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Editors note: This article has been updated to reflect UR's decision to extend the universal indoor mask mandate until Nov. 5.
Scholars from four institutions that have reckoned with their history agreed that the University of Richmond must commit to long-lasting change beyond renaming buildings at a virtual panel on Sept. 10.
The University of Richmond, in partnership with Vaccine Here, an organization that provides COVID-19 vaccinations, distributed vaccines to 70 people at no cost to recipients on Aug. 26 during an on-campus clinic, said Mike Damon, head of the organization.
The University of Richmond required all students, faculty and staff to receive the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 8, according to an email sent on Aug. 24 by Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer David Hale, Executive Vice President and Provost Jeffrey Legro and Vice President and General Counsel Shannon Sinclair.
The University of Richmond donated on July 27 five doublewide modular units to the Family Crisis Support Services, an organization that provides emergency shelter and transitional residential housing to survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and victims of homelessness, according to a press release from UR’s Office of Media and Public Relations.
The University of Richmond announced in a July 29 email addressed to the UR community that the Naming Principles Commission, which was established in May following calls to rename Ryland and Mitchell-Freeman halls, will hold its first meeting in August to establish its work plan.
The University of Richmond will transition to full in-person teaching and have the potential to open in the green or lime stage of its distancing protocol for the fall semester, Jeffrey Legro, executive vice president and provost, David Hale, executive vice president and chief operating officer and Steve Bisese, vice president for student development announced in an email sent to students, parents, faculty and staff in June.
Meg Pevarski, associate director of Greek life, and Lisa McCoy, coordinator for sorority and fraternity life, stepped down from their positions with the University of Richmond's Center for Student Involvement this spring.
The University of Richmond is requiring all students, faculty and staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine after one of the vaccines receives full FDA approval, according to an email sent by Executive Vice President and Provost Jeffery Legro, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer David Hale and Vice President for Student Development Steve Bisese about fall semester opening plans on June 10.
Editors note: This article was updated to add information about Arts and Science NEXT, which was not created, but further developed, by Rankine.
The University of Richmond’s 2021 Giving Day resumed and took place from May 25-26, with $1,186,306 raised by 1,912 donors, according to UR's website.
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Editor’s Note: This article contains the perspectives of current Greek life members and CSI staff. The Collegian was unable to contact members of the review committee who are not affiliated with Greek organizations.
The University of Richmond Board of Trustees will create a commission to establish principles on renaming, according to an email sent to the UR community on April 12.
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Editor's note: This article was updated to include more information about UR's past course topics.
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Faculty members of the School of Arts and Sciences released two statements voicing their support for the renaming of Mitchell-Freeman and Ryland halls in solidarity with the Black Student Coalition-led movement to reverse the Board of Trustees’ decision to retain the building names.
Editor’s note: Kristen Starks and Shira Greer are Collegian editors. This article contains expletive language.
University of Richmond alumni who support the UR Black Student Coalition's demands expressed disappointment in the recent communications and rhetoric from the Board of Trustees.