U.Va. increases use of private donation for financial aid programs
By Alex Hickey | December 3, 2015The University is increasingly turning to private donors to provide funding for student financial aid after falling state funding in recent years.
The University is increasingly turning to private donors to provide funding for student financial aid after falling state funding in recent years.
According to reporting done by The Washington Post, the University’s athletics department is operating at a loss.
The College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, hosted a Diversity Forum Tuesday.
The Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Bureau of Law Enforcement became accredited on Dec. 1.
The Modern Language Association (MLA) announced Anna Brickhouse, a University Prof. of English and American Studies, as the recipient of the 2015 James Russell Lowell Prize Monday.
The Seriatim Journal and Queer Student Union co-hosted a panel Tuesday discussing the Gay Rights Movement after the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marry.
Albemarle County named David Hannah the county’s Natural Resources Manager, a newly created position which became effective with an announcement issued Tuesday.
Marc Solomon, a prominent activist for the Marriage Equality movement and author of “Winning Marriage,” visited the University’s Miller Center for a taping of the weekly discussion show American Forum.
The Batten Graduate Council hosted presidential candidate and former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley to speak about his political career and future policy goals.
University Administration addressed Student Council at their Tuesday night meeting about student concerns regarding the planned renovations for the second floor of Clemons Library.
The LGBTQ Center hosted free HIV testing for World AIDS Day Monday in collaboration with a number of student groups and the Virginia Department of Health.
Attorneys for the five former University swim team members accused of hazing are calling for the dismissal of the lawsuit filed by a former teammate.
The Library Council will help design renovations to the second floor of Clemons Library to convert the floor into an advising center.
Virginia may be set to gain one new congressional seat following the 2020 census according to some estimates, but population projections from the University’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service say otherwise.
Tuesday marked the beginning of Lighting of the Lawn Kick-Off Week, an event leading up to the Lighting of the Lawn itself Thursday.
Saturday marked a busy day for the Downtown Mall as shoppers participated in Small Business Saturday and this year’s first Holiday Market. Small Business Saturday is a five-year-old national initiative to encourage people to shop at local businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
The Barnes and Noble Holiday Book Drive — a nationwide event which allows buyers to donate store’s books and toys to local non-profits — is currently accepting donations to Ronald McDonald House in Charlottesville for the second year.
A Change.org petition titled “Save Clem 2” has been started in response to University plans to convert the second floor of Clemons Library into an advising center.
Fashion For a Cause held their annual fashion show on Saturday to raise money for Charlottesville’s Marine Toys for Tots charity.
A bus with students from U.Va., Radford, and Virginia Tech overturned around 7:15 this evening outside of Richmond.