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By The Collegian | January 27, 2011Click here to download the January 27, 2011, full PDF edition of The Collegian.
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Arts and Sciences Dean Andrew F. Newcomb will step down and return to the department of psychology on July 10 after serving 10 years. When Newcomb officially turns over his position, he said he planned to take a one-year sabbatical and return to the classroom in August 2012 as a professor of psychology. "Hopefully, during my sabbatical, I will be able to develop my courses so that students will have a good learning experience," Newcomb said. When Newcomb returns to the department of psychology, it will have been 13 years since he last taught, he said. Newcomb has served the University of Richmond in many different ways since he was hired in 1984.
The Jamie and Paige Malone Scholarship has raised more than $56,000 since it was established in honor of the Malone sisters, said Brian Eckert, media relations director for the University of Richmond. Following the July 15 accident that killed Jamie, a rising junior, and Paige, who graduated last May, the Malone family requested that donations be given to a building fund for Camp Anchor. Both sisters had been counselors at the camp for special-needs children in Hempstead, N.Y. The fund reached its goal so quickly that the family contacted President Edward Ayers to set up a scholarship fund to honor the women. "As word of Jamie and Paige Malone's death in the July 15 accident began to spread in Long Island, Richmond and the university community, the family, fellow students, even people who didn't know the women began contacting the university about setting up a UR scholarship fund in their memory," Eckert said. Around 335 contributors have donated to the scholarship fund so far, Eckert said. Both women were involved in Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
Vandalism Jan. 19, 12:25 a.m. A ceramic flower pot, valued at $20, and an African Violet plant, valued at $10, were damaged outside of CAPS. Jan.
Fifty-four transfer students, out of an applicant pool of 416, enrolled at the University of Richmond during 2010, Gil Villanueva, assistant vice president and dean of admission, said. Applications were up 9 percent as compared to 2009, while enrollment decreased by 21 percent. The transfer acceptance rates for 2008, 2009 and 2010 were 43 percent, 34 percent and 30 percent respectively, and students hailed from Ivy League institutions, such as Dartmouth College, state universities, such as the University of Virginia and Virginia community colleges, such as John Tyler Community College. Villanueva, however, said that the Office of Admissions did not have statistics on students who transferred out. Ben Cavin, an incoming transfer student and biology major from Virginia Tech, said that Richmond's pre-med program was "better." "It's much more personal here, and much more hands-on," said Cavin, whose grandmother attended and met her husband at Westhampton College in the 1940s.
The lingering smell of mold had greeted the residents of University Forest Apartment 1400 ever since its pipe's regulator valve came loose and the floor was submerged under two inches of water. The valve popped off about a week before the spring semester began, resident Tim Cummings said.
The president of the Milton Society of America named Associate English Professor Louis Schwartz the 2009 James Holly Hanford Book Award winner on Jan.
Contact cartoonist Kristy Burkhardt at kristy.burkhardt@richmond.edu
The job market is off to a positive start for the class of 2011, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers' job outlook.
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"Imagine yourself leading a movement that puts you at the forefront of the world." This is what the Rev.
The University of Richmond opened the doors of the new addition to the Robins School of Business, Queally Hall, this semester, advancing the school for business students and faculty alike. Queally Hall had several donors, but it was named in honor of Paul and Anne-Marie Queally, both of whom were 1986 Phi Beta Kappa graduates.
Finding enough beds for returning students who studied abroad was not easy this semester, but in the end everyone was housed, Carolyn Bigler, assistant director of undergraduate student housing, said. For returning students who were abroad, finding housing can be difficult, she said.
The University of Richmond reached new heights in December with the addition of a Verizon cell phone tower. The tower, located behind Pitt Field, is the result of years of planning and was put into action after leaders at Richmond mandated an improvement in emergency communication on campus.
The University of Richmond unveiled its new transportation initiative for students, faculty and staff just in time for the spring semester. The initiative, unveiled Monday, Jan.
Members of a University of Richmond student panel presented their compilations of research and firsthand experiences about social injustice and civil rights legacies on Jan.
Although their formal bonds of sisterhood were dissolved late last semester, former active members of the Richmond chapter of Alpha Chi Omega have endured through a process that initially left them stunned. Alpha Chi Omega Fraternity, Inc. closed the Iota Mu chapter on the Richmond campus, effective Nov.
This past fall was an especially good season in television. We were introduced to some great new shows, namely Boardwalk Empire, Louie, and The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. If you didn't catch these shows, then do yourself a favor and find some time to watch them.
Larceny Nov. 17, 2:50 p.m. A Richmond College student's MacBook Pro, valued at $2,000, was stolen from Gottwald Science Center. Nov.
Members of the University of Richmond community can now submit tips about campus crimes anonymously via text message through the police department's new "text-a-tip" program. The University of Richmond Police Department has partnered with Metro Richmond Crime Stoppers, a local crime-fighting group, to provide the tip-submission program and Richmond's first reward system for tips at no cost to the university. Any person who submits a tip that leads to an arrest will be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Through the partnership with Crime Stoppers, people can also submit tips anonymously over the phone at (804) 780-1000 and online at www.tipsubmit.com.