For the past 25 years, Paul Porterfield, director of the Media Resource Center, has worked closely with Uliana Gabara, former dean of international education, in planning the University of Richmond's annual International Film Series.
Since February, University of Richmond has been in the process of building two new housing facilities that will be open to undergraduates starting fall 2014. Next academic year, Richmond students will be able to live in Westhampton Residence Hall or the South Campus apartments, said Chuck Rogers, director of design and construction for Richmond Facilities. Westhampton Residence Hall, located behind South Court, will be a coed, suite-style resident hall with three to four students per unit, Rogers said.
The Office of Sustainability has initiated a program that selects an Eco-Rep for each residence hall in an effort to increase awareness of sustainability programs on campus. Students who apply to be Eco-Reps will work with the residents in their building and encourage them to participate in the annual Eco-Olympics during the spring semester, said junior Casey Schmidt, an intern with the Office of Sustainability and one of the organizers of the Eco-Rep program.
A Study Abroad Fair will be hosted on Sept. 12 by the Office of International Education to provide an opportunity for students to gain information about the various abroad programs. Amy Bergmann, an adviser at the Office of International Education, has managed the Study Abroad Fair for the past eight years.
Along an entire block on Cary Street, University of Richmond art students will cover a wall with original murals. As part of the University of Richmond Arts Initiative, UR Downtown and the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) collaborated with local art organizations to garner this mural and exhibition space between Davis Avenue and Robinson Street, which will be the feature attraction of the university's exhibition at the Richmond Street Art Festival this week. "After an invitation from the RVA Street Art Festival, we teamed with the Valentine Richmond History Center to showcase historical images of the Richmond streetcar system to connect the beginning of Richmond's transportation system to the future of the system, the [Greater Richmond Transit Company]," said Alexandra Byrum, the educational programming coordinator of UR Downtown. "Richmond really was the first city to introduce streetcar or trolley lines, Areflect on history and transportation as part of this unique opportunity in city history," she said. Former and current Richmond students, as well as local and national artists, will paint murals for the festival and in recurring periods thereafter, Byrum said. "In the gaps between and around the historical vinyls, Richmond art students will be able to paint murals, starting in October," Byrum said.
Navigating the University of Richmond's 99-year-old, hill-ridden campus can be difficult, tiring and complicated.
University of Richmond students found the police presence at NASCAR last Saturday not as threatening as police had promised, partly because so many students canceled after hearing Henrico police's planned sequestration of Richmond students. Originally, many students had planned to attend the NASCAR tailgating event at the Richmond International Raceway Saturday, Sept.
The Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology is currently down to one academic teaching consultant, after four have resigned or retired since mid-summer. Hil Scott, who had worked for the University of Richmond since 1992 and was a liaison to the arts faculty, retired from the CTLT in July.
A glimpse into the potential future of the University of Richmond campus is on display at the 1800 block of the University Forest Apartments. Since 2011, UFA 1807 has been home to three rows of solar panels.
The University of Richmond music department has introduced a new curriculum, allowing students to concentrate in specific fields of music including performance, musicology and composition theory. The curriculum encourages students to consider the many ways of thinking about and engaging in music, while allowing them to pursue their musical passion, said Benjamin Broening, chair of the music department. In terms of the new curriculum, students will share a common set of core musical requirements including coursework, individual study in voice or an instrument and participation in an ensemble.
Contact photographer Mia Webber at mia.webber@richmond.edu
Student Activities introduced a student tailgating opportunity before the football game against Virginia Military Institute last Saturday that received mixed feedback from the university community. Starting this year, any student organization can register with Student Activities for free to have one parking spot in lot R20, which is near the Carole Weinstein International Center and the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, said Tonya Dawson, Student Activities' assistant director of programming. The new system is more accessible to students and places a strong emphasis on the integration of all student organizations, said Alison Keller, director of Student Activities. "There hasn't been anything comparable to this before," Keller said.
Peter Smallwood, a biology professor, conducted a study of turtles along with other faculty and multiple classes on Thursday, Sept.
The University of Richmond is currently working on a $2 million renovation of Henry M. Cannon Memorial Chapel.
Warren (Renny) Gwydir Kraft Jr., who finished his fourth year at the University of Richmond in May, died in a car accident near campus in the early hours of Saturday, June 15.
Larceny August 27, 12:30 p.m. An unknown suspect stole a Samsung Galaxy phone estimated at $600 from a motor vehicle. August 28, 12:00 p.m.
Paul G. Nahon, III, a former University of Richmond student and accomplished tennis player, died Aug.
On June 21, University of Richmond announced that it would offer free tuition and board to qualified Virginia students from families earning $60,000 a year or less through Richmond's Promise to Virginia, an updated financial aid program that will begin Fall 2014. The program was initiated by Richmond's Economic Modeling Working Group, an enrollment management committee established in early 2009, said Gil Villanueva, dean of admission.
Sierra ranked University of Richmond as the 100th-greenest American university this year, according to its 2013 Cool Schools list, which ranked 162 colleges total. This is the seventh year the magazine has published its fall Cool Schools issue, which recognizes institutions that are making substantial efforts to become sustainable and environmentally aware.
From his first days at University of Richmond in 1987 through his last lectures via video recording in the fall of last year, the three words that most often accompanied David H.
