The study abroad programs of several elite colleges and universities, including Harvard and Yale, are currently being investigated for potentially improper practices that could result in universities seeking financial gain at the expense of students' budgets and educational opportunities.
As Interim College Dean Karen Ryan's yearlong term approaches an end this spring, a search committee is working to narrow the number of candidates for the permanent College dean position. Presently, the committee is reviewing potential candidates' qualifications to select a group of finalists for more formal interviews.
After being shut down in 2005, Beta Theta Pi fraternity is currently re-colonizing on Grounds with a renewed commitment to the traditional values of fraternity life and brotherhood.
The Faculty Senate addressed findings of the recent faculty survey, athletic programs and University security at yesterday's meeting. In his presentation of the faculty survey results, Senate Chair Ricardo Padron noted an increased dissatisfaction among the general faculty with their position at the University. The general faculty consists of those professors who are not yet tenured and therefore do not have access to the benefits available to tenured faculty.
The Darden School once again proved itself among the top business schools in the world, finding itself high in the Financial Times' Global MBA rankings.
Virginia's population has grown by more than half a million residents since 2000, according to a report released Monday by the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
Policy makers and health care workers will gather at the University Thursday and Friday for a symposium about the role of mental health in violence. The symposium, held annually, is hosted by the University's Institute of Law, Psychiatry and Public Policy and is organized by Clinical Psychiatric Medicine Prof.
Tyler Boles, co-chair of Student Council's Appropriations Committee, announced his resignation at last night's Council meeting, citing changes in the makeup of the Appropriations Committee as a reason for his decision. Council members expressed their surprise at Boles' sudden decision to resign. "Tyler's decision came completely out of the blue," Graduate College representative Tom Bryan said.
Finalists for the student position on the Board of Visitors are scheduled to appear before the Executive Committee of the Board next Wednesday before the representative is selected by Feb.
Student Council representatives will meet tonight to discuss changes proposed last week to amend the organization's constitution and bylaws.
Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va., spoke to several members of the media, including The Cavalier Daily, via conference call yesterday regarding his opinion about President Bush's State of the Union address last night and issues facing the nation and University students today. Webb's comments covered topics ranging from foreign affairs to the state of the local and national economies. "The first thing we can say in terms of foreign policy is we continue to have this discussion largely limited to performance of our military in Iraq," Webb said. According to Webb, government officials' foreign concerns should be broadened to examine the well-being of the entire Middle East region and its outlying areas.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia recently bestowed its most prestigious recognition upon two University faculty members.
Former University employee Raelyn Balfour, formerly charged with involuntary manslaughter for accidentally leaving her 9-month-old child in the back seat of her car, was acquitted of the crime last week. Balfour was on her way to work at the Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School at the University ?, March 30, 2007, when she forgot to take her son to his day-care center, according to her court testimony.
Several hours before President Bush addressed the nation yesterday, two University students found time to take a stroll through Mr. Jefferson?s Academical Village, an area restored by the late James Murray Howard.
The University community remembered historical architect James Murray Howard yesterday afternoon at a memorial service in the University Chapel.
A bill in the Virginia House of Delegates that could grant greater privacy to University donors has been tabled until next week following concerns about anonymous donations.
University alumni John and Amy Griffin recently gave $100,000 to the Architecture School to name part of the school's renovation landscape design after alumnus John Woltz, a landscaper and part-time University lecturer. According to Architecture School Dean Karen Van Lengen, the Griffins donated the money in commemoration of Woltz's contributions to landscaping and to the University community. "He has made enormous contributions to the school and is deeply admired by people outside the profession," Van Lengen said, adding that the Griffins know Woltz through the work he has done for them. The garden will be called the "The Woltz Bioretention Garden" and is part of a larger landscaping project, Van Lengen said, noting that the garden's design addresses issues dealing with erosion and storm water.
