Gov. Tim Kaine declared a state of emergency for the Commonwealth yesterday in advance of Tropical Storm Ernesto as local agencies prepare for potentially extreme weather conditions.
The recent cancellation of two 400-level biology classes has upperclass biology majors scrambling to fill their schedules and fulfill requirements. According to Reginald Garrett, director of undergraduate studies in Biology, the cancellation of the two courses BIOL 401, "Macroevolution," and BIOL 413, "Population Ecology and Conservation Biology," was announced just prior to the start of the semester. The cause of the courses' cancellation was staffing, Garret said. "The Macroevolution professor left to take a job at Georgia at the end of last semester, and 413 is taught by a professor on leave," Garrett said. The cancellation of the two classes created a number of problems, with students scrambling to find classes, Garrett said. "We're having an incredible amount of pressure on 300 and 400-level classes," Garrett said. The cancellation of these classes has a larger significance for fourth-year students since Bachelor of Sciences candidates in biology need four 400-level biology courses to graduate.
Third-year College student Sasheer Moore was struck by a car while crossing Emmet Street Monday afternoon.
A recently released study conducted by the Project on Student Debt found that graduates of public colleges and universities accumulate almost as much debt as their peers at private institutions. The study found that University graduates from the class of 2005 had an average debt burden of $15,176 compared to $13,890 in 2001.
An open honor trial will be held Sept. 10, the Honor Committee announced in a press release Wednesday. The accused student in the upcoming trial is Stephanie Garrison, who was slated to graduate with the class of 2006, but was found guilty in her first trial, held in January 26.
This year's crop of incoming students includes 180 transfer students from Virginia's 23 community colleges representing an increase of over 20 percent from last year. Three factors contributed to the strong representation of community college transfers ,said Dean of Admissions John Blackburn: active recruiting, coupling AccessUVA with Virginia's community colleges this year and the positive press received from the agreement signed between the University and the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in March. Under the agreement, students will be eligible for automatic transfer admission to the University if they receive an associate degree from one of the 23 community colleges in Virginia within a two-year period, earn a minimum of 54 transferable credit hours, earn at least a 3.4 grade point average and earn no grade lower than a C in any class.
The College Board recently released its average 2006 national SAT test scores, showing the largest decline in combined test scores in 31 years.
Job growth in the Charlottesville and Central Virginia area has topped that of the rest of the state with significant growth coming from the public sector -- specifically, from the University. According to a report from the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce, the number of jobs in Charlottesville has jumped 21.5 percent over the last 11 years.
After gaining support in the polls over the past two weeks, Senate Democratic candidate Jim Webb recently achieved a lead over Republican incumbent George Allen for the first time.
In yesterday's article "Alumna perishes in KY plane crash," The Cavalier Daily incorrectly identified Cutchin Powell as Crutchin Powell. The Cavalier Daily regrets this error.
Whether one hears about College Works Painting from an announcement in a large lecture class or from a friend who chose to participate, nearly everyone returning to the University this fall has heard of the internship opportunity.
A study released recently by the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service projects increases in both the Commonwealth's population and public school enrollment through 2010. The study indicates that the greatest population growth will occur in counties neighboring Washington, D.C., such as Loudoun, Prince William and Fairfax counties, each of which have gained over 50,000 residents in the past five years. In terms of population, the Commonwealth ranks 12th among U.S.
The University was recently ranked 35th on the list of Top 50 Colleges for African-Americans released by Black Enterprise magazine Monday. According to Tanisha Sykes, consumer affairs editor of Black Enterprise magazine and project manager of the Top 50 list, the evaluation process began with 1,423 colleges and universities.
Though they may not get a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, the Class of 2007 is ready for their close-up, and a group of students is taking a close look at the figures and events that will shape the year. University students are preparing a documentary on this academic year to premiere before Commencement in May. Fourth-year College student and project coordinator Mostafa Abdelkarim said he conceived of a project documenting the year last January as his final year approached and the idea of graduation crept up on him. Abdelkarim said he had previous experience with film and wanted to make a project with a wider scope. "I wanted to do something with a bigger exclamation point," he said. The project is not just a documentary about the academic year--it is a documentary that will distinguish this year from every other year to come, according to Abdelkarim. "We wanted to capture the original flavor of the class," Abdelkarim said. Abdelkarim said he and 12 other students are working to capture all of the special moments of the year by filming several events like the Rotunda Sing and the first day of classes, as well as going out and filming spontaneous events two to three times a week. The goal is for the project to become a yearly tradition so students years down the road can go to Clemons and view what each year was like, Abdelkarim said. "If each fourth-year class did this, you'd have a continuing record of life at U.Va.," he said. Media Studies Prof.
Today marks the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, an event that had a profound impact upon a group of students and administrators whose lives have changed most because of the storm. The University continues to aid students from the Gulf Coast by providing social and financial support, Dean of Students Penny Rue said. "Dean Lampkin is offering a gathering in her pavilion [tonight] for students who were affected by Katrina and I think the Student Financial Services Office continues to be sensitive to the financial needs of those students," Rue said. One such New Orleans native continuing to cope with the aftermath of the storm is third-year College student Jessica White. "My dad lost his business ... it was destroyed in the storm, the land was commandeered by the Corps of Engineers and for nine months he was out of a job," White said.
University faculty and students are mourning the loss of Marcie Thomason, a 2003 graduate of the McIntire School of Commerce.
The University's new Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center (ABCRC) was officially dedicated at a ceremony last Saturday. Located on the Eastern Shore in Oyster, Va., the facility is part of the Long Term Ecological Research project (LTER) administered by the University environmental science department.
Yesterday the University added a fifth section to CHIN 101, "Elementary Chinese," reflecting how the increased national demand for Chinese language skills has impacted the University. While the federal government has increased funds for critical languages such as Chinese, some fear the University has not been sufficiently responsive to this added need. "The whole nation and other schools are experiencing this increase, but the University is behind in terms of improving the program and adding additional sections," said Shu-Chen Chen, Asian and Middle Eastern language coordinator. President Bush introduced a $114 million plan in January to increase the number of "critical" languages to be taught in schools throughout the United States.
