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masons Wallace Bruce (left) and Fulton Marshall, both of Fluvanna
and employees of M3 Masonry of Albemarle County, work on the
new front steps to the president’s residence on Carr’s
Hill, tapping in a course of bricks over a concrete base. When
completed, the walkway will be in a herringbone pattern, which
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Board
urges stable funding for athletics
Staff
Report
The
University will likely increase student fees and step up marketing
and private fund-raising efforts to ensure the long-term financial
stability of U.Va. athletics without tiering or eliminating any
sports.
“We’re
not prepared to make recommendations about specific sports”
today, Leonard W. Sandridge, executive vice president and chief
operating officer, told the Board of Visitors at its July 13 meeting
in Richmond. However, “we do plan to get to that point.”
The
conclusions reached, to date, based on a task force report and further
analysis by the board’s Finance and Student Affairs and Athletics
committees and University staff, are as follows: U.Va. athletics
has not seen the financial crises experienced by many institutions;
academic performance requires ongoing attention; NCAA compliance
requires a consistent and continuing focus; U.Va. has the means
to address resource needs; and sound financial management is essential.
Full
story.
Settlement
started new social order
Teachers explore Jamestown’s impact
Staff
report
Anticipating
the 400th anniversary of the first permanent English settlement
in America, history teachers from around the country are participating
in a major reexamination of colonial America that takes a fresh
look at Jamestown’s complex meaning for our national heritage.
Many
historians, Native Americans, African-Americans and others are uncertain
about what they are to “celebrate” in the anniversary,
said Crandall Shifflett, director of graduate studies in history
at Virginia Tech, and William G. Thomas, director of U.Va.’s
Center for Digital History, co-directors of the seminar, “Jamestown
and the Formation of An American Culture.” Full
story.
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