A nurse with the University Medical Center was arrested Monday night after authorities found 195 marijuana plants in his Monte Vista Avenue home.
Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner revealed new pieces of his Education for a Lifetime initiative, setting goals for Virginia colleges and universities to increase degrees by 10,000 each year and to increase yearly research budgets to $1 billion annually, in a speech at the College of William & Mary Tuesday. Warner said he hoped these changes would be in effect by 2010. Currently, Virginia's public colleges and universities collectively award 47,000 degrees each year.
The University's School of Nursing recently received a $650,000 grant to help recruit more young men and women for the nursing field. Officials said the money will be used to improve facilities and faculty resources as part of a larger effort to recruit current nurses' aides and other college graduates and provide them with an incentive to become full-time nurses.
What do you get when you cross free food, fun and festivities? Homecoming 2003 -- Wahoo style. The University Programs Council, Student Council, Alumni Hall, the Athletics Department, Inter-Fraternity Council, Inter-Sorority Council, the Office of the Dean of Students and the class councils are sponsoring Homecoming events, officially known as Homecomings 2003, Friday, Oct.
Wesley United Methodist Church on Emmet Street displayed pumpkins for Halloween carving yesterday in the afternoon sun.
Over seven months after the alleged assault on then-Student Council Presidential Candidate Daisy Lundy, the Federal Bureau of Investigations continues to investigate the incident as a potential civil rights violation with at least one individual testifying before a federal grand jury. An unknown assailant allegedly attacked Lundy at about 2 a.m.
Charlottesville police have apprehended three gang members in connection with the alleged assault of two University students last month.
The face of the Atlantic Coast Conference is slated to change for the second time this year. Boston College announced Sunday that it will accept an invitation for ACC membership.
University students and Charlottesville residents experienced a series of power outages yesterday morning following a night of heavy rains and high winds that caused trees to fall on power lines. The first outages occurred after 4 a.m.
Dominion Virginia Power's proposed fuel rate increases likely will affect the University beginning in early 2004, and officials are not enthusiastic about the rate hike, according to Cheryl Gomez, director of utilities for Facilities Management. "We're not looking forward to it," Gomez said. Though she could not provide any specific figures or estimates on how the rate hike would affect the University's electric bill, Gomez said it is possible that any increases could be absorbed by the University and not passed on to students. Gomez attributed this to the fact that the demand for electricity was lower than normal this past summer.
The latest in a series of bomb threats on Grounds came last Thursday when New and Old Cabell Halls were evacuated following a phoned-in threat. The threat was received around 10 a.m.
The University Health Service will offer free depression screenings today as part of National Depression screening day, an event that began in 1991. Physicians will be screening students and residents 18 years or older between 9 and 11 a.m.
The Charlottesville Fire Department received a $359,000 grant Tuesday as part of the Fire Act Grant. The grant money was approved by the Office for Homeland Security and the United States Fire Administration, according to Charlottesville Fire Department Battalion Chief John Purcell. The funds will be used to purchase individual breathing apparatuses for each individual fire fighter. "We are going to use that money for our self contained breathing apparatus," he said.
In Monday's News Story, "Board of Visitors approves compensation for employees," the subheadline inaccurately implied that classified University employees will receive the 1.75 percent salary increase faculty will receive.Classified employees are not included in this part of the plan. In Tuesday's News Story, "University ponders future tuition hike," it was inaccurately reported that the state has mandated that the University increase faculty salaries by 2.5 percent, and that the fourth and final year of funding state-mandated base budget adequacy requirements is next year.
Two more persons were arrested in "Operation Spring Break Down" this week, bringing the official total number of arrests in the drug bust to 17. College student Adam Reid Silver was arrested Tuesday and charged with two counts of distribution of marijuana. Charlottesville resident John Francis Feeney was arrested yesterday and charged with one count of distribution of marijuana. Both arrests took place in Charlottesville, though police declined to provide more details. The 17 arrests stem from indictments issued to 33 persons by a grand jury in August for alleged involvement in the illegal sale of narcotics and drugs, following more than a year of investigation by the Jefferson Area Drug Enforcement Task Force. One other College student arrested as a result of the JADE task force investigation was not included among the 33 indicted persons.
After nearly a decade of service, this spring the University will say goodbye to Richard W. Miksad, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Miksad, who came to the University in 1994, holds joint appointments with the department of civil engineering and the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering. A University search committee led by Thomas C.
Virginia high school seniors could have the opportunity to enter college with a semester's worth of credit or join the workforce with industry certification as part of Gov.
New technology soon could enable high-speed Internet access through power lines, easily reaching rural areas and providing an alternative to existing service options.
Virginia legislators stressed the dismal budget situation in the Commonwealth and the many competing priorities the General Assembly is faced with when six state delegates and one state senator fielded student questions on hot-button higher education topics last night. The legislative affairs committee of Student Council brought Virginia Senator Craig Deeds, D-25th district, Virginia Delegates Robert Bell, R-58th, Preston Bryant, Jr., R-23rd, John Cosgrove, R-78th, Steven Landes, R-25th, Davis Rust, R-86th, and Mitchell Van Yahres, D-57th, to the University for a question-and-answer session. "We felt that students and also legislators really didn't know each other well," committee Chair Alex Stolar said.
