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Many University of Richmond students will be staying in Richmond during winter break. As finals loom, students have described their exceedingly busy schedules and a lot of added stress. However, many have also expressed the desire to take a much-needed break for time to enjoy themselves. Students who are not going home and will be in Richmond are in luck!
Senior Jessie Bonilla, junior Gabriela Lopez Gutierrez and senior Ana Paula Alvarado, created fundraisers to help people affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota, two Category 4 storms that hit Central America in early November.
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.
Paul Clikeman, a professor of accounting in the Robins School of Business who was beloved for his unyielding moral compass and his dedication to his students, died on Nov. 19, according to a Nov. 19 email to University of Richmond faculty, staff and students.
“Vouchsafe, divine perfection of a woman, / of these supposed evils to give me leave, / by circumstance but to acquit myself.”
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.
Students at the University of Richmond have adapted academically, socially and emotionally to a strange and volatile fall semester. Policies formed to stop the spread of COVID-19 have had the necessary impact of making students more isolated and have removed typical avenues via which students find friendship and connection.
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 In recent years, some students have expressed concerns that the system is obsolete because students are placed into colleges based on their gender identity.
Many would say dating was nerve-wracking even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, there is fear of infection coupled with the usual worries of awkwardness and rejection.
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.
After the University of Richmond canceled fall 2020 study abroad programs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students held out hope and registered for a spring 2021 semester abroad. Other students who had always planned on going abroad in the spring but are now worried about the new spike in COVID-19 cases around the world influencing their plans.
The University of Richmond Men’s Basketball team returns a whopping four starters from last season.
This story originally ran on the Capital News Service.
This story originally ran on the Capital News Service.
The University of Richmond's class of 2024 is composed of 811 students, which is just short of the Office of Undergraduate Admission's target enrollment of 815 to 820 students for this year's first-year class, Gil Villanueva, associate vice president and dean of admission, wrote in an email to The Collegian on Nov. 6.
President Ronald Crutcher and Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill, director of the Bipartisan Policy Center's Campus Free Expression Project, discussed the University of Richmond's Recommended Statement on Free Expression in a Zoom event held at 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
The Multicultural Student Space, located in Whitehurst, is a space for multicultural students to gather, connect and call their own, Associate Director of Multicultural Affairs Morgan Russell said. However, the Space has been closed this semester because of the COVID-19 pandemic. If the Space were open, student coordinators would have to work around COVID-19 restrictions, such as not being able to move furniture or have events.
Ninety percent of University of Richmond undergraduate students who self-selected to complete a recent Collegian poll said they planned to vote in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. 78% of those students said they planned to vote for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris of the Democratic Party.
