Professors who have earned tenure are evaluated differently at Virginia's public colleges and universities, General Assembly investigators reported last week.
Gov. Mark R. Warner raised questions about the bill that would give more independence to the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and the College of William & Mary by granting them charter status at a meeting with the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, Tuesday. "Gov.
I started hearing the echoes of the stomping of Birkenstock clad feet and the roars of approval from feminists the world over.
Wendy Repass said she loves her job at the University as a College Web project manager, but fears for the protection of her civil rights. "It's a sad and scary situation," Repass said. Repass, a homosexual and member of U.Va.
The 72,000 square-foot, $26 million Mary and David Harrison Institute for American History, Literature and Culture and the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections library will open to the public Aug.
The University Cavalier Marching Band will be joined this upcoming football season by students of Piedmont Virginia Community College as part of an ongoing relationship the new band has with the community college. Previously, PVCC has had many students with an interest in marching and concert band, but no way to accommodate that interest.
The University of Virginia's Medical Center ranked among the best in the nation again in U.S. News & World Report's 2004 edition of "America's Best Hospitals." The rankings, in their 15th year, were printed in the magazine's July 12 issue and evaluated over 6,000 national hospitals in 17 departmental categories.
On July 23, the University's Center for Politics will host Virginia politicians from the past and present for the 2004 General Assembly Project. The three panel discussions -- "Governing as a Citizen Legislature," hosted by former Virginia Gov.
This fall's entering first-year class will have more minority students and be better qualified academically than last year's, according to preliminary figures released by University officials last Thursday. Of the 3,165 students in the class of 2008 who have accepted offers of admission as of late June, 10 percent are black, 14 percent are Asian and Asian-American and 5 percent are Hispanic --- all 1 or 2 percentage point increases from last year. Valerie Gregory, director of the Minority Outreach Office and assistant dean of admission, said she was not surprised by the increase in minority acceptances, and said she hopes to see the numbers rise even more. Standardized test scores are also higher than last year, with combined SAT scores of the middle 50 percent in a range of between 1,250 and 1,430 points, an increase of 10 points on each end since last year. The increase in minority acceptances at the University is contrary to results seen at peer institutions such as the University of Michigan and University of California at Berkeley, both of which experienced decreases in minority acceptances. University officials attributed the greater diversity this year to increased numbers of minority and total applications, as well as strong efforts by the Minority Outreach Office which was aided by more funding. A total of 15,245 students applied for admission to the class of 2008, and 5,763 were offered admission. "This year there was more money available to do more traveling and reach out a little more," Gregory said.
While Arizona wildfires rage several thousand miles away from Charlottesville, University star-gazers are feeling the heat. The University is one of a number of other institutions nationally which own part of the Large Binocular Telescope on Mount Graham, part of the National Park in the Pinaleno Mountains in Arizona.
At a special July 1 Charlottesville City Council meeting, first-term councilor David Brown was elected mayor.
After two weeks of showing at theaters nationwide, Michael Moore's film "Fahrenheit 9/11" is still drawing lines outside of Charlottesville's own Vinegar Hill Theater.
The first members of the class of 2008 attended orientation last week, during the opening session, which began Thursday, July 1. It was the first of eight orientation sessions to be held this summer, plus one additional session that will be held in the fall, Summer Orientation Director Tabitha Enoch said. Enoch said there were only minor changes made to this year's orientation process. Incoming students will now meet with their orientation leader and group at the beginning of the first day, rather than at the end.
At a time when headlines such as "Study Shows Youth Vote Down" and "College Students Apathetic" are commonly seen in the newspaper, 20-year-old College of William & Mary student Serene Alami was trying to get involved with politics in her college town of Williamsburg. However, when Alami and three other students announced their intention to run for Williamsburg City Council in January and began recruiting students to register to vote, the city of Williamsburg began denying college students the right to register there. Last week, the state chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union asked the Virginia Supreme Court to hear Alami's case. Alami, a college junior, works, lives and registers her car in Williamsburg, while her parents live in Roanoke.
In anticipation of House Bill 751, an amendment to Virginia's 1997 Affirmation of Marriage Act sponsored by Sen.
Rising University fourth year John Steve Catilo drowned in the Potomac River Friday morning while coaching a group of novice rowers. Catilo, who had been a member of the crew team at T.C.
Monroe Hill, a historic building located adjacent to Brown Residential College and former residence of President James Monroe, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 8.
The University community can now enjoy the "new Dell" located along Emmet Street, across from the Central Grounds Parking Garage. The "new Dell," which refers to the valley between Emmet Street and McCormick Road, was officially finished May 11, and showcased at a media briefing last Friday. The project, which began in April 2003, cost $1.2 million to complete, according to Dick Laurance, project director of the John Paul Jones Arena. The pond, though aesthetically pleasing, serves a functional purpose, Laurance said. "It is part of the University-wide storm water management project," Laurance said.
Monday was the last obligatory City Council meeting for Charlottesville Mayor Maurice Cox and Vice Mayor Meredith Richards.
Capt. Humayun S. Khan, CLAS 2000, became the first U.Va. alumnus to die in Iraq on June 8 when two Jordanian suicide bombers detonated a car bomb in front of the forward supply base, Camp Warhorse, in Baquaba, Iraq, where Khan was stationed and assigned to perimeter protection. On the morning he was killed, Khan spotted a vehicle with Jordanian plates and painted like a taxi traveling erratically through traffic.
