BLACKSBURG, Va. -- The 32 stones that lie in a semicircle in front of Burruss Hall were not here last April 16, the morning of the worst school shooting in U.S.
Students and faculty gathered on Wednesday in the Cannon Memorial Chapel to mark one year since the death of 33 people at Virginia Tech with words of reflection from President Edward Ayers, Acting Chaplain Kate O'Dwyer-Randall and Matthew White of the Office of the Chaplaincy. O'Dwyer-Randall opened the service by thanking the people there for attending, and asking them to think about the events of the past year.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that federal and state regulators must act quickly to implement the reforms necessary to rescue the sinking U.S.
Juana Wu left a hole in the Richmond community when she died three weeks ago. Wu was a counselor at Counseling and Psychological Services as a practicum student under Elizabeth Stott while studying doctorate-track counseling and psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said in a speech Thursday at the Jepson Alumni Center that he supported strengthening consumer protection rules and that market participants should be "more conservative and careful." He offered a series of recommendations for reforming the financial market, including increasing transparency about the risks of certain securities. "These recommendations should moderate the likelihood and severity of future financial shocks and enable market participants to better withstand shocks when they occur," Bernanke said in a speech in front of more than 250 people from the World Affairs Council of Greater Richmond.
In early 2006, Westhampton College Dean Juliette Landphair asked her former history professor Edward Ayers to consider applying to be the next president of the University of Richmond.
Chances are the computer you use everyday is imported from Taiwan despite the U.S. government's refusal to recognize it as a country. Joseph Wu, an expert on the unique bond between the United States and Taiwan, and a representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office, lectured in Jepson Hall Thursday about the importance of Taiwanese-American relations. "Taiwan is a very important partner of the U.S.
John McCain and Barack Obama disagree on where America should be fighting the war on terror, but still have similar messages, two former White House advisers said in a panel Thursday. Stephen Yates, who served as the deputy national security adviser under Vice President Dick Cheney, and Derek Mitchell, a Defense Department official during the Clinton administration, discussed how presidential hopefuls McCain and Obama would approach foreign policy if elected in front of about 35 students and community members in Jepson Hall April 3. Terrorism remains the primary concern for all candidates, with McCain believing Iraq is the central focus of the war on terror, Mitchell said. "Obama says to get out of Iraq as carefully as we went in carelessly, and then focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan," Mitchell said. As far as considering Iraq as the current center of the war on terror, candidates are debating and evaluating what has been done so far and what to do now that war has been waged, Yates said. "Is there a war on terrorism?" he asked.
The three most important things to manage in life are experience, change and time, the senior vice president of Right Media LLC said at the Robins School of Business honors convocation Tuesday morning. Michael Walrath, a University of Richmond alumnus, was on campus to receive the Robins School of Business Executive of the Year Award for 2008.
The Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the most prestigious academic grants in the country, has been awarded to a University of Richmond history professor.
University of Richmond Dining Services is green in the eyes of the state, and with Earth Day approaching on April 22, spreading awareness of sustainability is a priority. Dining Services was certified as a Virginia Green Restaurant this year, though Cathy Moran, purchasing manager for Dining Services, said that Richmond had been complying with Virginia Green standards for at least five years now. "We're not very good about patting ourselves on the back," Moran said, "and I think that's maybe why we really didn't toot the horn before, but all along we've had a lot of green in-house." On Earth Day, Sierra Club, Renew and Dining Services are getting together to hold a food waste study and portion awareness day.
President Edward Ayers' Chief of Staff Lori Schuyler presented the proposed strategic plan to the newly elected Westhampton College Government Association Wednesday night. "A strategic plan forces you to see how you are going to prioritize your time, how you are going to prioritize your energy, how you are going to prioritize your resources," Schuyler said.
The University of Richmond Department of Theatre and Dance and the University Players will soon present their last production of the season in the wake of a recent racial incident in Cousins Studio Theater. The production, "The Meeting" by Jeff Stetson, is being directed by associate professor Chuck Mike.
The University of Richmond's plans to "move Spider football home" are still being developed as the university awaits approval of a special-use permit from the City of Richmond, but some neighbors are still not sure they're on board with the plans. The university hosted a community meeting about the stadium on April 1 to address the concerns of those that might be affected by the stadium at any point, from temporary construction concerns to long-term concerns about traffic and noise on game days.
The faculty at the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business has approved new academic standards for entrance to the business school and has sent a proposal to the University Faculty Senate to be voted on, according to Dean Jorge Haddock. According to the new plan, in order to be eligible to major or minor in business, economics or accounting, students would have to have a 2.7 grade point average after completing at least 12 units at the end of three semesters of college coursework including Principles of Microeconomics, Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, and Calculus I or Scientific Calculus, or their equivalents.
The controversy regarding presidential candidate Barack Obama's pastor and his religious background show the important role that religion plays in American politics, said Amy Sullivan, nation editor at Time magazine yesterday. Sullivan, author of "The Party Faithful: How and Why Democrats Are Closing the God Gap," said that Sen.
Recently elected Richmond College Student Government Association President Matthew Whittaker swore in newly appointed senators and class chairs during the senate's weekly meeting on Wednesday night in the Whitehurst Living Room. "We have a lot of new people, and I think they will all be pretty great," Whittaker said. He hopes that the newly elected members will bring in an outside perspective, he said. President Edward Ayers' Chief of Staff Lori Schuyler talked about Ayer's strategic plan and its purpose to identify collective items that the university should work toward.
President Edward Ayers and his staff have been working with the community to draft a strategic plan that will outline certain goals, values and principles for Richmond's future. A draft of the plan has been posted on the university's Strategic Plan Web site along with other challenges, opportunities, goals and missions.
His words move the world's economic markets. His policies capture the attention of Wall Street investors, swing interest rates, sway consumer confidence, and attempt prevent economic recessions while expanding the U.S.
After this year's third racially charged incident on campus and what some consider a slow response from the administration, students are evaluating their emotions and taking action. Various university community members convened Friday afternoon in the Brown Alley Room to discuss the incident -- the first of many meetings to today, when a group of students will personally address President Edward Ayers.
