This past spring, the University introduced a new minor in response to widespread local and global concerns about sustainability and the environment.
Participants in the University's African Music and Dance Ensemble have an opportunity to take part in a class not bound by the constraints of convention, but which hinges instead on students' participation, and calls for them to intuitively find their own way through the course material. "African Music and Dance class" is a practical, hands-on course which focuses on performing music from the cultures of the BaAka people of Central Africa and the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo.
In today's ever-changing media landscape, technological savvy has become increasingly important in the professional setting.
As second semester hurdles by, the clock is ticking for underclassmen to make a decision about their majors.
Because of the struggling economy, students are working to make the most of their limited budgets while attending the University.
As any zoologist will affirm, winter is all about hibernation. It is a time to rest and recharge after the intensity of the fall semester, as well as to spend quality time with our families.
KRS-One, an MC and pioneer in hip-hop music and culture, once proclaimed in his song "Hip-Hop Lives" that "Hip and hop is more than music - hip is the knowledge, hop is the movement." The Student Hip-Hop Organization at the University wants to educate the rest of the community about this culture. Although most members of the club learned to appreciate hip-hop during childhood, SHHO began with a midsummer trip to Richmond.
With the current state of the economy, it has only become more and more important to secure an education that allows one to be fully and practically trained for a career immediately following Final Exercises.
How long have you been a professor here? What are some special occurrences that have marked your time? Since 1979.
As the new academic year commences, the search for previously unexplored and exciting food options does as well, particularly for those students who are relying less and less on University dining halls.
