University staff members who are classified, salaried employees will see a four percent increase in their December paychecks, thanks to a state-approved salary increase. According to Rod Kelly, director of the office of compensation management, the change will go into effect Nov.
Two male University students were robbed at gunpoint over the weekend in yet another crime with a student victim near Grounds. The students were walking home from the Corner at 4 a.m.
The Honor Committee has recently hired Lauren McChesney, a graduate student in the Curry School, as an intern, according to Chair Alison Tramba. McChesney will take over some of the administrative responsibilities previously held by the Special Assistant to the Honor Committee, Tramba announced at a recent meeting. Nicole Eramo previously held the position, which consists of both administrative and advising duties relating to Honor, and has since become an assistant dean in the Office of the Dean of Students. Eramo is still attending the meetings of the Executive Committee, Tramba said.
Fourth-year Engineering student Emily Ewell created her own course this fall as a response to her desire to be able to take classes with many of the University's most renowned faculty members within the often rigid confines of her major program.
In order to help promote diversity and to assist in the restructuring of human resources management at the University, Susan Carkeek, currently vice president of human resources at the University of New Mexico, was recently appointed the new chief human resources officer. Gertrude Fraser, vice provost and chair of the search committee for Carkeek's position, said the committee chose Carkeek because "she had many decades' experiences in human resources at large, complex research institutions similar to U.Va." Fraser explained that Carkeek had the skills necessary for the job as the University achieves more autonomy. "Because we are, as a university, going to be undergoing a lot of human resources changes as we change our relationships with the state, we wanted someone who really understood the change [needed] at a high level [of] management," Fraser said. According to Fraser, Carkeek increased diversity in the employment of personnel through her work at the University of New Mexico. "She developed human resource tools to encourage community members to apply for positions at the UNM so that she really reached to Latinos and Native Americans," Fraser said.
The Haitian Studies Association (HSA) is holding its 18th annual conference on Grounds. The conference began Oct.
An autopsy revealed William T. Ashby, the Georgia man who was suspected of killing graduate Education student Elizabeth "Lizzy" Hafter, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Social norms campaigns are ineffective in influencing college students' drinking behavior, according to a recent Penn State University study. The study, conducted by Ann Major, director of the Jimirro Center for Media Studies, graduate student Lindsey Polonec and L.
Several student organizations held a forum last night to discuss H.R. 4437, also known as the Immigration Reform Act, a bill that would amend current immigration laws to establish stricter border control and increased penalties for undocumented immigrants. The bill was passed in the U.S.
Del. Robert Marshall, R-Manassas, and Evan Wolfson, founder and executive director of Freedom to Marry, debated the issue of same-sex marriages, and more specifically the Marshall-Newman Amendment concerning same-sex marriage co-sponsored by Marshall, at the University Law School yesterday.
Retired United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor spoke Sept. 30 in the University's Special Collections Library as part of the Capital Campaign kickoff weekend.
Nicole Hurd, director of the Center for Undergraduate Excellence, will become the first director of higher-education initiatives at the National College Access Network Monday. While still maintaining ties with current students applying for fellowships and remaining part-time director of College Guides at the University, Hurd will concentrate on the nationalization of the College Guides program. The program was initiated in the fall of 2005 with 14 University students to help high school students with their college applications and in the financial aid process. "Everyone should have the ability to go to college and have access to necessary information," Hurd said. Many state schools, including the University, had increases in applications from the schools that were sent College Guides.
Students at the University Law School had the privilege of hearing the presentation of oral arguments to the U.S.
Throughout the month of October, University students, faculty and staff can ride the Charlottesville Transit Service (CTS) buses for free by presenting a valid University photo ID. "Normally, to ride any route except the trolley, a student has to get a transfer or pay a fare, but in the month of October they can ride for free," said Rebecca White, director of the University's Department of Parking and Transportation. The University's Department of Parking and Transportation will fund this promotion and will try it again in April, White said. They will keep track of how many University students, faculty and staff members use the service and then analyze the data to decide whether or not to make this permanent, she added. The University Transit Service (UTS) currently has five routes, and CTS has 14, so this promotion will greatly increase the area to which members of the University community will have access, White said. This promotion will also give CTS an idea of what would be a reasonable payment from the University if it were to become a free service for students, faculty and staff, CTS Transit Manager Bill Watterson said. CTS put on this promotion last October and April, and it was very successful, Watterson said.
Student Health reports three new probable cases of mumps; total rises to 8 infections since first case Three more University students reported symptoms likely to be the mumps to Student Health between Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. These new cases make a total of eight possible cases of mumps reported by the student body, Dr. James Tuner, director of Student Health, said. As of this morning, only five of the student-reported cases have been deemed probable cases, epidemiologist Lillian Peak said. The new cases will be investigated to see if they are likely cases of mumps, Peak said. In order to be classified as a probable case of mumps, a patient must exhibit swollen and sore salivary glands for two days, Peak said. There are 12 total cases in Charlottesville and the surrounding five counties and five of those are from students, Peak said. None of the probable cases can be linked to one another, Peak said. "We couldn't trace any of these cases back to a confirmed or probable case," Peak said. -- compiled by Andy Mullan
University President John T. Casteen, III and his wife, Betsy Foote Casteen, have given a $500,000 gift to endow scholarships for the children of University employees, Capital Campaign Chairman Gordon Rainey announced Saturday at the Campaign's gala. The gift, implementation of which was given to the Board of Visitors, will be added to other contributions to create an endowment to be used in the future, Casteen said. The gift will be used to attract faculty members to the University who might be dealing with college costs for their children or buying a home, Casteen said. "I'm trying to hire faculty that have established reputations but are in their middle years ... [when] the issue of not having this kind of support regularly turns up," he said.
Men's Fitness magazine has ranked the University of Virginia 11th on its list of the top-25 fittest college campuses in America in its second annual survey. Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pa.
The University lost a model student and a selfless, compassionate friend when graduate Education student Elizabeth "Lizzy" Hafter became a victim of homicide over the weekend, friends of Hafter said. The FBI confirmed yesterday that Hafter's body was discovered Sunday on the Blue Ridge Parkway in Augusta County, Va.
University alumnus William Moschello (CLAS '90) was recently appointed the U.S. Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General. The principal associate deputy attorney general is the chief associate to the deputy attorney general, who advises the attorney general on policy matters. "I'm the number one who reports to the deputy," Moschello said. Before being appointed to this position, Moschello said he served as the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, which is a Senate confirmed position. According to Moschello, in his previous position he worked on crafting the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2005, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 and the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006. "Will is a very good lawyer who is a prodigious worker and has a wonderful demeanor that puts everyone at ease," said Kyle Sampson, chief of staff at the Department of Justice.
