While University e-mail users with first names beginning with A, B, C, D, E, F and G expected downtime Saturday, most were not prepared for unscheduled inaccessibility on Monday, stemming from a hardware failure. In an e-mail sent out to affected students early Monday morning, Information Technology and Communication officials explained that any e-mails received by these accounts between the hours of around 6:30 p.m.
A price tag of $71 million won't stop the University Health System from expanding the Medical Center in summer 2002. The Health System plans to build a four-story addition to the rear of the University Hospital complex.
The out-of-state tuition rate is rising next year. So are premiums for graduate student health care.
In the midst of a nationwide nursing shortage, the University has been successful in attracting some new nurses. This summer, 47 new nurses, 16 of which are University graduates, will begin work at University Hospital.
Nine months ago, College Dean Melvyn P. Leffler announced he would resign in August. Nine months later, his replacement still is unknown. But according to Gene Block, chairman of the search committee charged with finding Leffler's replacement, there are several "exceptional" applicants from which the new dean will be chosen. "We have interviewed a number of external as well as internal candidates," Block said.
Upset over another upcoming rise in QualChoice health care rates, some graduate students are about to say they have had enough. QualChoice is the University-sponsored health care plan many graduate students use because it is the only plan recognizing Student Health as an authorized care provider. Over the past three years, however, QualChoice has raised its rates for graduate students. Graduate students now have two different package options.
After an eight-month search, University officials think they have found the woman for the job. Yoke San L.
A deadlock in the General Assembly will most likely result in Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) balancing the Commonwealth's budget himself. After the House of Delegates and the Senate ended their sessions last month without adopting a budget, Gilmore had said he would call a special session of the General Assembly to amend and approve a budget.
Virginia residents wondering what it takes to become a bartender or firefighter have another career-related resource at their fingertips. A new Web site, created by a team from the University's Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, lists statistics for hundreds of jobs of special interest to Virginians, which will help jobseekers find the employment that suits tem best. Under a contract from the Virginia Department of Education, Education Prof.
Transfer students hoping to attend Virginia Tech this spring will need to make other plans for the semester.
