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By Julia Pepe | September 5, 2010As dozens of seniors walked to class on Thursday morning, they sported the same fluorescent wristband on their arms.
As dozens of seniors walked to class on Thursday morning, they sported the same fluorescent wristband on their arms.
Exactly fifty years ago this fall, rumors began to fly that the University of Richmond was going to have its very own radio station. One year later, on Nov.
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University of Richmond Phone Services may follow the University of Virginia's recent decision to remove landline telephones from residence halls. "By April, we may make the recommendation, and could possibly do it next summer," said Doug West, director of Student Telecom Services.
Just as the Robins School of Business nears completion of a new academic building, the administration also added a new dean, Nancy A.
During the first weeks back, some students may have noticed more new faces than usual while walking around campus. There are first years and missing juniors who went abroad, but there are also 80 exchange students at the University of Richmond from 32 countries this fall.
Four con artists claiming to be University of Richmond athletes got away with swindling residents of Richmond and Henrico County, officials from the University Police said. The scammers told Glen Allen residents that they were raising money through the athletic department for charitable causes, including books for needy children and a children's hospital. The scam artists went door-to-door asking for donations and used neighborhood cues, such as a university flag, to get a conversation going with their victim, said Howard B.
The University Forest Apartments are getting a facelift, sort of. This semester, the University of Richmond purchased new kitchen and living room furniture, including a round table with four chairs, a sofa, two lounge chairs, a coffee table and a floor lamp for all university apartments. Betsy Andress, director of university services in the Office of Procurement and Strategic Sourcing, said that each year an assessment of campus upgrades was conducted and chosen projects were allotted money from summer capital projects funding. "We look every year at furniture needs and try to come up with the biggest need we can provide," Andress said. This year that need was new UFA furniture.
Upon entering the cool and quiet sanctuary of the on-campus Gallery named in her honor, Lora Robins's oil-painted portrait hangs to the right of the foyer above the exquisite floor made of semi-precious stone. The Gallery of Design from Nature was a personal treasure to the 98-year-old who died last Sunday. In fact, the Gallery's current expansive collections of cultural art and artifacts, from Jurassic dinosaur fossils to other natural gems, began with Robins's collection of rocks from her own basement, former University of Richmond President Bruce Heilman said. While Robins helped to literally contribute the rocks that became the foundation for the collection at the Lora Robins Gallery, she is perhaps best remembered for the contributions that she and her late husband, E.
Senior Megan Venable sat at her kitchen table framed by rope lights hung around the walls, excited to talk about a set of wooden bins located next to the 1900 block of the University Forest Apartments. The bins house the compost project URot, which was started last year by GreenUR.
This year, 14 tenured and tenure-track professors joined the faculty at the University of Richmond, with two professors in the Robins School of Business, two in the T.C.
Vandalism Aug. 24, 2:33 p.m. A door, valued at $100, was damaged in the Sigma Chi fraternity lodge.
University of Richmond students may have noticed that some significant changes have been made to the campus during the summer, including updated classrooms, computers and other electronic equipment. The new Carole Weinstein International Building (CWIC) has been the biggest focus of technological advancement on campus.
As Diane and Daphne Malone, the mother and sister of Jamie and Paige Malone, carried two candles and led more than a dozen others down the aisle of the Cannon Memorial Chapel at the University of Richmond Saturday, three musicians played a song entitled "Pachelbel Meets U2: With or Without You." The arrangement was by one of Jamie's closest friends because of the Malone sisters' love for the band U2, and it symbolized the purpose of the Celebration of Life service: to grieve the loss and honor the memories of two vibrant young women. About 750 students, faculty and others attended the 90-minute service, which began with a procession of symbols led by Daphne and Mrs. Malone. Each symbol represented one of the many communities Jamie and Paige were a part of.
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With the opening of the E. Claiborne Robins Stadium around the corner, construction workers have been moving quickly toward finishing up new roadways and Queally Hall, the 37,000-square-foot addition to the Robins School of Business. Queally Hall is approximately 78 percent complete, said University of Richmond architect Andrew McBride, and it is scheduled to open in the Spring 2011 semester.
Time to break out the welcome mat. Spider football is home. After 80 years at City Stadium students, faculty, staff and members of the community will be able to enjoy football on campus beginning Sept.
The University of Richmond ranked 84th out of 610 schools of Forbes magazine's recently released list of America's Best Colleges.
Students, or friends of students, who have committed alcohol violations may call emergency services without fear of punitive sanctions from university administrators starting this semester. The new Medical Assistance and Responsible Action Protocols were approved after 12 students submitted anonymous testimonies about cases where a medical assistance policy would have made them more inclined to call emergency services.
Three years ago, Carole Weinstein offered nine million dollars to build, in partnership with President Edward Ayers and the University of Richmond, an international center.