The management agreement between the University and the Commonwealth under the Higher Education Restructuring Act went into effect July 1.
In recognition of the success of the University's College Guide program, which aims at increasing college applications and enrollment of Virginia high school students, the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation has recognized the program with a $470,000 grant.
Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine declared a state of emergency yesterday, ordering state agencies to take all necessary measures to help in the recovery from the flooding and mud slides resulting from recent heavy rains. Charlottesville Fire Marshall Steve Walton related a specific incident of a tree falling on a house on Rugby Ave.
The Black Cat, a store which specializes in custom made T-shirts, skateboards and skating gear, will open on the Corner this Saturday. The store's owner, Andy Foster, who says he has been planning the store since last August, said his store fits into "a niche in Charlottesville that needed to be filled." He says he hopes the store will appeal to both University students and young Charlottesville residents. While Foster says he is convinced that "skateboarders have been clamoring" for his store, employees working in neighboring businesses said they don't see many skateboarders in the area.
Alumnus donates $6 million to University for creation of scholarships Mortimer Y. Sutherland, Jr., a University alumnus, donated $6 million to the University financial services program, and to the nursing school. According to Sutherland's will, the money is to be used to provide need-based aid for University students from Albemarle County. "We project [the $6 million] will generate $180,000 per year in income," said Yavonne Hubbard, director of student financial services. Of the 382 University students from Albemarle County 165 demonstrate financial need, according to Hubbard "What we hope to do is to use [the income from Sutherland's gift] to replace loans," Hubbard said.
In the past three years, the Virginia Quarterly Review has grown from an unknown publication to a prestigious award winning literary magazine. Recently VQR was nominated for six National Magazine Awards, or "Ellies" as they are nicknamed.
Charges dropped against professor convicted of trespassing for role in Living Wage Campaign sit-in The Commonwealth has dropped all charges against Anthropology prof.
Former University human resources employee Dena Bowers filed a lawsuit against the University Monday, claiming that administrators violated her First Amendment rights and due process when she was fired Nov.
Barry F. Thompson, former University police officer, pleads guilty to grand larceny in Olsson theft Former University Police Officer Barry Thompson pled guilty Tuesday to grand larceny for stealing digital camera from the School of Engineering at the University. The camera, which was valued at $816, was found in Thompson's home during a police search. "Thompson admitted that the camera was stolen and that it was wrong to take it," said Fluvanna County Commonwealth's Attorney Jeff Haislip, who served as the special prosecutor for the case. The search was initiated after an employee at Ollson Hall in the Systems Engineering Department noticed missing equipment.
Enrollment in summer session courses has held steady over the past few years, with around 4,000 student enrolled in classses.
Alston released from prison after serving sentence for voluntary manslaughter Former University student Andrew Alston was released from prison yesterday.
Beginning July 1, interest rates on in-school Stafford and Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students (PLUS) loans will be fixed, as opposed to the variable interest rate scheme of past years.
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has established a study abroad program with Jiaotong Uniaversity in Shanghai, an agreement that highlighted Engineering Dean James Aylor's trip to the far-east this past spring. Aylor returned April 26 from a 10-day overseas trip to Asia where he visited five universities in the hopes of establishing a study abroad program for engineering students as well as to strengthen faculty ties for further research.
Letter from state Secretary of Education concerning University's autonomy over direct employee wages stokes continued controversy about "living wage" A letter from Virginia's Secretary of Education Thomas R.
Pearlstone investigations closes, death ruled accidental; two University students charged with alcohol-related misdemeanors stemming from investigation The death of Cornell University freshman Mathew Pearlstone, who died while visiting the University last semester, is no longer under investigation by police, according to University Police Department Capt.
The 17 students arrested April 15 for trespassing at Madison Hall after staging a sit-in protest were found not guilty in General District Court on Monday, May 22.
Yesterday morning a six-seat Beech aircraft crashed into a small wooded area on Plank Rd approximately one mile west of Route 29 South, killing two adult white males, according to Albemarle County spokesperson Lee Catlin. An anonymous 911 phone call from someone in earshot of the crash came in around 11:30a.m., Catlin said. According to a county news release, "officials have a high degree of confidence in the identity of the victims," however, their identities will not be released until out-of-state kin are notified. Catlin said the weather in the area at the time of the accident was rainy and overcast with a low ceiling of visibility, but it remains unclear whether weather was a factor in the accident. When local police and firefighters arrived on scene, the plane was fully engulfed in flames, she said.
Former Navy Secretary Jim Webb won the Democratic nomination to face Republican incumbent George Allen in November's Senate elections, winning 53 percent of the vote, according to nearly complete totals.
Last Friday the entire Board of Visitors gathered to discuss the potential affects of the Virginia state legislature's budget impasse on the University, the governor's recent approval of higher education restructuring legislation and recently approved appropriations for a pedestrian crossing as part of the South Lawn Project Currently, the state's budget has not been approved by the legislature.
The Cavalier Daily and the Educational Media Company at Virginia Tech, the publisher of the Collegiate Times, filed a joint lawsuit today against the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control seeking the right to sell advertisements promoting alcoholic beverages in collegiate publications, claiming that current restrictions violate the First Amendment.
