Boatwright Memorial Library staff established an online reservation system this semester for group and individual-study rooms. Students can now reserve a study room one week in advance for a maximum of two hours each day, said Lucretia McCulley, library director of outreach services.
During the summer, supervisors at the Boatwright Memorial Library terminated Joanita Senoga, a librarian who worked as a customer service and night associate. Student librarians, along with alumni and community members are insisting that the decision be reviewed and overturned. Fliers around residence halls, as well as a Facebook group created earlier this semester, claim that Senoga's termination was unjust.
A group of students used fall break as an opportunity to break out of the campus bubble and engage with the city of Richmond through a university-sponsored program focused on the environment, arts and community. Over three days, the group's activities included visits to the James River, Folk Festival, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the Capitol. The first trip, on Saturday was to the South of the James Farmer's Market, an open-air market in Forest Hill Park where farmers and artisans sell locally grown and handmade items, such as baskets, wine and t-shirts, said senior Jolmi Minaya Suriel.
The changes to Ring Dance, which were decided on this year, have prompted many reactions from students and alumni including a petition organized by Anna Kuta, a Westhampton College alumna who graduated in 2011. Kuta started the petition after talking with alumni about their thoughts about the changes.
Gov. Mitt Romney, Republican Presidential Candidate, will be speaking at a rally inside the Robins Center at the University of Richmond this Sunday, with doors opening at 2:15 p.m.
People are becoming stronger, bigger, faster and smarter, but success is still within reach as long as students take ownership of themselves and take advantage of the opportunities offered to them, said Kevin Eastman, Boston Celtics' assistant coach and University of Richmond Hall of Fame member. At a press conference on Monday, Eastman, who graduated in 1977 and played basketball for Richmond, said: "When I entered into this place, I was a shy, introverted person.
During the recent decision to cut both men's soccer and track and field, the appointed task-force had reportedly considered advancing a women's club team to varsity status, specifically volleyball or crew, instead of the cuts, said Jim Miller (director of athletics), in an interview shortly after the announcement was made. "If a bunch of girls are getting together saying they want to play for Division I volleyball or crew," freshman Olivia Dulmage said, "and the school makes a change for boys, then I think that would be wrong.
The 1992 presidential debate held at the University of Richmond was ground-breaking because it was the first time people other than journalists had a chance to ask the candidates questions, said panelists, who took part in the debate, at a 20th anniversary celebration held Thursday in the Alice Haynes Room. Marisa Hall Summers asked a question in that first town hall debate that stumped President George Herbert Walker Bush.
A discussion led by President Edward Ayers that was meant to restore a sense of the drama and importance to the Emancipation Proclamation, he said, will air on C-SPAN3 on Oct.
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The Ring Dance 2015 discussion will have no impact on the changes to Ring Dance, moderator Eric Yellin, a Richmond American studies professor, said as he read the rules for Wednesday night's discussion. Yellin started the discussion by asking the audience about the importance of traditions and whether changing them adds or detracts from the tradition. "Traditions are not static," senior Allie Gutshall said.
As audience members filed into the University of Richmond Cousins Studio Theatre this weekend, the actors of "blu" sat exposed at vanities, and a disc jockey spun records. The nontraditional setup reflected the Department of Theatre and Dance's unique approach to Virginia Grise's 2010 Yale Drama award-winning play, "blu." The contemporary play is centered around a U.S.
In a Target commercial that aired during the coverage of the summer Olympics, an excited high school senior opens his acceptance letter to attend the University of Richmond. That high school senior, Tim Gruber, is now a freshman and a member of the men's track and field team.
Blaire Brandt, University of Richmond Jepson School alumnus and co-founder of The Next Step Realty, said success wasn't a finite moment at the Robins School of Business Tuesday. "Success doesn't exist right now or at any given point in time," Brandt said.
The 7-Election Tour Bus visited the University of Richmond on Tuesday for "COFfree Day 2012," at which students received a free cup of coffee and cast their vote in the 7-Election poll. Jimmy Ellis, field manager of the 7-Election Tour Bus, said the bus would make stops in cities and campuses to give out coffee and encourage people to vote.
A panel discussion will honor the first town-hall style presidential debate hosted by the University of Richmond in 1992. The discussion will be held in the Alice Haynes Room at 5 p.m.
For students at the Circle of Peace School in Uganda, something as small as a book or pencil makes a tremendous impact, said senior Samantha Reis, president for Givology Spiders. Richmond students had the chance to make an impact when Givology Spiders held a letter campaign in the University Forum from 5 to 7 p.m.
Virginia Senate candidates former Gov. George Allen and former Gov. Tim Kaine clashed over issues of health care and environmental sustainability during a debate at the University of Richmond on Oct.
The University of Richmond will host its 13th annual Trick or Treat Street Halloween fair for children on the Westhampton Green from 11 a.m.
Larceny Oct. 4, 11:41 a.m. A Westhampton College student reported that her SpiderCard and two keys had been stolen from her in Whitehurst on Sept.
