A group of eight University of Richmond law students have selected Judge Roger L. Gregory, the first African American to serve on the Fourth U.S.
To apply for financial aid in the future, enrolled students must pay a $25 fee because Richmond is now using the College Scholarship Service (CSS) profile to streamline the application process. In the past, applicants had to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), a supplemental application for Richmond and copies of federal tax forms, said Cindy Deffenbaugh, director of financial aid at Richmond. With the new process, applicants are still required to submit the FAFSA and copies of federal tax forms, but the supplemental application has been replaced by the CSS profile, Deffenbaugh said. In the past, applicants had to download the supplement, fill it out, print it, mail it to the Richmond's financial aid office and wait for the office to manually process the application, Deffenbaugh said.
The University of Richmond's Social Entrepreneurship SSIR class will be hosting a Benefit for Hope this Sunday that will help fund a sustainable water project in the Dominican Republic. The Social Entrepreneurship SSIR class traveled to the Dominican Republic over fall break and were able to see first hand how expensive water is and how access to fresh water is very scarce in the Dominican Republic and its different communities, Jama said.
Richmond dance club Ritmo Latino will be hosting its first spring concert in The Pier of the Tyler Haynes Commons tonight. The show will start at 9 p.m.
With Virginia being one of the key swing states in this year's presidential election, students and faculty at the University of Richmond met to discuss the election process, different ways to become involved and the need for everyone to vote. The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement and Daniel Palazzolo, a political science professor at Richmond, hosted the Election 2012 Information Session yesterday afternoon. "A lot of students don't engage themselves as much as they should in the election process," said Ruby Shumaker, a student coordinator for the Bonner Center.
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Members of the University of Richmond community tried their luck by pressing buttons on a vending machine filled with prizes during lunch hours in the Heilman Dining Center on Monday as part of the Coca-Cola Open Happiness Collegiate Vending Machine Tour. The machine functioned as if it were a traditional vending machine, but the result was a surprise.
Sharanya Lal, president of the University of Richmond's Entrepreneurship Club, and Professor Jeff Pollack, the club's faculty adviser, say students should participate in the 2012 Undergraduate Business Pitch Competition because it is a unique learning opportunity within a high stakes environment. Student entrepreneurs will have the chance to win $3,500 in cash and pitch their business idea to local investors during the contest, which starts April 9. Groups or individual students will have 10 minutes to pitch their business idea to a group of business school professors and five minutes to answer questions during the first round, Pollack said.
Only 10 days after their senior season came to an end, Josh Duinker and Francis-Cedric Martel returned to the courts to participate in the Pi Beta Phi sorority's annual spring philanthropy event, "Ballin for Books." Martel, Duinker and their team, "JD, Fran and the Managers," left the gym Friday night as champions of the 3-on-3 basketball tournament, a different environment than their typical night at the Robins Center. "Playing college basketball is very stressful," Martel said.
Larceny Feb. 29, 6:59 p.m. A Westhampton College student's keys and SpiderCard were stolen.
Lt. John Jacobs of the University of Richmond Police Department will attend the FBI National Academy this summer where he hopes to build off his 19 years of service in the department, he said. Jacobs said Police Chief David McCoy had put in an invitation for him to attend the academy.
Aarti Reddy, a freshman at the University of Richmond and this year's Project for Peace proposal winner, was chosen to receive funding to build toilets in the urban slums of India. "I'm really excited," Reddy said.
Westhampton College Government Association (WCGA) conducted a survey over the past three weeks to get student opinion about awarding credit to science classes with laboratories, after many science students voiced how unfair the unit system has been for such intensive and time-consuming courses. Katrina Goulden, chairwoman of the academic affairs committee for WCGA, initiated and launched the survey, which was open from Feb.
John F. Carroll's colleagues in the Richmond School of Law believe Carroll's lasting legacy will be his family, his students and his warm, open-minded personality. Carroll, 44, passed away on March 8 from natural causes.
This summer, the university housing department has scheduled renovations of the 100, 300 and 400 blocks of the University Forest Apartments. The architects of BCWH and McMillan Pazdan Smith are leading the project and have actively sought students' opinions regarding the new designs.
Junior Evan Harris was elected Richmond College Student Government Association president, beating out his friend, junior Colin Billings. "I can't be smiling too much right now -- definitely later on -- but right now, it's [Billings] who put a lot of heart into it, who really loved it also lost," Harris said after hearing the results, "but I'll be looking forward to working alongside him next year." Harris said he hoped Billings would take on as large of a role in RCSGA as he could next year.
Richmond College Student Government Association presidential candidates Evan Harris and Colin Billings debated on Monday night at The Pier in Tyler Haynes Commons. The debate leads to the Tuesday's election for RCSGA president.
A documentary film presented the 2009 battle for same-sex marriage in Maine on Monday night. The screening is part of "Documentaries in the Greek," a film festival sponsored by the University of Richmond chapter of the Roosevelt Institute. "Question One" is a documentary that looks at same-sex marriage from both sides of the fight, said sophomore Erik Lampmann, the president of the group.
Her face is plastered around campus, taped to bathroom stalls and on stacks of flyers strewn around dormitories.
On Tuesday, March 20, University of Richmond will participate in the annual statewide tornado drill sponsored by the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and the National Weather Service. Gov.
