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Tag: University of Richmond
News Roundup
U of Richmond Donates Quarantine Housing to Homeless, Assault Victims
With vaccination rates rising and new COVID cases falling, the University of Richmond is donating the modular homes it had purchased for quarantine to now benefit the homeless as well as survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault, reports NBC12. The university’s five doublewide modular homes will go to Virginia’s Family Crisis Support Services (FCSS), […]
July 29, 2021
News Roundup
University of Richmond Faculty Vote “No Confidence” in Board Rector Paul Queally
The majority of voting University of Richmond faculty say they have “no confidence” in UR Board Rector Paul Queally’s ability to lead the school, 8 News reported. Almost 87% of faculty want Queally to step down. These developments began with the ongoing controversy at UR over the names of two campus buildings, Ryland and Mitchell-Freeman […]
April 14, 2021
African-American
University of Richmond Board Suspends Decision to Keep Controversial Names of Two Campus Buildings
The University of Richmond’s board of trustees has decided to “suspend” its recent controversial decision to keep the names of slavery and segregation-tied historical figures on two campus buildings, The Washington Post reported. The board’s action came after a weeks-long uproar at the school. On Monday Apr. 5, the board released a statement to the […]
April 6, 2021
African-American
University of Richmond Receives Backlash Over Decision to Keep Building Names of School Leaders Connected to Slavery and Segregation
The University of Richmond is being criticized by some students, faculty and staff over its decision to keep the names of former school leaders, who have connections to slavery and segregation, on two campus buildings, WTVR reported. The two buildings in question are Ryland Hall and Freeman Hall. Former rector Douglas Southall Freeman was a […]
March 25, 2021
COVID-19
Guide Recommends Ways to Incorporate Mental Health Practices into the First-Year Experience
This spring, Active Minds and the National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition partnered to launch a survey which analyzed the inclusion of mental health practices and programs within the first-year experience at postsecondary institutions.
November 11, 2020
Opinion
Learning Critical Empathy: A Lesson From Journalism
We can never know what it was like to be George Floyd, but the reward for trying is that we cultivate our humanity. There is evidence that we also build a stronger public good.
November 4, 2020
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University of Richmond President Dr. Ronald Crutcher Reflects on His Lengthy Career
For Dr. Ronald Crutcher, president of the University of Richmond, higher education leadership is like performing in a chamber music group. In an orchestra, the conductor leads, telling the musicians how loud or soft, fast or slow, to play.
November 2, 2020
Opinion
Liberal Arts for the Current Times
A lifetime of events has occurred in the span of less than a year: COVID-19 declared a global pandemic in March, George Floyd killed in May, and crises of economy, education, and mental health ensuing by August. By the time that the 2020-21 academic year began, it was evident that it would be important to hold time and space on the calendar for reflection, perhaps even for creative and constructive ideas.
October 22, 2020
COVID-19
University of Richmond Will Use Modular Homes for Students to Quarantine
The University of Richmond announced the school will be using modular homes for students to have spaces to self-isolate and quarantine in, NBC12 reported. This makes UR the only university in Virginia to secure the modular homes for quarantine. According to NBC12, there are five 10-person units and 25 single-person units. All units will be […]
September 11, 2020
Leadership & Policy
‘Dramatic Change Will Require Leadership.’ A Message to the Next Generation of Leaders
This summer we have all been living and learning through an unprecedented crisis: literally the greatest disruption to daily life in the United States since at least World War II, a rapid economic collapse that is approaching and may exceed the scale of the Great Depression, deeply inequitable impacts from the crisis mapped into pre-existing inequalities of race and class, and a death count conservatively estimated at more than 500,000 and rising.
July 7, 2020
News Roundup
Incoming Cornell Football Recruit Out of Team After He Uses Racial Slur
An incoming freshman at Cornell University has lost his spot on the college football team after a video surfaced showing him using the N-word, reported The Cornell Daily Sun, citing an unnamed source close to the sport’s program. Cornell has yet to release an official statement on football recruit Nate Panza’s admission to the Dyson […]
June 23, 2020
Opinion
Three Considerations Concerning Art in Troubled Times
Art is therapy for our hurting souls. Art appeals to all that is real, ideal and sublime, the worst, best and wildest things in our imagination.
May 6, 2020
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