The newly renovated Science and Engineering Library in Clark Hall soon will undergo additional changes with the advent of extended hours next semester and the addition of a cafe/lounge area in the mural room. Student Council Engineering School Rep.
(Editor's note:"Hunter" is a real University student, but his name has been changed.) Hunter is a normal college student in most ways.
Virgil H. Goode, Jr. isn't your typical member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Not only does he reportedly buy each one of his car tires from a different dealership in Virginia's Fifth Congressional District, as Politics Prof.
Access to a University educational experience soon will reach beyond the borders of the Lawn thanks to a new partnership between the University and Tidewater Community College beginning in fall 2004. The University plans to extend its Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies program to Tidewater by sending traveling University faculty to the Tidewater region to teach courses equivalent to those offered at the University. "We're hoping to bring the quality of a University degree to TCC," said Becky Marshall, program assistant at the School of Continuing and Professional Studies. The program currently offers classes at night to Charlottesville residents, awarding degrees to adults who wish to receive a bachelor's degree, according to Marshall. University interdisciplinary studies programs will benefit TCC students, said Terry L.
The University of Virginia, like any other university, contains a plethora of young students who can have deeply held political beliefs. University students often have been the ones throughout history to incite change and even revolution. There are numerous political organizations here at the University made up of opinionated students all ready to fight for their particular cause, though some members of these groups say students could be more engaged and involved. "I think there is a very apathetic atmosphere here at the University and this leads to not thinking about issues, which leads to a liberal perspective towards things," said third-year College student Ali Ahmad, chair of events for the College Republicans.
The University admitted 917 Wahoo hopefuls via early decision last week, beginning to form the class of 2008 with a cadre of students remarkably similar to last year's. "It's very much like last year -- and last year, statistically, was the strongest class we've ever enrolled," Dean of Admissions John A.
The Cavaliers defeated Virginia Tech 35-21 Saturday, snapping a four-game losing streak to the Hokies and recapturing the Commonwealth Cup.Fans stormed the field in celebration after the Cavs rebounded from an early deficit as QB Matt Schaub passed for 358 yards and RB Wali Lundy ran for 4 touchdowns
After officials announced Sunday that the Cavaliers will play in the Continental Tire Bowl, an unprecedented number of fans seeking tickets flooded phone lines yesterday, disrupting phone service throughout Grounds from 9 a.m.
University bus drivers received a pay increase yesterday, bringing their current starting wage to $8 an hour. The raise, a $0.39 boost, comes as University Transit Service officials struggle to recruit additional bus drivers to accommodate new route configurations. Driver recruitment has fallen significantly in the last year, said Asst.
A large majority of American undergraduates define themselves as spiritual, but the number of students regularly attending religious services declines sharply during college, according to a study by the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA. The study compiled results from two sets of surveys gathered from 3,680 students at 46 colleges and universities across the country.
In a continued effort by the four Greek governing councils to strengthen the University's Greek system, Inter-Fraternity Council President Ryan Ewalt yesterday presented Vice President for Student Affairs Patricia M.
In an effort to promote adult education in the mountain border region between Virginia and Tennessee, where nearly 32 percent of adults do not have a high school diploma, education officials from both states are offering auto racing tickets to those adults who earn high school equivalency diplomas, according to an article printed in the Washington Post Saturday. Adults who pass the General Educational Development Test in 2004 will be rewarded with a ticket package to attend either Busch or Craftsman Truck series racing at the Bristol Motor Speedway in the spring or fall or a drag race at Bristol Dragway. Education officials announced the "Race to GED" program in a luxury suite overlooking the speedway, which will provide the program with ticket prizes valued at over $300,000. Eligible participants include adult education students in Bristol, Galax, Norton, Bland, Buchanan, Dickenson, Grayson, Lee, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe counties in Virginia and Sullivan County in Tennessee.
As a contribution to the University Cancer Center's ongoing research for a melanoma vaccine, the Seven Society announced its donation of $777.77 on Nov.
In response to retailer and customer concerns over the changing nature of Charlottesville's Downtown Mall, the City Council will vote on an ordinance next week that could add new restrictions to Mall vendors. The proposed changes, which include physical restrictions on vendors' stands, a new permit application fee and a requirement that vendors pay rent, passed a first reading at the Council's Nov.
The Housing Division has sent an e-mail to all students living on Grounds asking for their opinion on a possible laundry surcharge.
The percentage of under-represented minority students in University graduate and professional schools falls well below that of peer institutions, according to a report presented to the Educational Policy Committee of the Board of Visitors Friday. The report from the University-Wide Recruitment Initiative Task Force, led by Provost Gene Block and Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies R.
Departing from a career that has included everything from licensing and insuring vehicles to growing the University's endowment from $60 million to over $1.8 billion, University treasurer and UVIMCO president Alice Handy will step down Dec.
First year Engineering students (from right) Brad Uhl and Matt Saxton try out a robot they built in the "Free-shot" competition, part of a Robot Pentathalon yesterday in Newcomb hall.
Despite administrators' concern over the "fourth-year fifth," a yearly trend practiced by some fourth years during which they attempt to consume a fifth of liquor the day of the last home football game, both the University Medical Center and Police Department have confirmed that no serious alcohol-related incidents occurred Saturday. "Everything I have heard about the weekend was good, and I am grateful to the students and student organizations for that," University President John T.
Gov. Mark Warner unveiled the details of his plan to overhaul Virginia's tax code yesterday, proposing to garner an extra $500 million a year through extensive reform that would include tax hikes for cigarettes, sales and the highest income bracket while lowering income taxes for less wealthy Virginians. The initiative, arguably the largest of Warner's term, comes after months of secrecy.
