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Extending
the founder’s vision |
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Rebecca
Arrington
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April
13 is Thomas Jefferson’s 258th birthday. Jefferson realized
his vision for the University of Virginia by raising more
than $40,000 in private donations, as well as convincing the
legislature to allocate funds — $15,000 to start —
for a university “so broad and liberal and modern, as
to be worth patronizing with the public support.”
Likewise,
as U.Va. approaches its third century, President John T. Casteen
III and many supporters have put tremendous energy into extending
Jefferson’s vision through their seven-year fund-raising
efforts.
When
the Board of Visitors met April 5, one of its new members,
Thomas A. Saunders III, a Darden alumnus who has played a
major role in fund raising, read a letter that he and Ed Mitchell
wrote as co-chairs of the Campaign for the University, commending
Casteen. See Extending Jefferson's vision.
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Board
of Visitors balks at athletics recommendations
Staff
Report
The
Board of Visitors resolved to “receive” rather than “accept”
a report from the Virginia 2020 athletics task force that recommends
placing the University’s 24 varsity sports in a tiered system
that champions the strongest programs and reduces support for less
prominent ones. On April 7, the board passed a resolution charging
the Student Affairs and Athletics and Finance committees with reviewing
the report’s recommendations.
The
board also passed a resolution to accept the other four Virginia
2020 commission reports, charging U.Va. President John T. Casteen
III with developing strategic plans to meet their goals. Full
story.
Student
wins Truman scholarship
Brad
Barnett’s work with the homeless was a major factor in his
recent selection as a Truman Scholar, according to the Harry S.
Truman Foundation. He founded CavsCare, a group of U.Va. students
who volunteer at the homeless shelter in Charlottesville.
The
Truman Foundation each year grants 70 scholarships of $30,000 to
promising college juniors nationwide to help them pay for their
last year of college. Full story.
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