The University's Curry School of Education will extend a helping hand to Clark Elementary in Charlottesville. The Curry School will help third- and fourth-grade students reach an 80 percent pass rate for the English Standards of Learning by the end of the 2006-2007 school year, the Daily Progress reported Monday. Gov.
A University of Virginia graduate and local volunteer for the Charlottesville- Albermarle Rescue Squad died in the line of duty Jan.
In response to recent criticism of the University's sexual assault policy, the University administration released a preliminary revision of the policy.
The charter initiative received another push forward Tuesday after a meeting of the Virginia General Assembly finance committee, chaired by Speaker of the House William Howell, R-Stafford.
Advocates of increased consumer rail service expect the Virginia General Assembly to appropriate funds for the demonstration leg of the TransDominion Express, a rail route proposed to span the state. According to Barbara Hartley, vice president of business advocacy for the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, it is likely that the General Assembly will allot the needed funds. "While there is no part of the $23 million rail budget earmarked for the TransDominion Express, we are reasonably certain that the project will push forward," Hartley said. According to Rex Hammond, president and CEO of the Lynchburg Regional Chamber of Commerce, the route would stretch from Bristol, in the southwest corner of the state, to Lynchburg, where it would split into two legs, one culminating in Richmond and the other in Washington, D.C.
Over the next two months, Virginia legislators will address topics ranging from roadway panhandling to an $850 million transportation plan. The General Assembly began its 2005 legislative session Jan.
Politics Prof. James R. Sofka announced Monday in an e-mail sent to all current Echols Scholars that he would be succeeded as dean and director of the Echols program by Associate Dean Richard Handler. The change is effective as of this semester. "There was a transfer in the Echols program," Sofka said.
Fourth-year Engineering student Markus Weisner received the 2005-06 George J. Mitchell scholarship from the U.S.-Ireland Alliance.
University students returning to Grounds have more to worry about than getting into classes or tough professors -- a rape and a slew of robberies occurred in Charlottesville over winter break.
The Faculty Senate released a position statement on the Commonwealth Chartered University Initiative Jan.
Faculty and students who participated in the University's inaugural January Term, held over the past two weeks from Jan.
Access U.Va., the University's extensive financial aid initiative launched early last year, is expanding its reach earlier than expected in an effort to meet the financial needs of additional students, particularly those transferring to the University from Virginia's 23 community colleges. Beginning this fall, Access U.Va.
The University bookstore was packed yesterday as students navigated huge crowds to purchase books for their spring semester classes, which begin today.
The University received a $623,000 grant yesterday from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation to train recent college graduates to work as "college guides" in Virginia communities. The initiative is part of a larger grant package the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation announced yesterday -- $966,613 to set up and bolster college access programs across Virginia. "These grants will give more of Virginia's students, particularly highly capable students with financial need, the chance to fulfill their dreams of going to college," Foundation Executive Director Matthew J.
Winter Break this year is not only a time for family, friends and festivities. For some students, it also marks the opportunity to take unique courses at the University. As of this week, 170 students are signed up for the brand new January Term, and 62 more students are registered for study abroad courses. "We are right in the middle of what we aimed for," said Milton Adams, vice provost for academic programs.
If exams aren't enough to complain about, students this year must adapt holiday plans and endure intensified shopping mobs, thanks to the lengthened fall exam week. The 2004 fall semester exam schedule, which ends Dec.
Students and administrators delved into major initiatives this year that hold the potential to change the University's image and the student experience. The charter proposal could give the University more financial autonomy.The diversity report recommendations promise a heightened focus on minority student life.Some students and faculty actively seek to end the honor system's single sanction.Other students are rallying against the University's confidentiality policy in sexual assault cases.The proposals bring much dialogue and sometimes hefty opposition. Discussion about University issues, though, took place in a charged political atmosphere as students took sides in the presidential election and President George W.
Student Council unanimously passed a bill Tuesday night requiring all CIOs that receive money from the Student Activity Fund to conduct annual self-audits.
