Gov. Bob McDonnell is scheduled to fulfill his election promise that he will restore voting rights to more rehabilitated felons than any past executive in the state’s history. McDonnell has granted about 3,800 restorations of rights to felons since announcing his goal in 2010, according to a spokesperson.
The University recently announced Billy Cannaday, dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, will take on new duties in the newly-created position of vice provost for academic outreach while continuing his duties as dean. In his new post, Cannaday will be in charge of developing collaborative strategies to better serve students who take classes off Grounds. Cannaday will work with deans, faculty and alumni to “create a strategy for fulfilling the University’s academic outreach mission as a public university,” according to a University press statement released last week.
A single sheet of white, standard-sized paper with unadorned and purposeful type seemed out of place hanging on a door in the University’s centerpiece property.
The Trump Organization, owned and operated by celebrity CEO Donald Trump, purchased Albemarle Mansion last week. The mansion in the Albemarle countryside belonged to entrepreneur and TV mogul John Kluge, who was worth $6.5 billion in March 2010.
The University Monday launched its annual drive to raise money for the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign, a collective effort of Virginia public employees that aims to raise money for more than 1,300 charities worldwide. Last year University faculty raised $982,143, a record for the campaign.
University President Teresa Sullivan was among eight people nominated to the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Board of Directors last week.
While the number of applications to graduate schools in the United States continues to rise, first-time enrollments are dropping, according to a study the Council of Graduate Schools released last week. U.S.
Forty percent of University students would report an Honor offense if they witnessed an act of lying, cheating, or stealing according to an Honor Committee survey released Sunday evening. The survey was conducted via email through the Institutional Assessment and Studies office, a group that facilitates similar polls.
A group of Virginia residents and bipartisan legislators, dissatisfied with the attempted ouster of University President Teresa Sullivan this summer, are addressing what they feel is a lack of transparency among the Board of Visitors.
Growing liberal tendencies in Virginia mean the state may no longer be a toss-up in the upcoming presidential and senate elections, according to predictions in Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato’s most recent Crystal Ball report. “It’s a polarized era,” Center for Politics spokesperson Kyle Kondik said.
More than 100 University faculty, staff and students convened in front of the Rotunda Friday evening demanding increased transparency from the Board of Visitors, despite rainy weather and the ongoing Rotunda construction. The event, organized by the Progressive Action Network, a University advocacy group, called upon the Board to atone for the forced resignation of University President Teresa Sullivan and the subsequent 17 days of turmoil that affected the University community this summer. “The main objective of the rally is to keep the pressure on the B.O.V.
The University will lose its first and only Vice Provost for the Arts in January. Elizabeth Hutton Turner announced last week she will step down from her position as vice provost at the end of her five-year term.
Attorneys representing former University lacrosse player George Huguely are appealing his murder conviction, according to a notice filed Tuesday with the Charlottesville Circuit Court.
Students elected first-year College student Andrew Kwon to serve as First Year Council president, the University Board of Elections announced Wednesday evening.
Hiring rates at U.S. higher-education institutions have decreased in response to the economic downturn, according to a report released Tuesday by the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the U.S.
Politically active University students continue to spearhead efforts to gear up for what will most likely be a close presidential election this November.
The University announced this week that the College Arts Scholars program has received a $2 million donation from University alumnus Sandy Miller intended to advance the University’s art disciplines.
The University may soon see an increase in entrepreneurship on Grounds should Student Council formally approve a new committee that aims to foster networking and collaboration among innovators.
Football players on average graduate at lower rates than non-student-athletes despite opposing claims by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. According to the latest Adjusted Graduation Gap (AGG) report released Tuesday by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, football players graduate at a rate 22 percent lower on average than full-time male students in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
At a University that prides itself on student self-governance, Tuesday’s panel featuring several leaders in the University and Charlottesville community offered students advice for how to best utilize the opportunity they have to self-govern.
