Juniors Zhivko Illeieff and Charles Mike were awarded $10,000 in funding from a scholar's program to support their project, "Faces of Communism," which will be composed of a Web site and documentary about communism in Bulgaria. Illeieff, who was born in Bulgaria, and Mike, both International Studies majors, will travel to Bulgaria at the end of May and will return to the United States at the end of July.
The University of Richmond and the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity plan to complete a nine-week house build in Northside Richmond's Highland Park community in the coming weeks. Richmond's Habitat chapter has contributed to the build since Feb.
The University of Richmond's D-squad performed "D-squad Breaking the Habit" at its biannual performance on Friday, April 2 in the Tyler Haynes Commons. In the past, the squad had performed only hip-hop dances.
The University of Richmond has applied for a Special Use Permit to install a 199-foot telecommunications monopole near Pitt Baseball Field to improve cellular and emergency communications on campus. "The main objective of the project is to improve the effectiveness of emergency communication since students rely on cell phones so much," said Kathy Monday, vice president for information services. As of February 2010, about 89 percent of Richmond students had registered their cell phones to receive alerts from Richmond's current emergency communication system.
The University of Richmond men's golf team tied for 11th place at the Wexford Plantation Intercollegiate at Wexford Plantation in Hilton Head Island, S.C., Feb.
After Juicy Campus shut down on Feb. 5, 2009, the Anonymous Confession Board created a Web site, CollegeACB.com, which gave college students throughout the country the freedom to post about any facet of college life. Although the Web site was intended to promote an open discussion among college communities, Richmond's administration is concerned that it will encompass degrading and explicit discussions similar to those that were on Juicy Campus. Web sites like CollegeACB threaten Richmond's community because they allow anonymous comments, said Joseph Boehman, dean of Richmond College. "When students can write without repercussions, anything can come up," Boehman said.
Junior Irena Stanisic became the first University of Richmond undergraduate to receive a Virginia Museum of Fine Arts undergraduate fellowship on Jan.
The University of Richmond's track and field teams were forced to skip competition in the Patriot Games Tournament at George Mason University because of the snow last weekend, but despite missing one of the six meets the team uses to prepare for the Atlantic 10 Indoor Track and Field Championships, coaches Steve and Lori Taylor said they were optimistic that the teams would finish in the conference's top three. In order to succeed, Lori said each team member would need to focus on the mental and physical preparation needed to build confidence.
The University of Richmond and the Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity will begin a nine-week build of an affordable and Earthcraft-friendly home in Northside Richmond's Highland Park neighborhood on Feb.
Correction appended. The sixth-annual UniverCity Day was attended by 126 students on Jan.
