For several weeks, volunteers on Grounds have been working to register students to vote prior to this evening?s deadline.
Within the next few weeks, Student Council will award grants of up to $500 to student and Charlottesville community groups as part of the University Unity Project to increase student interaction within the Charlottesville community, Student Council President Matt Schrimper said.
The Board of Visitors has added the construction of a new recreation center to the University?s plans for long-term major construction projects.Intramural-Recreational Sports Director Mark Fletcher said his department proposed the construction of a 125,000 square foot building, smaller than the Aquatic & Fitness Center but larger than the North Grounds and Slaughter recreational centers.
As the movement toward curriculum internationalization continues to gain supporters at the University and other institutions, another educational movement encouraging a return to a traditional education has begun to take root.An October 2007 Student Council report paved the way for recent developments in curriculum internationalization, including steps closer to the first-ever student-initiated major in global development.
The ban on signs, banners and flags at University sporting events was repealed yesterday in a statement issued by athletic director Craig Littlepage.?The policy prohibiting signs, banners and flags in all U.Va.
University President John T. Casteen, III dedicated Ruffin Hall, the first building on Grounds to house studio arts programs exclusively, to the late Peter and Adeline Ruffin yesterday afternoon.
The pressure many University students feel to sign a lease now for housing next year is a significant issue, Student Council President Matt Schrimper said, and as a result, Council is looking into collaborating with Charlottesville City Council and local landlords to bring about reform.Council also hopes to work in conjunction with the University to address concerns about early lease signing, Schrimper said.
The University Board of Visitors?s Building and Grounds Committee voted to approve the proposed restoration of Pavilion X and two Lawn rooms in its vicinity yesterday.
What is the overall mission of the [Frank] Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy?The mission is to prepare people for public service.
The University Board of Visitors? Building and Grounds Committee tabled its discussion of two proposed research buildings on Grounds after several members expressed concerns yesterday with the proposed architectural design of the buildings.The research buildings, the Information Technology Engineering building and the Arts and Sciences Research building, would be located near the rest of the University?s science/engineering-related facilities off Whitehead Road, as outlined in the current plans.
The ban on signs at athletic events remains in place following the first meeting involving Student Council, HooCrew and the athletic department since the ban was created.
The Charlottesville area reported its highest unemployment rate in the past six years, 4.1 percent, in figures released Tuesday.This statistic represents the unemployment rate in mid-August for Charlottesville?s metropolitan statistical area, which includes the city and the surrounding counties of Albemarle, Greene, Fluvanna and Nelson.
The senior medical advisers for presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama debated the issue of national health care yesterday in the Dome Room of the Rotunda.Irwin Redlener and William Winkenwerder, Jr., who advise Obama and McCain, respectively, began by recognizing the pressing need for healthcare reform ? about 47 million Americans are currently uninsured, and the cost of health coverage is increasing at more than twice the rate of inflation.
The University is currently in the preliminary planning phase for a new children?s outpatient building that will be part of the University Health System.Senior Facility Planner Luis Carrazana said he hopes the building, which will be called the Barry and Bill Battle Building, will begin construction toward the end of 2010 and will contain about 180,000 square feet.The building will provide multidisciplinary outpatient services so children will be able to see all of their healthcare providers in one location, said Nancy McDaniel, Children?s Medical Center medical director.?We have many outpatient clinics that serve children ? All over the Health Grounds for the University, there?s a goal to put all of our outpatient clinics in one building so children come to one place to see their general pediatrician, orthopedist, plastic surgeon,? McDaniel said.
In an attempt to help students gain deeper perspective into various options for higher education, Forbes.com recently released its first ranking of the country?s top colleges.
Last night Student Council formally announced the Free Newspaper Project, a joint initiative with the Arts & Sciences Council, which will provide University students with 1,500 free USA Today and New York Times newspapers daily.Student Council Architecture Rep.
The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, which coordinates higher education within the commonwealth, announced Monday that it received a $1.1 million College Access Challenge Grant from the U.S.
The University tested a new emergency siren system at six locations across Grounds between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m..?It was exactly as we had anticipated,? Director of Emergency Preparedness Marge Sidebottom said.
In a move that mirrored action taken at a number of other law schools, Harvard Law School decided last week to abandon its old grading system, eliminating the use of letter grades.
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