Student Leader Updates0

Fall 2010

The committee continues to build and maintain good relationships with a variety of student constituencies. We are planning for open and constructive dialogue about the Honor System in the year ahead. From school-specific forums to a potential interschool conference, we envision a robust and engaging University-wide dialogue about Honor. We intend to be receptive to the reasoned criticism of students and faculty and, where appropriate, to consider change.  A few projects run by Student Council in early 2010: To truly improve the student experience, Council must connect with our peers. Student Council is harnessing the power of applications such as…

News Briefs0

Fall 2010

Bookmarked: Faulkner at Virginia0

Fall 2010

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past,” William Faulkner wrote in Requiem for a Nun. The author’s two terms as writer-in-residence in 1957 and 1958 have taken on new life with the recently launched website “Faulkner at Virginia: An Audio Archive.”In collaboration with the U.Va. Library, English professor Stephen Railton built the website around 28 hours of recorded readings and U.Va. class sessions. Visitors to the site can listen to the digitized tape recordings and read transcriptions, browse the photo gallery and peruse student essays and Cavalier Daily articles written during Faulkner’s residency. Technology “can help us appreciate…

An Emotional Farewell0

Fall 2010

During Final Exercises on May 23, John T. Casteen III delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2010 in one of his last official acts as University president. The University awarded 6,256 degrees, including 3,570 bachelor’s degrees, 517 first professional degrees and 2,169 graduate degrees. Casteen encouraged graduates to act on the knowledge they have gained, but perhaps the most powerful moment came when, voice trembling with emotion, he deviated from his prepared remarks.He spoke to students about “what goes away as you leave this place, but comes back in memory: The murmur that you hear in libraries or…

Hard Times, ‘Bold Moves’0

Fall 2010

Hard economic realities have raised the ante for decisions being contemplated by University officials. Decreased funding from the state and increased need for financial aid among students have spurred the Board of Visitors to adopt one round of tuition and fee increases and consider other actions, such as increasing enrollment and further tuition hikes.“We are at a point where we think it’s time to make some bold moves,” Leonard W. Sandridge, U.Va. executive vice president and chief operating officer, said at a Board of Visitors retreat in July.Earlier this year, the board approved increases to tuition and fees for undergraduate,…

Hard Hat Zone0

Fall 2010

A field guide to new buildings at U.Va.

Yeardley Love 1987-20100

Fall 2010

Taking Over the World, One U-V-A at a Time0

Summer 2010

The cheer “U-V-A, Go Hoos Go!” and the choreographed arm gestures that go with it are fixtures at Cavalier sporting events. A recent phenomenon has freed the arm alphabet from the confines of Scott Stadium and John Paul Jones Arena—students have taken the cheer and run with it, spelling out U-V-A around the country and the world. Here are a few examples, submitted by students to U.Va.’s online “Week in Photos.”