Governor's curfew has little effect on UR
(02/17/21 8:01pm)
Virginia is under a statewide curfew until the end of February, however the curfew has changed little about University of Richmond campus life.
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Virginia is under a statewide curfew until the end of February, however the curfew has changed little about University of Richmond campus life.
Two University of Richmond students co-wrote a petition calling on the Joe Biden administration to cancel $50,000 of student loan debt per borrower for all students.
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Conner Evans recaps the week in news as reported by his classmates who cover the Virginia General Assembly in the journalism department's course, Public Affairs Reporting. This week's show focuses on the recently passed budgets from the House of Delegates and Senate, as well as legislation about how to punish the intentional spread of STIs, in-state tuition for immigrants, regardless of citizenship status, and resolving unfair treatment of active military members.
University of Richmond Student Employment, which is within the Financial Aid office, is set to raise student employee wages after the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation last spring to gradually increase the state's minimum wage in the coming months and years.
In the past six months, there have been two movements to provide a credit/no credit option for students during the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters, both of which were ultimately rejected.
A malfunctioning access point has caused Wi-Fi problems across campus all week, with increased problems Wednesday, University of Richmond technical support analyst Eli Anderson said. The unreliable Wi-Fi has caused problems for students, especially because many classes are now partially or wholly online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spider Ventures, an entrepreneurial organization founded by University of Richmond junior Julien Wadhwa, is introducing a 10-week virtual accelerator program this month to provide students with resources to make their start-up business ideas possible.
Counseling and Psychological Services launched its Peer Support Warmline, a non-urgent text option for UR students to discuss mental health concerns with a peer, on Jan. 28, according to the CAPS website.
Nearly the same number of students at the University of Richmond who chose to study remotely for the fall semester chose to study remotely during the spring.
Editor’s Note: A student who is in athletic programs at UR spoke with The Collegian on the condition of anonymity about her experiences regarding COVID-19 prevention.
The Robins Diversity Coalition, created by senior John Cruz, begins its first semester at the University of Richmond in effort to provide a network for underrepresented groups in the Robins School of Business.
Editor's Note: This article was updated to include the cause of the outage.
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The Arts and Sciences Academic Council voted on Dec. 1 in support of the creation of an Africana studies program at the University of Richmond. The Africana studies program proposal will now be considered and voted on by all voting arts and sciences faculty, said Timothy Barney, rhetoric and communications department chair and member of the council.
The Well-being Center, which will offer a variety of mental and physical resources for students and staff, is anticipated to fully open on Jan. 19, 2021, after a soft opening this past semester, said Heather Sadowski, director of health promotion.
The coordinate college system is a characteristic of both a student’s academic career and social life at the University of Richmond. In recent years, some students have expressed concerns that the system is obsolete because students are placed into colleges based on their gender identity.
Editor’s Note: Two students who are in athletic programs at UR spoke with The Collegian on the condition of anonymity about their experiences regarding COVID-19 prevention.
The University of Richmond offered COVID-19 exit testing this week before most students leave campus until the spring semester. UR offered testing from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, according to an email sent to students and their parents on Nov. 3., and additional exit testing options on Wednesday and Thursday, according to an an email sent Monday.
The University of Richmond returned to the Red Stage of its COVID-19 distancing framework on Nov. 13 until at least Nov. 22, according to an email sent to faculty, staff, students and families by David Hale, executive vice president and chief operating officer, and Jeffrey Legro, executive vice president and provost.