While sitting in her U.S. Military History Class before Thanksgiving, fourth-year College student Molley Jesse found herself faced with a Charlottesville television crew.
The Center for Governmental Studies will receive $1 million in funding from the federal government to use to further develop its Youth Leadership Initiative -- a program designed to introduce young people to politics. The million-dollar appropriation was attached as a part of the Department of Education's budget for the 2000 fiscal year, Center Program Director Alex Theodoridis said. But the government funding is less than half of the amount needed to implement the Initiative on a state-wide level, Youth Leadership Initiative Director Ken Stroupe said.
Gov. James Gilmore, III's (R) Blue Ribbon Commission on Higher Education is recommending that all state public institutions of higher learning should receive funding based on how well the colleges and universities meet performance standards.
Following the vandalism of a Chinese mosaic outside Brown College last Tuesday night, the University students who worked on the project hope to put the incident behind them and finish building the piece. The vandalism occurred between 12:30 and 1 a.m.
An increasing number of University students are considering study abroad programs this year, Overseas Study Advisor Jessica Roberts said yesterday. Roberts said she anticipates about 20 to 25 more students will study in a foreign country in the spring semester.
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The McIntire Women's Business Forum, in conjunction with the Commerce Student Affairs Office, held its annual fall workshop Saturday in Monroe Hall. Sixty first and second-year women interested in applying to the Commerce School participated in the four-hour workshop, which also was attended by Commerce students and faculty members.
If history repeats itself, three University students may be looking at a very prosperous future.
State Sen. Emily Couric (D-Charlottesville) said she wants to devote state lottery funds solely to education yesterday during a speech to several Education School honors candidates in the Dome room of the Rotunda. Couric said she disagreed with the General Assembly's decision to divert lottery funds from education in favor of other projects. "The electorate was told that the lottery money would be going solely to education.
University President John T. Casteen III announced plans Thursday to reorganize the top echelons of the University's administration in preparation for development in the coming century. "President Casteen has been in the long-range process of looking at how the University is structured," University Relations Director Louise Dudley said.
The city of Charlottesville is considering ending its five-year campaign to revert to town status. Charlottesville Mayor Virginia Daugherty announced last week that City Council would consider a resolution to reject the transformation of Charlottesville from an independent city to the largest town in Albemarle County. Daugherty, Vice Mayor Meredith Richards and Councilman David J.
Students receiving Pell Grants may see up to $175 more in aid from a provision in the fiscal spending package now under consideration in Congress.
The Cultural Programming Board held its first informational meeting yesterday for student groups interested in applying for funds.
In response to the attack that he suffered above Ruffner Footbridge while walking home to his first-year dorm in the early morning of Nov.
At least nine Texas A&M University students died yesterday morning when they were trapped under logs as they prepared a bonfire to kick off their Nov.
University, Charlottesville and Albemarle County officials assembled yesterday at the Planning and Coordination Council meeting to continue a dialogue on issues facing the Charlottesville area.
The Garden Room is facing continued financial difficulties despite recent efforts to improve its visibility on Grounds, Dining Services Director Edward Gutauskas said. Representatives from ARAmark Dining Services and the University community are meeting today to discuss the status of the Garden Room, a dining facility designed to encourage student and faculty interaction. At the meeting, "we are going to look at the service being provided and the costs incurred for the service," Gutauskas said.
In response to the devastation caused by the Oct. 29 super cyclone that hit India, two student cultural groups are organizing students to help provide relief for the survivors of the tragedy. The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth and the Hindu Students Council are working with the Center for South Asian Studies to raise funds to send to the devastated area. Relief agencies estimate the death toll to be in the tens of thousands but an official death toll has not yet been released. With such a high level of destruction, students involved said they believe supplying the survivors with funds is essential. SPICMACAY Chief Coordinator Sunny Takkallapalli encouraged students to "take a moment and think of what it would be like to have nothing left, no family and no belongings." SPICMACAY is working closely with the Orissa Forum, a humanitarian relief organization, to ensure the money collected from students goes straight to the victims and does not pass through many hands, Takkallapalli said. "There is a worldwide effort to collect money to send to the victims in India.
The University has narrowed its search for a new assistant to the vice president for student affairs to four candidates. The vacancy was created when H.
Virginia's Democratic Party is facing an unprecedented situation as it begins to contend with a Republican majority in the General Assembly for the first time since Reconstruction. "It's going to be a new experience obviously," Del.
