Ways to Memorialize explores memorialization efforts among colleges and universities in Virginia with historical connections to slavery.
“Not only that, I also want our campus as a community to grapple with racism and segregation...," Crutcher said.
“I didn’t have a fever; I didn’t really have a headache; I didn’t really have a stomach ache,” she said. “It was just a general achy feeling.”
Communicable and infectious diseases that people transmit from one person to another tend to carry stigma, especially when they are newer and scarier.
The trio felt these resources were not sufficiently being provided by UR in comparison to support for leadership studies and business majors, Weinberg said.
Miquell Shaw, a member of the Africana Studies Student Committee, recalled a one-on-one conversation he had with Crutcher in summer 2020 at Crutcher’s on-campus home.
Friends told sophomore Penny Hu they had been referred to as a “Chinese virus” on campus around last March, she said.
UR is partnering with UCLA’s Higher Education Research Institute to administer a campus climate survey of all faculty, staff and students.
The percentage of Black undergraduate students at the UR has declined in the past decade, from a 9.5% peak in 2011-12 to 6% in fall 2020.
Curry has gotten to know Caton well since his first year. He even has her phone number and texts her occasionally to check in and catch up with her, Caton said.
The cafe’s focal point is its commitment to using ingredients that are free of dyes and pesticides, said Lena Vergnes, marketing manager at Organic Krush.
Ways to Memorialize explores memorialization efforts among colleges and universities in Virginia with historical connections to slavery.
Students can do this through Jepson student organizations such as the Jepson Student Government Association, Jepson Corps and Science Leadership Scholars.
Spiders Support Recovery is non-judgmental, non-critical and respectful of students’ privacy, according to the program webpage.
Last spring, two seniors who worked for the Office for Sustainability created a petition to implement composting on campus.
Ellis attended Colorado State University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in journalism. She graduated from UR's law school in 2011.
Aidan Bond, UR '20, said he would look forward to an in-person commencement ceremony for his class if it became possible for UR to host one.
There is not an official date for the start of Phase 1c, which prioritizes other essential workers, including higher education faculty and staff.
A new strain of the COVID-19 virus, identified as the B.1.1.7 variant, was discovered on Jan. 25 in Northern Virginia.
The University of Richmond has turned $50 million into $2.5 billion in 51 years.
