Republican leaders in the Virginia General Assembly announced plans last week to bar illegal immigrants from enrolling in the Commonwealth's public universities. State Sen.
The Darden School recently made it its business to increase the number of female students in the school.
The Jefferson Scholars Foundation is seeking approval for a $21 million loan to fund the construction of its new headquarters. Although the Jefferson Scholars Foundation applied for and received an $18 million loan in June of this year, it recently announced its intention to apply for an additional amount of up to $3 million, making the loan total $21 million.
The University has something administrators at other colleges want. Following the departure of three high-profile leaders to other institutions in the past year, it appears as though faculty members holding University administrative positions are ripe for the picking in today's higher education job market.
A new Student Council ad-hoc committee that will address ways to create financial aid for international students was approved at last night's meeting.
Users of the Charlottesville Transit System may see the program expand into a new partnership in upcoming years, but it remains uncertain if the University Transit System will take part in the effort. According to Dennis Rooker, Albemarle Board of Visitors member, Albemarle and City of Charlottesville transit authorities are considering a regional transit organization that would put the two groups into partnership. "Right now the Charlottesville system is operated just by the city, and Albemarle County is just a customer," Rooker said.
Two prized ancient Greek sculptures currently on display at the University of Virginia Art Museum are at the center of an international art scandal.
With the baby boomer generation aging and beginning to retire, the University Medical Center is initiating a scholarship program to help combat a nationwide problem: nurse shortages. The scholarship program is a product of the University's Health Task Force, an umbrella organization for several sub-task forces composed of nurses and representatives in the University Medical Center human resources department seeking solutions for the rapidly declining numbers of nurses, according to Medical Center Administrator Jeff Chitester. Nursing Asst.
Along with the students in the University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, Lynda Phillips-Madson is looking for new career challenges as she steps into the role of interim dean of the SCPS.
Days after Virginia's Republican senator John Warner announced that he will not seek re-election in 2008, politicians reflected on Warner's unique contribution to national politics and are already speculating as to who will fill the vacant seat next term.
The University Judiciary Committee discussed making significant improvements to support officer training, increasing awareness and ways to move forward in their first meeting of the semester yesterday. "I'm excited about moving the committee forward ... so we can continue to do what we do on a daily basis more efficiently," Vice Chair for Sanctions Dean de la Peña said. There are still a large number of cases pending from last spring that UJC plans to work on in the first few weeks of the semester.
Students and faculty studying the languages of East Asian nations now have a department to call their own. The Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures opened its doors this semester after splitting from the former Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, department Chair Anne Kinney said. "The reasons for the split were both because of practicality and to really have a more focused mission," Kinney said.
Members of Student Council's executive committee met in late August to discuss how to address various concerns stemming from the performance of Vice President for Organizations Catherine Tobin, according to Victoria Ingenito, director of University relations for Council.
At its first meeting of the semester, the Honor Committee discussed its work during the summer and its plans to better involve first-years and faculty in the upcoming year. One such initiative, a dorm talks program, began yesterday and aims at facilitating conversations about Honor among new students.
Students planning to take the Graduate Record Examinations in November will be faced with two new additional question types, one math and one verbal; however, there is no need for them to panic.
Charlottesville has seen a significant increase in the size of its work force, largely due to the University's presence, according to the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Television viewers can expect to see more alcohol safety commercials while channel surfing after the Virginia Attorney General's Office launched a new ad campaign this week designed to better educate Virginia citizens about the dangers of drinking and driving. The ad campaign is the next phase of Checkpoint Strikeforce, a six-month statewide effort initiated in July to crack down on drunk drivers through education and increased enforcement, according to David Clementson, deputy director of communications in the Virginia Attorney General's Office. "Intense programs like Checkpoint Strikeforce are aimed at bringing the rising figure of DUI arrests and convictions down as much as possible," Clementson said. With Virginia DUI arrests reaching almost 30,000 a year, the state attorney general's office and the Albemarle Police Department are looking at various ways to address the issue.
