[caption id="attachment_30476" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="The Sigma Phi Epsilon national headquarters, in conjunction with the University, decided to close the Virginia-Eta chapter Monday because of "disruptive behavior." All brothers living in the fraternity house have 30 days to find housing off Grounds.
The South Lawn Project, which will add more than 100,000 square feet of academic space to the College , is expected to cost a total of $105 million
Student Council passed a bill last night that will ensure monetary support for the University's Learning Needs and Evaluation Center, with the hope that it may help disabled students find housing options off Grounds. Under the bill's provisions, Council and local landlords will donate a total of $2,000 to the LNEC to address disabled students' needs. "Based on observations of off-grounds housing options, oftentimes resources that a student with disabilities need may not be available," Council President John Nelson said. Nikhil Panda, Council vice president for administration, said Council will donate $500 to the program.
The German Embassy in Washington, D.C. recently selected the University as one of 25 colleges and universities to commemorate the historic fall of the Berlin Wall nearly 20 years ago.
[caption id="attachment_30430" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In the coming weeks, the Honor Committee will continue to discuss a proposal that would redefine plagiarism in the Honor Manual.
[caption id="attachment_30431" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Representatives from the Advocates for a Sustainable Albemarle Population spoke at the Charlottesville City Council meeting last night.
The Class Giving Committee of Fourth Year Trustees launched its Class of 2010 Giving Campaign yesterday. The campaign will run until Final Exercises in May, by which time the organizers hope to have achieved a 70 percent giving rate, Campaign Co-Chair Matt Schrimper said. "We always aspire to have as high participation as possible," he said.
The Virginia State Board of Education recently enacted a policy that requires middle school students to structure their future educational plans, specifically those regarding college educations and careers. The board approved the revision as part of its regulations that govern the commonwealth's diploma requirements, said Charles Pyle, director of communications for the Virginia Department of Education. "It was Gov.
The Board of Visitors Special Committee on the Nomination of a President met Sunday to review input from members of the University community. Committee members delivered reports on the open forum, student, faculty and staff responses.
[caption id="attachment_30374" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Zintl Leadership award, given out by the University Women's center, was designed in honor of President John T.
[caption id="attachment_30371" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Six college professors and one Darden professor were honored at the Mead Awards Dinner.
[caption id="attachment_30369" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Both Christian's Pizza and Boylan Heights re-opened Friday night following the electrical fire.
In the days after the murder of Yale medical student Annie Le, whose body was found last week in a New Haven, Conn.
[caption id="attachment_29886" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Student Health Center reported that about 40 new cases of flu-like symptoms were reported over the course of just two days earlier this week.
The University Bookstore has partnered with the Boys and Girls Club of Central Virginia to donate University football T-shirts to Charlottesville and Albemarle County youths. The shirts can be purchased for $9.99 at the University Bookstore or online to be distributed to the young members of the Boys and Girls Club, said James Pierce, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Charlottesville/Albemarle. "It gives fans an opportunity to support kids in their community," he said.
During yesterday's Employee Council meeting, University Employee Assistance Consultant Mary Sherman introduced the new Alternative Dispute Resolution program, required under Virginia's Restructuring Act of 2005. The program is meant to allow employers and employees a way to mediate complaints during their early stages before they find it necessary to undergo the state's more formal and strict grievance process, said Alan Cohn, director of Faculty and Staff Employee Relations. "We want to communicate and facilitate a preventative process," Sherman said. The program applies only to the University's classified staff; faculty and professors go through a separate process to communicate concerns with the University's senior officials. There are currently eight different mediators on Grounds, all of whom are licensed clinical social workers and are trained through the Human Resources program, Sherman said.
Albemarle County officials are predicting that a sizeable deficit will accumulate during the 2009-10 fiscal year, forcing Albemarle County schools to shoulder $2.66 million in budget cuts. County officials have cited lower-than-anticipated personal property and sales taxes as cause for concern.
[caption id="attachment_30297" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Emergency response officials participated in an evacuation drill yesterday at Scott Stadium, which simulated a severe weather situation at a football game.
In light of a potential lawsuit, the Virginia Department of Corrections decided Tuesday to reinstate Charlottesville Quest Bookshop as part of the Books Behind Bars program, reversing a previous decision to cancel the shop's link to the program. Last week, officials, having found several undisclosed items stashed in books, forbade Quest Bookshop to participate in the program, which provides inmates with reading materials.
Republican Kenneth Boyd has informally announced his intent to run for Virginia's fifth district congressional seat in 2010. Boyd sent an e-mail to his supporters letting them know that he intends to run but will not formally announce his candidacy until after the November election season, he said. Boyd, the owner of Boyd Financial Services and current member of the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, said he decided to run because of his concern about the direction of national politics. "I think that there's a need for some Main Street, common sense thinking in Washington these days," he said.
