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The governor is lending a hand trying to find a solution to the nursing shortage. The problem is there are not enough places to educate nurses. Governor Tim Kaine announced that $750,000 will go to UVA to train nurses. On July 1, nursing faculty will get an extra 10 percent increase in salary. The idea is to get more professors in the classroom to teach, which will allow for more nursing students the classroom. The governor says there is also $200,000 available in nursing scholarships for those who want to get their masters degree. The governor hopes these initiatives will turn more people ont...

U.Va. Employees Contribute Largest Amount Ever to CVC Panel Says Institutional Activism Positive for Shareholders Faculty/Staff Undergrad Scholarships Deadline is Tomorrow

Honor releases response to faculty survey results UBE discusses effects of recent election reforms Funds to benefit students from Chesapeake area

Cavman has been leading the Wahoo cheers for years. You know him as Virginia's own caped crusader, but do you really know him? His true identities remain a secret. We say identities because there is not one Cavman, but four. "These are full-time students. It would be just too much to ask for one student," said Cavman's coach.

As the 'Hoos get ready to host in-state rival Virginia Tech on Thursday you know revenge is on their mind--at least a little. Virginia was riding a seven-game winning streak when they went to Blacksburg earlier in February and got killed by the Hokies, losing by 27 points. Both Tech and UVA are tied for 1st place in the ACC with records of 10-4. So, the team who wins on Thursday still has a chance to capture the #1 seed for the conference tournament.

Ira Blumberg Law School graduate, where he graduated Order of the Coif Ira Blumberg Joins IPotential as Senior Vice President of Licensing Business Wire / February 27 http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/02/27/2372338.htm Cynthia Kierner Who earned her master's degree and doctorate in U.S. history at U.Va. Sweet Briar College to Host Pair of Authors Lynchburg News & Advance / February 28 http://tinyurl.com/3ynchg Matt Steere Graduate of the Darden School of Business Administration Canaccord Adams Significantly Expands Global Life Sciences Practice, Hiring Four Experienced Professionals in Ban...

Dyan Aretakis Family nurse practitioner and project director for U.Va.'s Teen Health Center Teen Center Receives Donation WVIR NBC-29 / February 27 http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?s=6132446 Timothy Beatly The Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities Locally Grown Food Is Focus of New Campaign Charlottesville Daily Progress / February 27 http://tinyurl.com/yrzwpy Dr. Randolph Canterbury Professor of psychiatric medicine and internal medicine Laughing Yoga WCAV CBS-19 / February 27 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/home/headlines/6113396.html Tanya Denckla Cobb A ...

As Ethics Panels Expand Grip, No Field Is Off Limits New York Times / February 28 Ever since the gross mistreatment of poor black men in the Tuskegee Syphilis Study came to light three decades ago, the federal government has required ethics panels to protect people from being used as human lab rats in biomedical studies. Yet now, faculty and graduate students across the country increasingly complain that these panels have spun out of control, curtailing academic freedom and interfering with research in history, English and other subjects that poses virtually no danger to anyone. http://www.ny...

[...] Students who do well on AP exams can receive college credits or take more advanced classes earlier in college. However, two studies do contrast the AP classes' effectiveness. A study from the University of Texas showed that students who take AP classes in high school get better grades in college; a joint study from the University of Virginia and Harvard University showed students who took AP classes in the sciences performed no better in school than their peers who didn't take advanced courses.

University of Virginia students have given Apple CEO Steve Jobs another reason to grin. Sixty-seven percent of the 3,092 first-year students surveyed by the university last fall said that they owned an iPod, cementing the digital music player's place as a staple in many students' routines.

This year, 3,700 employees participated in community service projects and raised a record amount in donations for the Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign. 'All kinds of organizations throughout our region and the whole state benefit from this campaign and the university contributed over $800,000, [which is] far more than any other institution in the state.[…],' said Honorary CVC Chairman Larry Sabato. Since 1999 UVa has contributed nearly $5,000,000 to charities through the CVC.

The University of Virginia has recognized its workers for their volunteer service and charity. UVA employees turned out in record numbers for last September's United Way Laurence E. Richardson Day of Caring. University workers accounted for 45% of the total participation from area firms. The Director of Community Relations at UVA, Ida Lee Wooten, says University workers also led the way in the annual Commonwealth of Virginia Campaign. Wooten says more than 3700 of them contributed one-fifth of the $4.2 million raised statewide during 2006.

The University of Virginia's Teen Health Center has received a large donation to strengthen community outreach for adolescents. The center just received $180,000, most of it coming from an anonymous donation. The program's director says the money will help them triple the number of community outreach programs they were able to do in the past. Nurse practitioner Dyan Aretakis says many clinics specialize in pediatrics or geriatrics but very few places cater to teenagers. She says that is why the programs the clinic runs are so important.

On a visit to the University of Virginia on Tuesday, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States blamed the media and Afghanistan for the perception that his country is failing to quell terrorists. One day after Vice President Dick Cheney traveled to Pakistan, Mahmud Ali Durrani took refuge from the national media by meeting with students over lunch, touring the Rotunda and giving remarks in one of the university's libraries.

[...] Just five years ago, it was practically an even-money bet whether or not a [U.Va.] student would have a bulky desktop or a lithe laptop. Now there are at least 33 laptop users for every freshman with a desktop machine. For the past decade, the university has asked all its new freshmen what high-tech hardware they have brought to campus. Those annual surveys have helped administrators keep track of their students' needs and have shed light on some fast-moving technology trends.

Adam Nelson Student at the Darden School of Business who won the 2004 Olympic silver medal in the shot put Cantwell Dominates Big Men in Shot Put Washington Post / February 26 http://tinyurl.com/34trer

Dr. Michael Broad Who holds a MBA from the Darden School of Business Administration openQ Selects New Medical Director Business Wire / February 26 http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=13407030&chid=0&taxid=2 Milou Carolan Who graduated with a BA in English Literature The Segal Company Hires New Senior Consultant For Public Sector Compensation & Bargaining Practice PRNewswire / February 26 http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070226/nym146.html? Carolyn Daughters Who worked on a doctorate in English literature at the University of Virginia Forty under 40 / Carolyn Daughters / President, Go...

RU Signs Admissions Agreement Roanoke (VA) Times / February 27 Radford on Monday joined the growing list of Virginia universities that offer automatic admission to community college graduates who meet certain standards. Students who get an associate degree from a transfer program at the state's 23 community colleges can start as a junior at Radford as long as they graduated with at least a 2.8 grade-point average. … The University of Virginia has a 3.4 GPA threshold and only allows automatic transfer to its College of Arts and Sciences. http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/wb/106363

Betty Cromer Who works in the library at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration City Woman has Chance at $10 Million / Finalist in Publishers Clearing House Sweepstakes Charlottesville Daily Progress / February 27 http://tinyurl.com/3dzg2k Chad Dodson Assistant professor of psychology Science Notebook: Older Eyewitnesses Less Reliable Washington Post / February 26 http://tinyurl.com/ys29ez Richard Herskowitz Director of Virginia Film Festival The 2007 Va. Film Festival will concentrate on the family WINA 1070 AM / February 27 http://www.wina.com/page.php?category_id=355 Jean...

U.S. Audit: Streamline College Programs Inside Higher Ed / February 27 It's not as if the U.S. Education Department's top officials have shown any reluctance in recent years to try to shrink the number of programs that support colleges or their students[...] But if department officials needed a nudge (or sought additional justification) to continue or even expand their efforts to cut back the number of higher education programs they operate, they arguably received it this week in the form of an audit from its own Office of Inspector General. http://insidehighered.com/news/2007/02/27/streaml...