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President Ronald Crutcher met with students and other members of the University of Richmond administration for his second event about the draft campus freedom of expression statement on a Zoom webinar at 7:30 p.m. on November 10.
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.
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.
Election security has been a heavily discussed topic leading up to the November election, with more people voting by mail because of COVID-19 and President Donald Trump repeatedly commenting about his distrust in the security of mail-in ballots.
Editor’s note: Two Westhampton College students and one Richmond College student spoke about their experiences regarding COVID-19 prevention with The Collegian on the condition of anonymity.
Two University of Richmond geography professors have had to adjust their three-year project studying environmental changes in the Amazon to a virtual format amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The project is funded by a $700,000 NASA grant and is currently in its second year.
Some University of Richmond students are voting in the November election early and in person; others have sent absentee ballots to their home states. The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement is providing services to assist students to get to the polls or mail in their ballots.
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted how the University of Richmond community interacts: hybrid classes, virtual events, new use of campus spaces.
In an effort to hold in-person classes safely this fall, the University of Richmond introduced interim COVID-19 policies and physical distancing rules. Many of those rules are to be followed—or broken—within residence halls and apartments on campus, areas typically under the purview of resident assistants.
Chase Strangio, a practicing attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, discussed the state of transgender rights in the webinar "Fighting for Transgender People’s Right to be Themselves" on Oct. 20 as part of WILL* and women, gender and sexuality studies program "Audacious Voices" speaker series.
Schools across the U.S., including the University of Richmond, use diversity in their marketing to attract prospective students, which is evident in a study that showed that, on average, Black students are overrepresented in college marketing materials by 104%, according to Ted Thornhill's 2018 article, "We Want Black Students, Just Not You: How White Admissions Counselors Screen Black Prospective Students."
With the coming U.S. presidential election, now is a better time than ever for students to get involved in political issues they are passionate about. Although there are many ways to do this, one advocacy method that University of Richmond students have been practicing and studying is grassroots campaigning.
In the second installment of the School of Arts and Sciences webinar series “Responding to Two Pandemics,” guests discussed the current and future state of liberal arts education at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.
The Senate confirmation process to decide whether Judge Amy Coney Barrett will become the next Supreme Court justice started on Oct. 12 and has raised concerns among some members of student organizations at the University of Richmond.
Editor's Note: Maeve McCormick, daughter of Meredith McCormick, is a writer on The Collegian's staff.
In addition to an internal review of Greek life, Interfraternity and Panhellenic council organizations are responding to this year's forceful disruption of Greek life culture on the University of Richmond campus.
Former Charlottesville Mayor Michael Signer discussed his perspective on interpretations of the first amendment rights on Sep. 23 as part of the University of Richmond School of Art and Sciences’ 2020-21 webinar series. Signer was mayor of Charlottesville during the Unite the Right rally that took place on Aug. 11-12, 2017.
Since students have moved onto the University of Richmond campus, the UR Post Office has faced new challenges caused by COVID-19 and has made adjustments to follow UR guidelines while also keeping customers pleased.
Signs displaying social distancing guidelines and asking local residents to not come to campus border the entrances to the University of Richmond's campus, which reopened to students, faculty and staff on Aug. 17. But the signs have not stopped non-UR-affiliated locals from visiting campus, sometimes without masks, igniting worry among students of a potential COVID-19 outbreak.
The move toward virtual event hosting has allowed for organizations and companies to create new ways of socializing with others. Below is a list of free virtual events to help kick off our fall semester as we practice social distancing on or off-campus. Ranging from meal prepping tutorials to a virtual concert, the events listed below are being hosted by local and national organizations to keep everyone safe and connected.
