The first student to graduate from the University of Virginia through U.Va. classes she took at Tidewater Community College picks up her diploma May 20. Audrey Catalfamo of Virginia Beach earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies, focusing on social sciences, without having to go to the Charlottesville campus. A partnership begun in 2004 brought U.Va. faculty to TCC campuses to teach the U.Va. courses...
Nearly Unanimous Vote, Divergent Views
Inside Higher Ed / May 10
House Republicans join Democrats in backing student loan reform bill, but parties disagree on extent of underlying problems.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/10/loans
Cheating on a Different Level
Inside Higher Ed / May 10
Often seen as an undergraduate problem, academic dishonesty cases are arising at professional schools.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/10/cheating
Evaluations Sought for Science Education
Inside Higher Ed / May 10
A federal panel charged with studying federally supported math and scie...
A TRiO of opportunity
Hampton Roads Daily Press / May 9
Mandy Earl dropped out of high school in ninth grade. ...But Earl, who got her GED, has excelled at Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton. She's achieved a 3.8 grade point average where 4.0 is an "A." She'll do a science internship at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg this summer before she enrolls at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville as a biology major. ... She attributes her success to two things: increased maturity and a TNCC program called TRiO. ... This school year, three-fourths of TNCC's 160 TRiO p...
Steve Berreman
Who received his M.B.A. from the Darden School of Business
Four Vice Presidents Appointed at the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco
BusinessWire / May 9
http://dmnnewswire.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=138128
Michael D. Beverly
Who received his juris doctorate from the School of Law
LandAmerica Names Michael D. Beverly Senior Vice President - Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
PRNewswire-FirstCall / May 9
http://www.kwes.com/Global/story.asp?S=6493997&nav=menu505_8
Jay Mitchell
1983 graduate of the School of Law
Stanford Law School Appoi...
Andrew Eckman
Third year
Binge Drinking May Cause Heart Problems
WCAV CBS-19 / May 9
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/7423636.html
Walter Rick
Second year
Binge Drinking May Cause Heart Problems
WCAV CBS-19 / May 9
http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/7423636.html
Jamar Walker
Law school student
Nandua Grad Helps U.Va. to Litigation National Title
Eastern Shore (VA) News / May 9
http://tinyurl.com/2yhzg6
David Breneman
Outgoing dean of the Curry School of Education
UVA's Curry School will benefit from a seven-figure gift
WINA 1070 AM / May 10
http://www.wina.com/page.php?category_id=355
John T. Casteen III
President of the University
In Even the Darkest of Times, The Human Spirit Shines Through
Washington Post / May 10
http://tinyurl.com/3xacgj
Dr. Pam Cipriano
Chief nursing officer
Week of the Nurse Highlights Nursing Shortage
WVIR NBC-29 / May 9
http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=6494226&nav=menu496_2_5
Theodore Crackel
Editor in chief of the Papers of George Washington
Opening the ...
Grisham, Tinsley to Speak at Finals Weekend May 19-20
Outstanding Contribution Award Winners Announced
U.Va. Students 'Engineer a New Path to Study Abroad'
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/
NBC29's Marty Hudtloff sat down with UVA head football coach Al Groh for the scoop on the upcoming season. Groh answered all the big questions, including Jameel Sewell's chances of coming back.
City, county and University officials will gather today for a disaster preparedness drill. Marge Thomas is the local emergency services co-ordinator, and will be part of a mock version of an extreme weather event focusing on the South Rivanna dam. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will observe the exercise.
By the year 2012 the United States will be short more than one million nurses. This is the national "Week of the Nurse." Nursing is still a predominately female profession. Nine out of every 10 nurses are women and with the aging baby boomer population, some say the gender gap needs to change as a ton of new nursing jobs become available. "We are very into making sure men know nursing is a viable career as well, so we talk to middle and high school counselors. They are a great advertising campaign so we really talk about the benefits of being a nurse," explained Dr. Pam Cipriano, chief nursing...
