Barack Obama?s presidential administration announced Monday that it plans to nominate University Law Prof.
The Virginia College Savings Plan extended its deadline Monday for families to enroll in the Virginia Prepaid Education Program to March 15 because of an increase in the number of families enrolling in the program.
The University?s environmental science department ? now in its 40th year of existence ? and major program has seen significant growth and diversification in the past several years because of factors including increased participant interest and a growing curiosity among students in the department?s lower-level classes, chair Joseph Zieman said.
University students attending last night?s Student Council meeting debated the relative merits and downsides of the Information Technology and Communication office?s proposal to phase out student consultants later this year.Student Information Technology Consultant Seth Kaye spoke out against ITC?s proposal.?The physical support that we offer here on Grounds and in libraries like Clemons and Alderman ... can?t be solved over the phone,? Kaye said.Kaye also noted that the introduction of new computing systems at the University, such as the Student Information System, which will replace ISIS, will result in an influx of help requests.
Terry McAuliffe, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a Democratic candidate for the 2009 Virginia gubernatorial race, held a roundtable discussion yesterday in the University?s Kaleidoscope room in Newcomb Hall.
Student Council heard an appropriations appeal from the Virginia Women?s Chorus last night to provide additional funding for the group?s upcoming trip to the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., but voted to uphold the Appropriation Committee?s decision to decline the request.Chorus members Kelly McVicar, a third-year College student and Gabby Garcia, a student in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, said the money requested would have funded additional hotel expenses.?We were granted $162 per room and we?re asking for the remainder of $200 per room,? McVicar said, adding that the organization is completely student funded.
The Office of African-American Affairs, the Black Leadership Institute and the Black Student Alliance hosted the University?s second annual Image Awards last night in the Newcomb Hall Ballroom.The event ? which third-year College student Kadeem Cooper said ?really brought together our community? ? was meant to recognize University students and faculty members for their expressed commitment to the University?s black population and conclude Black History Month celebrations.
Third-year College student John Nelson officially was named the next Student Council president last night, while second-year College student Colin Hood and second-year Engineering student Nikhil Panda also secured positions on Council?s executive committee.?I?m very excited,? Nelson said.
Representatives for the University?s two sanctioning bodies were named last night, as a week of both contested and uncontested elections came to a close.Third-year students Mary Siegel, JJ Litchford, Robert Atkinson, Alex Carroll and Jennifer Newsome were elected as the Honor Committee?s College representatives last night, while third-year students Pev Ahdout and Greg Corkran and second-year student William Bane were chosen as College University Judiciary Committee representatives.While one of the most common goals the new representatives share is maintaining transparency and communication between the two committees and students, many of the newly elected members also have specific goals of their own.?My goal since the very beginning has been to make UJC respond more to students? needs and make students feel like they have ownership over the committee,? Ahdout said.
Student voters rejected the referendum to create a multiple-sanction honor system, as seventy percent of total voters voted against the referendum, while only 28 percent voted for it.Hoos Against Single Sanction proposed the initial referendum, which sought to implement a system of less strict sanctions, such as suspension from the University, in conjunction with the current single sanction, in which the only punishment is expulsion.
The spring 2009 elections saw a 38 percent voter turnout rate, nearly double the rate from last year?s elections and the highest rate since 2005, according to statistics released by the University Board of Elections last night.Only the Darden and Education Schools experienced decreased turnout, as students across the University selected representatives for the Honor Committee, the University Judiciary Committee and Student Council, while also weighing referenda to the constitutions of those organizations.UBE Chair Alisa Abbott, a fourth-year College student, attributed the leap in voter turnout to ?increased publicity and highly contested referendums.? Abbott said the hotly contested honor referendum likely drew a high volume of students, as voters decided whether to amend the University?s single-sanction policy of expulsion for honor offenses.Abbott said the University Board of Elections set up tables on the Lawn everyday last week and also sent out an e-mail to University community members to help increase election participation.
After a week of University-wide elections, the results for the annual class council elections were revealed last night in Maury Hall.Third-year College students Sarah Elaine Hart and Emily Draper were elected the Fourth Year Trustees president and vice president, respectively.
The Honor Committee is considering changing the language of one of its bylaws so that students will lose their academic credits during the semester they are accused of an honor offense instead of the semester they are found guilty.The topic was first brought up during the Committee?s faculty advisory committee meeting on Feb.
The University Judiciary Committee released its Fall 2008 Statistics Report earlier this month in a continued effort to enhance the organization?s transparency.
The University?s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service presented a quality of service and efficiency study to Charlottesville City Council last week to help the city handle the current economic recession.Center Director John P.
Business school students may be more likely to cheat than students from any other academic discipline, according to research conducted by Donald McCabe, a management and global business professor at Rutgers University Business School.
A recent study at the University of California, Irvine found that many college and university students feel more entitled to higher grades for less work than in the past.The findings suggest that students believe they deserve an A letter grade for simply coming to class and reading the material, University Assoc.
Hereford College and the Alderman Road and McCormick Road dormitories experienced a significant decrease in electrical consumption during October and November, according to recently released results from this past fall?s Dorm Energy Challenge.This past fall, the McCormick Road dormitories won the challenge with an overall kilowatt per hour decrease of 18.71 percent.
The Inter-Fraternity Council held its second and last round of elections last night, bringing in eight more members to the organization?s 2009-10 Governing Board.Second-year College student Penn Daniel was elected chairman for membership education, while second-year College student Kayu Muigai will soon begin his term as chairman for community service.
In an effort to curb parking payment violations at the Central Grounds Parking Garage near Newcomb Hall, the University?s Parking and Transportation department will issue $20 parking citations starting March 2 to patrons unable or unwilling to pay their hourly parking fees, department director Rebecca White said.Patrons will only receive a warning citation, however, if the parking fee is less than $100, or if they have not received a previous citation in the past year, White said.
