday. State law requires the Board to produce on ethics policy.
President Teresa Sullivan recently wrote to the entire University community concerning several cuts in the Virginia appropriation for the University. The final state budget adds $8.2 million less than planned to the University’s budget.
Recent University alum Brendan Wynn, along with 75 other students, faculty and administrators, issued a letter Tuesday to Attorney General Mark Herring, encouraging the Commonwealth to extend same-sex partner benefits to public employees in Virginia. Virginia law currently does not permit state-provided health insurance benefits for same-sex domestic partners.
The Board of Visitors convened Friday to review committee reports and welcome new student member of the Board, Meg Gould.
Details regarding 2015 Final Exercises were announced in an email sent Friday to the Class of 2015 by Vice President and Chief Student Affairs Officer Patricia Lampkin.
The Board of Visitors announced Thursday the convening of a new subcommittee to strengthen and sustain the University’s commitment to affordable excellence, according to a University press release. The subcommittee, which falls under the Board’s finance committee, will weigh in on issues surrounding tuition, financial aid and the annual budget.
At its meeting this week, the Board of Visitors will consider the proposed budget for the 2014-15 fiscal year, which runs from July 1 to June 30, 2015. The nearly $2.8 billion dollar budget includes a $100 million, or 3.7 percent, increase from the current fiscal year.
Two University rectors, one former and one current, have taken to the Richmond Times Dispatch in a war of words over undergraduate tuition hikes at the University.
The University announced on May 13 Engineering School Dean James Aylor will step down and return to his general faculty position following the end of his second term in 2015.
The defining events of the 2013-14 year include widespread response to changes to AccessUVa, a seemingly endless search for new deans, the passage of the University’s Cornerstone plan and heightened administrative intervention in University fraternities’ new member education — or “pledging” — processes.
Engineering School Dean James Aylor will step down and return to a faculty position when his term ends in 2015, the University announced Tuesday.
The University announced Thursday it has selected Michigan Prof. Allan Stam, a former Army officer and national security and international relations policy expert, as the second dean of the Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy.
The University is one of 55 institutions on a list the U.S. Department of Education released on Thursday of schools currently under investigation for possible violations of Title IX, a federal law which outlines, among other things, requirements for universities when responding to complaints about sexual violence.
Sigma Nu’s national leadership announced Wednesday it will suspend the charter of the fraternity’s Beta Chapter at the University. The University terminated its Fraternal Organization Agreement with Sigma Nu April 17.
The University announced Wednesday the appointment of Duke Prof. Ian Baucom as the next dean of the College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences.
Ian Baucom has been selected to replace Meredith Woo as the Buckner W. Clay Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University announced Wednesday.
In an email sent to the student body Wednesday morning, President Teresa Sullivan announced that graduation for the Class of 2015 will take the form of two separate ceremonies held on the Lawn, a solution intended to address ongoing Rotunda construction which would restrict guest attendance.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe visited Politics Prof. Larry Sabato’s Introduction to American Politics class Tuesday afternoon, marking Sabato’s last introductory politics lecture after 35 years. McAuliffe is among a long line of prominent policymakers to speak in Sabato’s class, including numerous presidents, senators and governors.
A total of 18 individuals were arrested at the Foxfield races this year — down from 33 last year and 61 in 2012. Of the arrests, three were for cocaine use and one was for marijuana. The most serious offense was a charge for inciting a riot. Eight of the 18 people arrested were University students.
The Cavalier Marching Band was selected last week to perform in the 2015 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The decision was made official when Parade Creative Director Wesley Whatley arrived in Charlottesville last Tuesday and presented CMB Director William Pease with the Macy’s Day drum head — the customary way to give a band a bid to perform in the parade.