Region Ten says it has a better way to care for people who have mental illnesses that is a first for central Virginia. ...The program is for people who are having a mental health crisis and need immediate care. ...The Wellness Recovery Center is a residential program where people can check in and have access to psychiatrists and mental health services for up to two weeks. Director Mark Farrington says ... 'Often times it's at that moment of crisis that there the real motivation to get help. And if there is not help available right away nothing really changes for the person...' Farrington says ...
Nandua High School graduate Jamar Walker helped the University of Virginia Mock Trial team win the 23rd annual collegiate Mock Trial National Championship Tournament, held April 13-15 in St. Petersburg, Fla., in a win over Harvard. Virginia's victory makes it only the fourth school in the history of Collegiate Mock Trial to win back-to-back national titles.
A donation to the University of Virginia will benefit its Curry School of Education. Daniel Meyers, a Boston businessman who chairs the Curry Foundation Board, has donated $1,000,000 in honor of dean David Breneman, who will retire in June. The area between Ruffner and Bavaro Halls will now be called Breneman Courtyard. Breneman has served as dean for 12 years. His successor will be Bob Pianta.
The aftermath of the tragedy at Virginia Tech has left many asking, once again, what evil lurks in the hearts of men ... But the risk in this questioning is the failure to see what else evil wrought -- proof of the overwhelming goodness of our world, and the people in it. ...The most touching example of goodness may have come from the most unlikely of sources. ...In a letter thanking U-Va. for its assistance, Elizabeth Hart, director of public relations at Virginia Tech, noted "even in the most difficult day of [our] history, we have found strength -- it is your university that has sustained u...
A Q&A on Game-Day Safety as Athletics Officials Prepare to Discuss Emergency-Planning Efforts
Chronicle of Higher Education / May 9
Nearly three dozen athletics officials will gather today at Temple University to discuss how colleges should respond to terrorist attacks or other emergencies that occur during big sporting events.
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The Campus in the Palm of Your Hand / Cellphones now transmit colleges' course updates, quizzes, bus schedules, and safety alerts
Chronicle of Higher Education / May 9
[…] In a series of pilot projects over the past two years, the phones - originally a convenient way for students to talk or send messages to friends and family - have been grabbed by administrators and transformed into bulletin boards, classroom educational tools, and systems that alert campus security if a student doesn't make it safely to her dorm at 3 a.m.
http://tinyurl.com/ytv9g6
Federal Student Loan Official Is R...
U.S. Senator John Cornyn
Who earned a master of law degree from the School of Law in 1995
Lamar University Will Confer Record 19 Doctorates May 12
Beaumont (TX) Journal / May 9
http://www.beaumontjournal.com/news/2007/0509/Accolades_announcements/021.html
Walter Elliott
1982 graduate of the School of Law
Elliott Elected President of Organization
Valdosta (GA) Daily Times / May 8
http://www.valdostadailytimes.com/business/local_story_128161357.html
Chris Metcalf
He received a BS in Commerce and a Juris Doctor degree from U.Va.
Sun Cal Energy Inc. Brings Together More Than 50 Years of Oil and...
Edmund Darrell "Butch" Brodie III
Professor of biology and director of Mountain Lake Biological Station
NewsFocus: Evolutionary Ecology: Variable Evolution
Science / May 4
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5825/686
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Shaun Brown
Strength coach for men's basketball who came to U.Va. in 2005 after eight seasons as a head strength-and-conditioning coach in the NBA
Yoga party, not toga party / Offseason conditioning gives Cavaliers basketball players more flex appeal on the court
Richmond Times Dispatch / May 4
http://tinyurl.com/2...
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia
May 20, 2007
John Grisham, the author
$1 Million Gift Honors Education Dean David Breneman
U.Va. Professor Writes Book on Civil Rights Law
Learning Barge Wins Award for Sustainable Design
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/