Albemarle County Schools pass $3.9 million cut
By Jenna Dickerson | April 20, 2014The Albemarle County School Board met to discuss necessary cuts to the county’s budget Thursday night.
The Albemarle County School Board met to discuss necessary cuts to the county’s budget Thursday night.
University officials and student leaders met Friday to discuss implications of the proposed tuition hike for the 2014-15 academic year. The budget, which puts forth a 4.3 and 5.9 percent increase in overall tuition and fees for in-state and out-of-state undergraduate students, respectively, will be put to vote at this coming Wednesday’s Board of Visitor’s meeting.
The Council of Graduate Services released the results of their 2014 International Graduate Admissions Survey this past week, synthesizing data involving the application, admission and enrollment of international students pursuing graduate schooling in the United States.
The Office of the Dean of Students announced Thursday it is terminating its Fraternal Organization Agreement with Sigma Nu fraternity effective immediately.
The University hosted a vigil by Take Back the Night Foundation to generate awareness about gender-based sexual violence and give survivors of sexual assault an outlet to speak and share their stories.
Ed Gillespie, the likely Republican nominee for the Senate in Virginia, recently announced his campaign raised $2.2 million in fundraising in the first quarter. In addition, three out of five donations made to the Gillespie campaign were from Virginians and donations came from a wide variety of areas including 89 different counties across the state.
The Z Society awarded Dean Nicole Eramo the Pale Z Award, the highest and rarest honor the society bestows, according to their letter.
Virginia Tech paid a $32,500 fine in February after a review by the United States Department of Education (DOE) concluded that it failed to respond appropriately during the 2007 mass shooting.__
At its Tuesday night meeting, just weeks after the newest executive committee was sworn in, Student Council passed a landmark resolution in regards to sexual misconduct at the University.
Assistant Dean of Students Michael Citro, director of Student Organization Support, will leave his position at the end of the semester to start a new job in the Office of the President. Citro will cease to oversee Student Activities and Fraternity and Sorority Life and will deal instead with the University’s external relations.
Famed University History Prof. Alan Taylor tallied his second Pulitzer Prize award Monday for his book “The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832.”
A letter was distributed around Grounds late Saturday night signed by the alias “Publius” calling for changes to the University’s honor system.
Renovations on a mansion-esque building on Rugby Road are set to bring faculty members around Grounds closer together.
The Democracy Network hosted a panel on diversity in democracy Wednesday night to discuss the participation, enfranchisement and disillusionment of diverse groups in politics.
Second-year Catherine Henry, third-year Christopher Waters and second-year Rachel Stadler, all Engineering students, were selected this week to receive Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation scholarships.
Dean Robert Bruner of the Darden School will join Architecture Dean Kim Tanzer, College Dean Meredith Woo and Batten School Dean Harry Harding as deans who are stepping down when their contracts expire this year.
Take Back the Night presented a mock trial of the Sexual Misconduct Board in Newcomb Theater Tuesday night as part of a weeklong series of events aimed to raise awareness and encourage dialogue about sexual assault at the University.
The Director of the International Studies Office, Dudley Doane spoke at the student council meeting Tuesday night. Doane spoke about a new initiative that will hopefully be launched at the University in the near future, as well as the importance of study abroad and international students at UVa and encouraged semester-long study abroad programs.
Becker’s Hospital Review, a national health care publication, awarded the University hospital a place on its list of the “100 Great Hospitals in America” for 2014.
The Virginia Democratic Party appointed Robert Dempsey to serve as the new executive director, Party Spokeswoman Ashley Bauman announced Monday. Dempsey will replace Lauren Harmon, who worked as executive director for the Democratic party for less than a year.