Africana studies classes to be offered in fall 2022
By Zoe Beede | April 4, 2022The Africana studies program will offer two courses for the fall semester, which are part of a program students and faculty fought to implement at UR.
The Africana studies program will offer two courses for the fall semester, which are part of a program students and faculty fought to implement at UR.
UR is in the process of extending its sanction for honor code violations from two years to seven years to comply with record retention policies and state and federal guidelines.
The Faculty Senate voted to offer a credit/no credit option for students and adopted a statement calling for the renaming of Mitchell-Freeman and Ryland halls.
Miquell Shaw, a member of the Africana Studies Student Committee, recalled a one-on-one conversation he had with Crutcher in summer 2020 at Crutcher’s on-campus home.
The UR Black Student Coalition is asking students, faculty and staff who support the demands of the Statement on Black Student Welfare to disaffiliate from student organizations, task forces and other extracurricular roles at UR on March 25.
President Crutcher describes the Statement on Free Expression as a “living document” that can change.
A Black Student Coalition released a statement on Black student welfare calling for UR to make a plan to meet the demands by April 1.
The percentage of Black undergraduate students at the UR has declined in the past decade, from a 9.5% peak in 2011-12 to 6% in fall 2020.
The Arts and Sciences Academic Council voted in support of a motion that will move the proposal for an Africana studies program forward.
University of Richmond faculty, staff and administration discussed the Recommended Freedom of Expression statement at 3 p.m. on Nov. 12.
The UPAC approved and implemented changes to UR’s class withdrawal policy, giving students more agency in their decision.
UR students launched an online exhibit that explores Richmond’s history with tobacco from the 17th century to the present.
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the U.S., summer opportunities are being canceled or altered.
UR introduces a data science and statistics concentration to computer science and mathematics majors for fall of 2020.
University of Richmond students will be able to major in elementary education starting next fall as part of a three-year pilot program.
"Zoombombers" attacked a University of Richmond class and briefly disrupted a few other classes last week.
While performing a scat tour, three students came across previously found dug-up grave sites on the Pagebrook Property owned by UR.
The adjustments include an extension on the deadline for students to withdraw from classes, a ban on giving out putative grades I,V and M and a grading option of credit/no credit for students.
The University of Richmond will delay commencement, move to remote instruction and shift to remote work for employees for the rest of the spring semester.
Encompass, an experimental program created by the OIE, aims to overcome the obstacles preventing students studying abroad.