When a small café known for its healthy food opens a bar, a gritty pool hall goes upscale to become a gourmet hamburger joint and an independent record store may make way for a national pharmacy, it is just another year on the Corner.
The University's Board of Visitors recently approved an operating budget of $2.2 billion for the 2008-09 fiscal year, a 5.4-percent increase from last year's budget. The operational budget includes three components: the academic division, the University Medical Center and the College at Wise.
After nearly 25 years as the University of Virginia's head gatekeeper, John Blackburn, dean of undergraduate admissions, will retire at the end of the 2008-09 academic year. Yet, when he was a student attending Western Maryland College, Blackburn never thought he would spend nearly his entire working life in an undergraduate environment. "When I was in college, I didn't even think of jobs in college [aside from faculty positions] as real work," Blackburn said.
Two male University students were victims of assault during a home invasion Wednesday, June 25 at about 3:30 a.m. Charlottesville Police Sgt.
As about 3,000 admitted students prepare to swarm the University for Days on the Lawn, the University is reflecting on the impact of eliminating early decision admissions. Associate Dean of Admissions Gregory Roberts said the elimination of early decision admissions significantly changed the admissions process compared to last year, when of 6,273 admissions offers given, 965 -- or about one-third -- were awarded to early decision applicants. Roberts said the University offered admission to 6,600 students of the 18,579 who applied this year and placed 3,242 applicants on the waiting list.
Following a year of search committee meetings, on-Grounds candidate interviews and administrative decision-making, the University named four new deans in the past several months, filling vacancies in the Office of the Dean of Students, the College of Arts & Sciences, the Medical School and the Nursing School.
Current undergraduate admissions numbers indicate that the University is achieving its goal of attracting more low-income students.
After serving as interim dean of students for nine months, Allen Groves, a 1990 graduate of the Law School, was named permanent dean of students May 7.
As the University's spring semester comes to a close, Student Council reports it has accomplished many of its goals for the past year, while it also plans to continue its work into the summer months. Student Council President Matt Schrimper said one of his main goals for this semester was to reach out to as many students as possible in the recruitment process for Student Council committees. "Our greatest success is we had a record number of applications for Student Council -- we broke all records in recent memory." Schrimper said.
Throughout the academic year, both the Honor Committee and the University Judiciary Committee have worked to improve the ways in which they serve the University community.
After serving as interim dean of students for the past nine months, Allen Groves was named the permanent dean of students Wednesday. The University selected Groves based on the recommendations of a search committee of administrators, faculty members and students who have been working throughout the past year to fill the position.
Meredith Woo, associate dean for social sciences in the College of Literature, Science and the Arts at the University of Michigan, was named the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences during a small ceremony at Carr's Hill yesterday afternoon. Woo will take office at the University June 1, President John T.
Having recently approved a budget that will take effect July 1, Charlottesville City Council will now begin discussions, which will continue through the summer, on other financial issues facing the city. Affordable housing is one issue Council hopes to address this summer, Charlottesville Mayor Dave Norris said.
The Board of Visitors recently approved an undergraduate in-state tuition increase of 9.9 percent and a 6.6-percent increase for out-of-state students for the 2008-09 school year in order to compensate for state budget cuts and support the funding needs of AccessUVa, according to Melody Bianchetto, assistant vice president for budget and financial planning. A Virginia resident will now pay $7,498 for tuition, which includes educational and general fees, but excludes student activity and auxiliary fees.
In an effort to improve higher education opportunities throughout the world, the University will invite more than 30 university presidents and vice chancellors from across the world to Charlottesville this fall as a part of the 2008 Charlottesville Consultation.
In an effort to jump-start the University's future, the Board of Visitors may soon elect to reach a little deeper into the pockets of the institution's endowment next year. "There was a very lively conversation about the pros and cons of whether we should increase the conservative endowment spending or not," University spokesperson Carol Wood said about the Board's April meeting.
