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Class of 2014 applications up 9 percent from last year

By Anna Kuta | January 28, 2010

Applications for freshman admission at the University of Richmond are up 9 percent from last year. Richmond has received 8,566 applications for freshman admission for the class of 2014, a record-breaker, said Nanci Tessier, vice president for enrollment management. Richmond has not yet decided the number of students to be admitted, Tessier wrote in an e-mail, but the targeted size of the freshman class has been set at 805. Tessier said looking at data from the past three years would help project the number of students who would accept Richmond's offer of admission. For the class of 2013, the university also targeted for a class size of 805 students.

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Givology Spiders: Students reach out to Uganda

By Maria Ribas | January 28, 2010

A late night at Boatwright Memorial Library usually means snuggling on couches with lattes and laptops, but for the members of Givology Spiders it means planning how to raise funds to keep a child in Uganda in school. Givology Spiders, a new student organization, works directly with the Circle of Peace School in a suburb of Kampala and was founded by University of Richmond graduate student and library night manager, Joanita Senoga.

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Photo Gallery: MLK Day celebration

By Leigh Donahue | January 21, 2010

The University of Richmond celebrated Martin Luther King Day Jan. 18 with a processional from the Jepson Quad to a service in Cannon Memorial Chapel which featured keynote speaker Oliver W.

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Better campus phone service could be coming soon

By Calvin Virgilio | January 21, 2010

Poor campus cell phone service has been a problem for quite some time, but a solution could be in reach by fall 2010, a University of Richmond administrator acknowledged. The university has been working on the cell-phone coverage problem for a while and has been in conversations with the major service providers, said Doug West, director of telecommunications support services. "Our goal is to do something that will provide all of the carriers with an opportunity to improve their service here on campus," he said. The underlying foundation of poor phone service lies in the location of the university, West said.

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What does MLK Day mean to me?

By Stephanie Rice | January 21, 2010

"Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of true education." I read that quote while doing some research on Martin Luther King Jr., and immediately asked myself whether the University of Richmond was meeting the goal of true education.

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Richmond stays connected abroad through Skype

By admin | January 21, 2010

University of Richmond faculty and staff in various disciplines are increasingly using the videoconferencing software Skype in the classroom to connect with colleagues and research partners abroad. The university's reputation as a global institution has been improving during recent years.

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Police Report: 1/21/10

By The Collegian | January 20, 2010

Vandalism Nov. 17, 2 p.m. A wooden storage bench that holds table umbrellas on the patio of Boatwright Memorial Library was damaged.

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Gov. McDonnell outlines plans for state at inauguration

By Liz McAvoy | January 20, 2010

Incoming Gov. Robert F. McDonnell addressed a packed congregation of Virginians on Saturday at his inauguration, haling the crowd to take responsibility for the future of their state. "Working together ? Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike ? Virginia will continue to blaze the trail of opportunity and prosperity," McDonnell said. Virginia residents arrived at the Virginia Capitol in Richmond from around the state to see their new governor officially enter office. Carolyn Lantz of Mechanicsville said of the new governor, "I'm excited about him and I will pray for him." McDonnell's inaugural speech recalled outgoing Gov.

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Film studies students to have access to donated screenplays

By Leigh Donahue | January 15, 2010

Students who enroll in classes within the new film studies major now have access to more than 300 screenplays donated to the University of Richmond. The new major, which starts next fall, will be composed of nine courses offered in a variety of departments, including English, modern literature and cultures and maybe business, said Paul Porterfield, the head of the Media Resource Center and adjunct instructor of film studies. The founder and head of the Virginia Screenwriters Forum, Helene Wagner, approached the school after the Virginia Screenwriters Forum's librarian, Bill Sydnor, stepped down. "He had a room with boxes and boxes of scripts and it seemed natural to suggest them to U of R," Wagner said in a phone interview. The university gladly received the donation, which came free of charge. "We would have had to spend thousands and thousands of dollars at a time when it's really tight at the university to even begin to put together a collection like this," Special Collections Librarian Jim Gwin said. "Not many college campuses have that kind of resource available," Abigail Cheever, an associate professor of English, said.

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Ayers says he's not a candidate for U.Va. president

By Jimmy Young | January 11, 2010

President Edward Ayers denied that he was a candidate for the president of the University of Virginia, which is expected to name its new president this afternoon, according to university officials. Ayers, whose name had surfaced as a possible successor to Virginia President John T.

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U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to look into college admission bias

By Nick Mider | December 18, 2009

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is studying the issue of gender in college admission and will gather testimony and data from the University of Richmond and 18 other mid-Atlantic colleges and universities. All of the schools were chosen by the commission based on their proximity to Washington, D.C., according to an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education. But Richmond was also put on the list because of reports that asserted the university was intentionally admitting a disproportionately high number of male applicants, including a U.S.

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Latrell Scott named head football coach

By Reilly Moore | December 15, 2009

Eight days after former head football coach Mike London took the same position at the University of Virginia, University of Richmond wide receiver Kevin Grayson announced London's replacement. That's because Richmond athletic director Jim Miller decided Grayson would be the right person to introduce new head football coach Latrell Scott, who served as the wide receivers coach for the Spiders during Grayson's first two seasons. "On behalf of the football team, we are really excited about this selection," Grayson said. Scott, a 34-year-old Richmond native who most recently coached the wide receivers at the University of Virginia and the University of Tennessee, has been named the 34th head coach in program history. "This is a very exciting day for me and my family," Scott said.

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