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Campus renovations during summer total $14 million

By Mara Lugo | September 6, 2012

The University of Richmond has invested more than $14 million in campus upgrades, including $2.5 million towards library improvements and $5 million in the construction of a new Student Activities Complex. Other developments involve housing renovations, a new cafe at UR Downtown, artificial turf and upgraded lighting for the intramural fields and the addition of football offices and meeting rooms in the Robins Center, according to a university press release. Located on the south end of campus behind North Court, the new Student Activities Complex will include a student center, featuring a main room, two meeting spaces, a student kitchen and a catering kitchen. The Cottage Court will include eight individual cottages, seven of which will be dedicated to sorority use, and a surrounding courtyard.

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Student Activities' OrgSync to centralize campus organizations

By Rachel Bevels | September 6, 2012

This year, the Student Activities staff surprised students with a new web platform, called OrgSync, for organization members to share their various clubs' information and events with the student body in one location. In August, student organization officers at the University of Richmond received an email from Anthony Crenshaw, assistant director for student organizations and leadership development, which informed them they needed to register their organization on the new Student Activities website, OrgSync.

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Parking tickets should increase with new smart car and system

By Ryann Dannelly | September 6, 2012

Bill Rawluk, parking specialist at the University of Richmond, is preparing to switch to a new electronic parking ticket system to go along with his new smart car. The combination of Rawluk's smart car and the electronic parking ticket system will increase the number of parking tickets given on campus, he said. The old ticket system, which will be used until the end of the fall semester, requires Rawluk to input the permit number of a vehicle into his handheld device to see where that vehicle is allowed to be parked. If the car is parked illegally, he takes a picture of the license for documentation and puts a ticket under the windshield wipers.

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Police Report: 9/6/2012

By The Collegian | September 6, 2012

Liquor Law Violations August 29- A Richmond College student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in South Court. August 29- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in South Court. August 29- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in South Court. August 30- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall. August 30- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall August 30- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall August 30- A Westhampton College student was referred to the dean for a liquor law violation on UR Drive/Crenshaw Way.

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Modlin Center presenting series of six independent films

By Molly Gentzel | September 6, 2012

Filmmakers will offer viewers a rare look into their creative process as they present their films during the Modlin Center for the Arts "On Screen/In Person" film series. "On Screen/In Person" is a series of six new, independent American films that will be shown from September to April at the Firehouse Theatre Project, located in downtown Richmond, Hooker said. The Modlin Center was one of eight recipients of a grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, through which this project was made possible, said Shannon Hooker, assistant director of the Modlin Center. This project is unique because the filmmakers will be touring with their films to conduct educational activities and provide context and greater information about the art of filmmaking, Hooker said. "Richmond has a thriving film community, so we wanted to be a part of developing it," Hooker said. Abigail Cheever, coordinator of the film studies program, was part of the committee that screened and helped select the films, Hooker said. Cheever said the small committee, which included faculty members from Latin American and Iberian Studies and film studies, had screened the films sent by the Mid Atlantic Arts Association and selected them based on the quality of the filmmaking and how well the topic fit the needs and interests of the Richmond community, both on and off campus. Topics that the committee was interested in included education, civil rights and issues related to the mass media, Cheever said. The final list of films in the series covers such topics as the older population of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people, dyslexia and public school cafeterias, according to the Modlin Center website. Cheever said she hoped that students would take advantage of the opportunity to hear the filmmakers explain the motives and ideas behind their film. "Directors and their films don't often come to places like Richmond," Cheever said.

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Turf installed on intramural fields along with better lighting

By Taylor Cloonan | September 6, 2012

The University of Richmond's new turf intramural fields are scheduled to open this weekend and will provide improved lighting, safer playing conditions and fewer game cancellations. In response to student feedback and the university's Campus Master Plan, members of the Recreation and Wellness and University Facilities staff worked to address the poor conditions of the intramural fields.

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University members gather to remember life of RC student

By Mara Lugo | September 4, 2012

Members of the University community gathered in the Whitehurst Living Room on Thursday to remember the life of Ryan Wolff, RC '13. Staff from the Chaplaincy, CAPS, and the Richmond College Dean's Office facilitated the event. Wolff, who died at his home in Coloma, Mich.

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Orientation serves as Class of 2016's first taste of UR

By Maria Rajtik | August 30, 2012

Last week, the University of Richmond's summertime tranquility came to an end as campus was invaded by new international students, transfer students, 765 freshman, and their parents, friends and siblings. New students visited the University Post Office to collect their keys, picked up their student IDs and bought Richmond swag in the bookstore before the first day of orientation began with the President's Welcome in the Robins Center. Many upperclassmen and faculty members offered the gathered students advice as they started this new chapter in their lives. "We are what we say we are," said Steve Bisese, vice president for student development, "and you will find this experience better than you ever hoped." President Edward Ayers told the audience that this first day of orientation was one of his favorite days of the year.

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Library renovations aim to satisfy student needs

By Rachel Bevels | August 30, 2012

Summer renovations of Boatwright Memorial Library include eight individual study rooms, a designated floor for silent study space, three remodeled bathrooms, additional power outlets, access to library offices and a new bell tower entrance as part of the university's master plan to expand the library in the next five years, said Lucretia McCulley, director of outreach services. The renovations cost $2.5 million and took four months to complete, architect intern Robert Shepard said.

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CDC becomes Office of Alumni and Career Services

By Erin Moyer | August 29, 2012

After almost two years of preparation, the former Career Development Center will implement a new service plan this semester as the Office of Alumni and Career Services with increased assistance for students, alumni and employers. These changes resulted from the merging of the Career Development Center and Alumni Relations office in 2010 and extensive research into all materials previously used at the CDC, said Diana Burkett, communications manager of the Office of Alumni and Career Services. "It is more than just a cosmetic name change," said Leslie Stevenson, director of Career Services at the Office of Alumni and Career Services.

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Song from The Octaves selected for national a cappella album

By Erin Flynn | August 29, 2012

One of the University of Richmond's a cappella groups, The Octaves, was honored this summer with the selection of its song "The Show Goes On" for the album "Voices Only." One of several distinguished a cappella CDs, "Voices Only" is an annual compilation album of collegiate a cappella songs from around the world. Junior Jackson Taylor, president of The Octaves, said there had been steep competition among groups for inclusion on the album. "Voices Only" is well known among the a cappella community," Taylor said.

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