Last Saturday evening, the University Art Museum celebrated the 30-year anniversary of its reopening with its Exquisite Collage event that doubled as a fundraiser. In addition to a display of 20 paintings by Monty Montgomery of Cilli Designs, guests enjoyed four food themes, dancing and live music by DJ After Dark. The event "was a kick-off celebration," event manager Mike Alexander said.
Current and future construction projects on Grounds were the focus points of the "U.Va. Today Community Briefing," held Tuesday evening in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom. About 100 community members and University employees attended the event, hosted by the University's Community Relations Department. "It is a forum designed to help residents know about [the University's] thoughts for the future," Director of Community Relations Ida Lee Wootten said. University Architect David J.
Last week's headline "Second phase of Aquatic and Fitness Center open to public" mistakenly suggested that the facility addition is open to use by the general public.
In a strong show of support for the Special Committee on Diversity's recommendation to establish a chief officer for diversity and equity at the University, President John T.
The grand jury hearing for University student Aaron Joshua Robinson, who is charged with one count of malicious wounding for the April 28 non-fatal shooting of former University football player Jamaine Winborne, has been postponed until August 2. The hearing, originally scheduled for June 7, was delayed at the request of the defense counsel, said Tony Tuthill, Albemarle County's Commonwealth Attorney office associate. The shooting, following an altercation during a party at the Sigma Nu fraternity house, took place at Hench Dormitory in the Faulkner Residence Area on April 28. Robinson pled self-defense at the preliminary hearing held May 27, Robinson's attorney J.
In an effort to remain competitive with other top-notch Universities, the University Board of Visitors approved salary increases for faculty and staff for the second consecutive year in an attempt to retain and recruit talented teachers and employees. Teaching and administrative staff will receive a 2 percent, merit-based raise under the new $1.73 billion budget approved for the 2004-05 fiscal year by the BOV Finance Committee in late May.
Alumni flocked back to the University this past weekend, paying homage to old Corner favorites, stocking up on alma mater memorabilia at the bookstore and reuniting with classmates under tents around Grounds during the annual Reunions Weekend. The reunions, held for classes graduating every fifth year, attracted Wahoos, and their families, from the class of 1959 to the class of 1999 to Charlottesville from June 4 to 6. Over 3,200 alumni and guests attended Reunions Weekend this year, an 8 percent increase in total turnout and an 11 percent increase in alumni turnout from last year's Reunions Weekend.
The new 50,000-square-foot addition to the Aquatic and Fitness Center opened June 1, featuring three new basketball courts, an elevated track and numerous multi-purpose rooms open for use by the University community. The $10 million enhancement also created additional rooms for free weights, massage, cardiovascular equipment, spinning/cycling and three new multi-purpose rooms for dance, aerobics or yoga. The new space was planned for in the original blueprints for the 1996 construction of the AFC.
It is no coincidence that many University students are recruited by some of the top companies and businesses in the country. For the past three years, Jennifer Hoffman, associate director for employer services in the Career Services Office, has played an integral role in bringing employers to the University.
They wash. They scrub. They vacuum. They shine. They pick up trash. And they do it five days a week, all year long. They are the University's cleaning staff, and they have, mostly out of sight, been cleaning academic buildings, classrooms and dormitories for years.
F or many, graduation is a time of upheaval, filled with change and uncertainty. For others, the process is as easy as moving upstairs. First-year Graduate Architecture students Ben Petrick and Barrett Eastwood are among a handful of graduates each year who decide to remain at the University to pursue a professional degree. "It's a completely different college experience than anyone else," Petrick said, noting the isolation that often characterizes architecture students in particular. "The sad thing is we put in the same amount of time as doctors or lawyers but we get paid so much less," he said.
The University will be putting the final touches on several long-anticipated construction projects in the coming months, including the Special Collections Library, the Observatory Hill Dining Hall and the Aquatic & Fitness Center addition.
Every day, thousands of faculty, administrators, staff and students put their brains, hearts and muscles into creating the University experience.
"Beware of the onion." That was the message conveyed to Roman History students one morning by Teaching Assistant Fred Drogula, cracking a joke about a recent food preparation mishap that resulted in a bandaged finger. A History Ph.D.
With a change in the University's housing policy guaranteeing space for rising-second year students slated to go into effect next year, as well as a plethora of new off-Grounds apartments popping up around the City, children of students graduating today will enter the University to find the local housing dynamic transformed. According to a new University housing policy, rising second-year students will now be guaranteed on-Grounds housing if they apply for housing by a November deadline.
She speaks five languages, has lived in six different countries and dances Sevillanas at University cultural events.
Often working behind-the-scenes, Director of Dining Services Brent Beringer oversees the many dining programs at the University, such as the dining halls, retail locations, catering services and vending machines. A graduate of Florida State University, Beringer worked in the private sector before joining the University's administration.
Many students volunteer with Madison House -- more than 3,000 every week. But few participate in multiple programs or accumulate 350 hours of service by graduation day.
The University has witnessed a series of high-profile crimes this academic year, including a stabbing, a shooting and several burglaries. Despite the seemingly unusual crime rate this academic year, the University Police crime index statistics reveal a decrease in crime since 1999.
Fulfilling volunteer experiences in high school prompted Tamika Griffin to become a Madison House volunteer during her first year at the University.
