The University of Richmond Police Department will increase campus security during the Flo Rida concert on Friday night, which is expected to attract a larger crowd than past Pig Roast events, Campus Police Chief David McCoy said. Unlike Pig Roast events in past years, the Flo Rida concert is open to the public.
The University of Richmond's synchronized swimming team placed eighth at the U.S. Collegiate Championships and became the second best club team in the nation this season, head coach Asha Bandal said. The U.S.
The University of Richmond women's basketball team ended its season with a 63-54 loss against University of North Carolina, Wilmington in the Women's National Invitation Tournament last Thursday. "Overall, I think we had a pretty good year," said head coach Michael Shafer.
Lee Carleton, assistant director of the Writing Center and faculty adviser for the Earth Lodge program, is leaving the University of Richmond at the end of this semester, and several students have expressed their frustration with the university's decision to eliminate his position. Carleton has been working as the assistant director of the Writing Center since 2003.
The Office of Alumni and Career Services, formerly known as the Career Development Center and the Office of Alumni Relations, is currently working on a strategic plan to further enhance its services for students and alumni with support from President Edward Ayers, said Joe Testani, associate director of the Office of Alumni and Career Services. The Career Development Center and the Office of Alumni Relations merged into the Office of Alumni and Career Services last July.
Students and faculty have discussed how to maintain the core values of the Earth Lodge program after Lee Carleton, the current adviser for the program, leaves the University of Richmond after this semester, said Andy Gurka, director of living-learning and Roadmap programs. Despite concerns from students that the Earth Lodge program might disappear after Carleton leaves, Gurka said the school never had the intention to eliminate the Earth Lodge program. "The only way that the Earth Lodge will ever go away is that if we didn't have students who were interested in participating in it," Gurka said, "but the interest is high." The Earth Lodge program was started by Carleton in 2005 as one of the first living-learning communities.
Tim Kaine, former Virginia governor and chairman of the Democratic National Committee, made a speech about U.S.
The University of Richmond has launched a new online system that allows students to check electrical energy use-even per person -in the residence halls.
This semester's school play, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," is appropriate given the U.S.
Two legal scholars who practiced in Guantanamo Bay, one as a detainee advocate and another as a prosecutor, confronted each other and presented their contrasting views at the 2009 Allen Chair Symposium, held by the T.C.
