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Program aimed at improved reading and study habits returns
By Ryann Dannelly | September 13, 2012The Baldridge Reading and Study Strategy Program will return to the University of Richmond from Sept.
The Baldridge Reading and Study Strategy Program will return to the University of Richmond from Sept.
Joe Klein, bestselling author and Time Magazine columnist, will be the opening speaker at the annual Jepson Leadership Forum on September 19, according to a university press release. But this won't be Klein's first trip to Richmond.
Media critic Jennifer Pozner told an audience Monday night to avoid mindless engagement when watching reality TV, which has functioned as backlash against women's rights, she said. Her talk, "Project Brainwash: Why Reality TV is Bad for Women," held in the Tyler Haynes Commons, was the first of three in the 2012-2013 speaker series sponsored by WILL and Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
The University of Richmond has been ranked in the top 10 of Campus Conservation Nationals, a competition to reduce the amount of energy is consumed on campus, and won 200,000 kilowatt hours in RECs, renewable energy credits. The competition took place last semester when each dorm and, for the first time, the University Forest Apartments, competed against one another, and at the same time the university competed nationally against roughly 150 other colleges and universities, said Megan Zanella-Litke, Leadership in energy and environmental design (LEED) green association sustainability coordinator. The Dashboard program monitored energy consumption for two weeks and established a baseline.
On Sept. 17, University of Richmond President Edward Ayers will lead a nationally broadcasted program to restore a sense of drama and importance to the Emancipation Proclamation, an event that Americans take for granted, he said. "There's no national holiday for Emancipation, and it's gotten a little bit buried," Ayers said.
Forty-six students, faculty and community members met in the T.C. Williams School of Law on Sunday to donate blood in remembrance of the Sept.
Best-selling author Harlan Cohen gave students advice on everything from dealing with naked roommates to dating in college during his comedy event on Wednesday night in the Tyler Haynes Commons. Author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller, "The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College," Cohen has visited more than 400 college campuses.
Students met members of student organizations, enjoyed performances and braved a mechanical bull and rock wall at SpiderFest last Thursday on the University Forum. The event, which was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board, was a combination of a Student Activities Fair and a football pep rally. More than 100 student organizations, including club and intramural sports, Greek life and student government, had tables to attract students.
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The University of Richmond has invested more than $14 million in campus upgrades, including $2.5 million towards library improvements and $5 million in the construction of a new Student Activities Complex. Other developments involve housing renovations, a new cafe at UR Downtown, artificial turf and upgraded lighting for the intramural fields and the addition of football offices and meeting rooms in the Robins Center, according to a university press release. Located on the south end of campus behind North Court, the new Student Activities Complex will include a student center, featuring a main room, two meeting spaces, a student kitchen and a catering kitchen. The Cottage Court will include eight individual cottages, seven of which will be dedicated to sorority use, and a surrounding courtyard.
This year, the Student Activities staff surprised students with a new web platform, called OrgSync, for organization members to share their various clubs' information and events with the student body in one location. In August, student organization officers at the University of Richmond received an email from Anthony Crenshaw, assistant director for student organizations and leadership development, which informed them they needed to register their organization on the new Student Activities website, OrgSync.
Bill Rawluk, parking specialist at the University of Richmond, is preparing to switch to a new electronic parking ticket system to go along with his new smart car. The combination of Rawluk's smart car and the electronic parking ticket system will increase the number of parking tickets given on campus, he said. The old ticket system, which will be used until the end of the fall semester, requires Rawluk to input the permit number of a vehicle into his handheld device to see where that vehicle is allowed to be parked. If the car is parked illegally, he takes a picture of the license for documentation and puts a ticket under the windshield wipers.
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-- Picking the site of a political convention, where parties officially nominate their candidates for President, takes a great deal of careful thought.
Liquor Law Violations August 29- A Richmond College student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in South Court. August 29- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in South Court. August 29- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in South Court. August 30- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall. August 30- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall August 30- An RC student was reported by an RA for a liquor law violation in Marsh Hall August 30- A Westhampton College student was referred to the dean for a liquor law violation on UR Drive/Crenshaw Way.
UR Emergency Management will relaunch the university's Emergency Management website and hold a public safety day on Sept.
Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan addressed a crowd of supporters at Richmond International airport on Friday, making his first campaign stop after the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Senate candidate and former Gov.
Filmmakers will offer viewers a rare look into their creative process as they present their films during the Modlin Center for the Arts "On Screen/In Person" film series. "On Screen/In Person" is a series of six new, independent American films that will be shown from September to April at the Firehouse Theatre Project, located in downtown Richmond, Hooker said. The Modlin Center was one of eight recipients of a grant from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, through which this project was made possible, said Shannon Hooker, assistant director of the Modlin Center. This project is unique because the filmmakers will be touring with their films to conduct educational activities and provide context and greater information about the art of filmmaking, Hooker said. "Richmond has a thriving film community, so we wanted to be a part of developing it," Hooker said. Abigail Cheever, coordinator of the film studies program, was part of the committee that screened and helped select the films, Hooker said. Cheever said the small committee, which included faculty members from Latin American and Iberian Studies and film studies, had screened the films sent by the Mid Atlantic Arts Association and selected them based on the quality of the filmmaking and how well the topic fit the needs and interests of the Richmond community, both on and off campus. Topics that the committee was interested in included education, civil rights and issues related to the mass media, Cheever said. The final list of films in the series covers such topics as the older population of gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender people, dyslexia and public school cafeterias, according to the Modlin Center website. Cheever said she hoped that students would take advantage of the opportunity to hear the filmmakers explain the motives and ideas behind their film. "Directors and their films don't often come to places like Richmond," Cheever said.
The Sustainability Book Club formed this summer to provide a new way for people interested in learning more about sustainability to discuss related books. At 12:30 p.m.
Bobby Ukrop, president and CEO of Richmond-based Ukrop's Homestyle Foods, will be the featured guest at a C-Suite Conversation hosted by the Robins School of Business on Sept.
The University of Richmond's new turf intramural fields are scheduled to open this weekend and will provide improved lighting, safer playing conditions and fewer game cancellations. In response to student feedback and the university's Campus Master Plan, members of the Recreation and Wellness and University Facilities staff worked to address the poor conditions of the intramural fields.