Changing the conversation about mental health: Active Minds chapter comes to UR
Four University of Richmond juniors have come together to form the UR chapter of Active Mind to increase health-seeking behavior on campus.
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Four University of Richmond juniors have come together to form the UR chapter of Active Mind to increase health-seeking behavior on campus.
Editor's note: Jane Schmidt had the idea for the new site, but was not the one who started the site. The article also originally said the volunteers communicate with public school teachers, but the site teachers are the ones who communicate with them. This article has been since corrected.
Four students in the Global Health Sophomore Scholar in Residence (SSIR) program started their capstone project researching the question of mental health and how it applies to University of Richmond's campus, but they didn’t stop with their final presentation.
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation recently recognized 240 students across the nation as Goldwater scholarship winners, a scholarship meant to help fourth-years with university costs.
Although unsure about her intended major when she first arrived at Richmond, Melanie Lippert, WC '19, was determined to volunteer.
Senior Marie Fernandez is the President of SEEDS. Hailing from Charlottesville, Virginia, Fernandez got involved with SEEDS during her freshman year and fell in love. The annual SEEDS spring break trip is just around the corner, so I talked to Fernandez about the program and its service.
Simona Wright, a professor at the College of New Jersey, discussed the importance of understanding and memorializing the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean region, during a lecture in the International Center Commons on Wednesday.
Spring break: a post-midterm week of relief where university students are free to tell their Netflix accounts, “Yes, I am still watching,” without feeling guilty about procrastinating amid a seemingly endless flood of schoolwork. But every year, about 40 students use their week of freedom to engage with communities in need while receiving hands-on education through the SEEDS Project.
The Cellar accommodates its customers with a late-night menu in addition to the party and events menu.
After an eight-month process, University of Richmond has hired Rob Andrejewski as its first Director of Sustainability.
When Ed Ayers steps down as University of Richmond president on July 1, he will have time to write, play squash, and take a much-anticipated vacation with his wife.
Applications to apply for funding for seven out of the eight programs under the UR Summer Fellowships are due Friday, March 20.
Now in its seventh cohort of students, Richmond’s living-learning communities are growing in scope and number. The Office of Living-Learning and Roadmap Programs will offer ten Sophomore Scholars in Residence and two upperclassmen communities during the 2015-2016 academic year, almost all of which link the curricular and the co-curricular through concentration on social justice.
"The Stop: How the Fight for Good Food Transformed a Community and Inspired a Movement" by Nick Saul and Andrea Curtis, this year’s campus-wide One Book, is bringing dialogue about poverty, hunger and healthy eating to University of Richmond’s campus through classroom discussions, service events and speakers.
Two sophomores from the Classics Club presented on Friday about their 10-day summer research trip to the ancient Roman city of Herculaneum, Italy.
Rochelle Davis, academic director of the Center for Contemporary Arab Studies at Georgetown University, visited campus Wednesday to discuss her decades of research in the Middle East and the dire situation of millions of Syrian refugees scattered throughout the region.
Avery Safford was ready to live in an apartment on campus near Crenshaw Field with her teammates for her junior year.
To the editor-in-chief of The Collegian:
Inclusivity has been a major focus at University of Richmond as part of the Richmond Promise. As a result of the hard work of many faculty and students, the university will be honored May 3 with the Catalyst Award for supporting LGBTQ students and creating a more inclusive environment.
Survey results showed when students were asked whether they would use a bike trail that directly led from the University of Richmond to the James River, the answer was an overwhelming yes.