University of Richmond hosts graduation this weekend
Graduation weekend – a three-day celebration marking the close of 727 undergraduate careers – will commence Friday evening with the senior celebration on the forum from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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Graduation weekend – a three-day celebration marking the close of 727 undergraduate careers – will commence Friday evening with the senior celebration on the forum from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Robert Stevens Gentil, a 32-year-old Richmond Public Schools teacher, was charged with felony involuntary manslaughter for his involvement in the fatal car crash that killed University of Richmond faculty member, Elizabeth B. Pryor, 64.
University of Richmond students are invited to a final “Salute to Dr. Ayers,” an event that will feature live entertainment and student-created videos, at Crenshaw Field at 7 p.m. on April 18.
Members of the University of Richmond community gathered in The Forum Wednesday afternoon to commemorate Walter Scott, a black male who was shot in the back and killed by a white police officer in North Charleston, South Carolina, April 4.
The Collegian released the complete results of its Campus Attitudes on Sexual Assault survey Wednesday, and the full report can be read here.
University of Richmond Police Report: April 6, 2015 - April 13, 2015
A Sigma Alpha Epsilon alumni commission moved to remove University of Richmond’s SAE chapter president from office, suspend the members of the senior class until they graduate, expel six men from the fraternity and place the chapter under social probation through at least December 2015, Brandon E. Weghorst, associate executive director of communications for SAE headquarters, wrote in an email.
Peter Donohue has replaced Tucker White as president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Virginia Tau chapter three days after two Westhampton College students suffered injuries at a fraternity event and while the fraternity faces a legal investigation.
For the first time since 2010, University of Richmond offered undergraduate admission to fewer than 3,000 potential first-year students.
President Ed Ayers will answer pre-approved questions submitted by students at the President's Forum, hosted by University of Richmond’s Mortar Board Chapter, in the Ukrop Auditorium at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
University of Richmond Police Report: March 30, 2015 – April 5, 2015
The city of Richmond, which served as the capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, commemorated the 150th anniversary of the conclusion of the war through Richmond’s Journey, a series of programs held in the city from April 1-4.
During a three-day period last week, University of Richmond Police stopped 80 drivers on Boatwright Drive for speeding in excess of 10 mph in an area with seven pedestrian crossings, according to an email University of Richmond faculty and staff received Tuesday morning.
No member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon’s Virginia Tau chapter at University of Richmond attended the national leadership cruise where members of the former University of Oklahoma chapter learned the racist chant that has since sparked national controversy, said Tucker White, SAE's Virginia Tau president.
The Octaves’ encore song, Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani, captured the feel of their annual Spring Fever concert Saturday – fun and well executed.
“When people cheat, they’re ruining the whole principle of opportunity, of equality, of achievement and accomplishment,” President Ed Ayers said in his speech at Ukrop Auditorium, which was held as part of UR Honor Week last Monday.
As sexual misconduct policy and prevention at schools remains a national discussion, it has been closely examined at Richmond in recent days. On March 24, 2015, The Collegian published the results to its Campus Attitudes on Sexual Misconduct survey. University administrators hosted a town hall forum on the sexual misconduct policy the following night. The Collegian documented the busy week leading up to the Department of Education's visit to campus schedule for Tuesday, March 31.
With representatives from the Department of Education scheduled to hold student-only focus groups on campus Tuesday, March 31, as part of its on-going investigation into University of Richmond’s sexual assault policy, Westhampton College deans and other administrators heavily encouraged Richmond students to attend the sessions at the town hall forum on sexual misconduct policies Wednesday night.
For the second time this semester, Richmond College and Westhampton College hosted a Town Hall Forum about University of Richmond’s sexual misconduct policy, and once again student government members represented an overwhelming majority of attendees.
The event concludes. Overall it was productive and good questions were asked. Collegian reporters are in the process of collecting more information from administrators, and more specific storylines regarding the forum will be available as soon as they are available. Thank you for following along.