In the current legislative session, the Virginia General Assembly will examine a proposal to study the feasibility of establishing a four-year public university in Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach is "the biggest city in the Commonwealth," said Delegate Robert Tata, R-Virginia Beach, the patron of this bill.
Fourth-year College student Sam Selden passed away Dec. 2 in Charlottesville in the house he shared with his fiancée, fourth-year College student Lindsey Jones. Selden was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor early in January 2005 after experiencing severe headaches, according to his father, David Selden. Despite his condition, Sam Selden decided to return to school, his father said. "It was a little hard for me to allow him to that but that's what he wanted to do with his life and he was there till the end," David Selden added. Sam Selden served as an honor counsel and was also the chair of the policy-drafting subcommittee of the Sanction Review Committee. David Selden said his son focused on his psychology and economics majors and on his goal of going to law school. "He was not one to spend a lot of time kind of just hanging out, he was a hard-working kid," David Selden said. Jones also said Sam Selden was very focused on his studies. "He was the epitome of a U.Va.
The University has the highest graduation rate for African-American students, at 87 percent, of all the nation's public universities, according to the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education's annual report.
In 1977, when Charlottesville resident Ethel Crowe acquired her property adjacent to the University, at 408 Valley Road, she paid a total of $40,000.
At a special meeting on December 21, 2006, the Regents of the University of California approved the appointment of University Provost Gene Block to the position of chancellor of the University of California--Los Angeles.
The University Judiciary Committee has charged one student in connection with an investigation into an incident of racial harassment reported by a Resident Advisor in Page House, a first-year dormitory.
At a special meeting on Thursday, the Regents of the University of California approved the appointment of University Provost Gene Block to the position of chancellor of the University of California
Earlier this semester, several students fell victim to various forms of crime on and off Grounds.
As the semester comes to a close, the search for a new dean of the University's College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences is just beginning.
This year's January Term will begin Jan. 2 with eight new courses, four new study abroad programs and high enrollment. The initial registration period lasted from Nov.
Student Council will hold its last meeting of the calendar year next Tuesday in which Council members say they plan to carry over several projects and ideas implemented this fall into the spring semester. Council Executive Vice President Nicholas Jordan said he thought Council has improved from past years. "People are getting to know each other better," Jordan said, citing changes such as having committee chairs and representatives sit together at weekly meetings.
The M.V. Explorer will have a new scholastic captain at the helm for the fall 2007 voyage of Semester at Sea: Materials Science Prof.
A newly released study on employment trends shows the job market continuing to expand for 2007 graduates. The report, released by the Collegiate Employment Research Institute at Michigan State University, includes data compiled from 864 companies. The data indicate a definite increase in hiring by employers, CERI Research Director Philip Gardner explained. "We're expecting about five percent on top of last year's market," Gardner said.
The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to consider amending the regulations governing repayment of student loans.
Faculty diversity, the University's libraries and state-enforced textbook cost restrictions were the main topics of discussion at the last Faculty Senate meeting of the semester yesterday. In his report, University President John T.
University psychology professor Dr. Judy DeLoache was named fellow by the American Association for the Advancement of Science last week.
Gov. Tim Kaine recently announced the appointment of 37 members to his Commission on Sexual Violence in an effort to review and improve the Commonwealth's ability to treat and prevent violent sexual offenses. "The Commonwealth has made considerable progress in the management of sexually violent predators," Kaine said in a news release.
