After a month-long open bidding process for the online diversity training program which ended Aug.
"One-half of a Bible's worth of rain" is how a recent advisory from the State Climatology Office described the 20 days of rain most of Virginia received during the month of May.
On August 6, 1945, the whole world shook when an American plane named the Enola Gay dropped "Little Boy," the first atomic bomb, on Hiroshima, Japan. This single event killed more than 140,000 people, left tens of thousands disfigured and suffering from lingering radiation sickness, and led to Japan's surrender in World War II. A public event was held at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on August 18, 2003 to unveil a new exhibit of the fully restored Enola Gay. The Enola Gay exhibit will be housed in a brand new extension of the museum, the Steven F.
The University's new $15 million Ivy Road-Emmet Street parking garage now will not be completed until late October due to construction delays, University administrators announced earlier this month.
Beginning Tuesday, Aug. 12, University faculty, staff and students were barraged with an onslaught of computer viruses and worms which have plagued the network in past weeks. ITC currently is dealing with three viruses, although two have been the main focus. "The virus Sobig.f is the worst," ITC Director of Security Coordination Shirley Payne said. Sobig.f appears in inboxes with messages such as "Re: That Movie" and "Your details," with the virus attached to the message. The second major virus, Demaru, is not as destructive as Sobig.f, Payne said.
The Office of the University Registrar rolled out a new Integrated Student Information System platform Aug.
Things change, obviously. And though it might seem as though moving into college is one of the few experiences which unites students across the generations, even this most momentous of days has evolved over time.For starters, Pat Lampkin, University vice president for student affairs, said the University has taken great strides in recent years to facilitate the acclimatization of new students to the University. "Resident staff is absolutely focused on their adjustment," Lampkin said, citing summer orientation programs as one valuable tool which allows new students to get an early look at the Grounds. Additionally, student greeters, typically in brazen neon T-shirts to distinguish themselves in a crowd, are on site at the dormitories to answer questions and make new students feel welcome. The Move: then and now One salient difference between the current generation of college-goers and their parents' generation is the experiences they bring to campuses. "This generation is more traveled," Lampkin said.
Student Health will refund the monthly fee they charged graduate students not enrolled in summer classes, largely as a result of the efforts of the Graduate Labor Union and Graduate Student Council. This year, Student Health began charging a summer use fee of $32.00 a month because of a change in the health insurance offered to graduate students, according to Dr. James Turner, executive director of the department of student health.
The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced yesterday that it will give the University $7,500 for alcohol prevention during the 2003-2004 school year.
President John T. Casteen announced Wednesday that Alice Handy, who has been with the University for almost 30 years, will step down as treasurer once a replacement can be found. Handy's management of the Universities endowment has brought it from a low of $60 million to its current $1.8 billion.
Gov. Mark R. Warner has been slowly but steadily talking up his "Education of a Lifetime" initiative, a policy system emphasizing lifelong learning that he claims will revitalize the Commonwealth's economic future by resculpting the state's educational landscape.
U.S. News and World Report has recognized 10 University Health Center specialties in its annual "America's Best Hospitals" issue, which hit newsstands July 28th.
Once a gaping hole outside of Alderman Library, the site of the new Special ºCollections Library already is back to ground level.
The start of school may find some University students without a permanent home. In addition to usual beginning-of-the-semester stress, residents of Eagles Landing will have to cope with an additional move, as the new apartment complex will not open as scheduled. Students were to start moving in to their one-to-four-bedroom apartments by August 15, said a representative at the company's leasing office. Due to inclimate weather, the students' housing will not be ready by August 15; instead, the students will be given temporary housing as early as next week until the new apartments are ready.
Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine met Tuesday with representatives from the Staff Union at the University of Virginia and the Graduate Labor Union.
The Charlottesville City Council decided to enact the Patriot Act Resolution Monday night in a meeting which began at 7:30 p.m.
The University of Virginia Center for Politics and the University Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service held the Virginia Governor's Project at the Boar's Head Inn from Thursday July 17 through Friday July 18. The conference served to honor former Virginia Gov.
In order to improve student safety, the University Transit Service will change the frequency of buses on the Blue and Orange lines to 12 minutes at all times. The new schedule, replacing the current one, in which buses comes every 10 minutes during the day and every 20 minutes in the evening, will take effect on August 25. Student Council and two University committees -- the Transportation and Parking subcommittee on Escort Review and the General Safety and Security Committee -- recommended the changes in order to better serve the night-time transportation and safety needs of students, according to Council Vice President for Administration Will Sowers. The committees reviewed issues of safety on Grounds and researched plans at other universities for examples on which to base the new improvements. "We wanted to maintain a high level of service, but at the same time focus more on safety," Sowers said of the committees' goals. One problem the committees noticed was that students sometimes had to wait over three-quarters of an hour for an Escort Service van.
Douglas Wilder was elected Lt. Governor of Virginia in 1985 and Governor in 1989. Q: What do you feel is your greatest achievement in life and in you administration? A: I would obviously have to say that being elected governor is the highest honor I have ever received.
Graduate Labor Union, Graduate Student Council discuss fee with Student Health administrators Yesterday, members of two graduate students groups met with officials at Student Health to discuss a fee for certain students which they feel is unfair. Currently, students who wish to receive treatment at the Elson Student Health Center but who are not registered in summer session classes must pay a $32/month fee to receive treatment.
