Corrections

Staff Report

Gov. Mark R. Warner last week announced four appointments to U.Va.’s Board of Visitors, all replacing board members whose terms had expired.

The individuals appointed on March 6 were recommended by the Governor’s Advisory Commission on Higher Education Board Appointments, established in February 2002 by Warner with instructions to review potential candidates for higher education board appointments based on merit, experience, sound judgment and proven leadership. Full story.

Healing
Anger after assault shifts to efforts to heal

Staff Report

Spring break gave the University community a chance to move from the initial shock and outrage at the report of a racially motivated assault on a student to efforts at healing and raising awareness of the University’s diversity needs.

President John T. Casteen III, who met with parents of African-American students Sunday, distributed a letter to students returning from spring break detailing activities and considerations in the wake of the attack. He urged students to get involved, learn U.Va.’s history and work toward openness and understanding. Full story.

‘Creative fingers in the dike’
Faculty still holding firm

By Dan Heuchert

In October, Faculty Senate Chairman Michael J. Smith warned the Board of Visitors of an impending faculty retention crisis as stagnant salaries and budget cuts battered morale.

“Quite frankly, we are in danger of losing good faculty at every level,” Smith said then.

Four months later, there has been no mass exodus, Smith and other University officials say. The same economic conditions that swamped U.Va.’s budget have deterred many potential faculty raiders, while the slumping stock market has senior professors postponing retirement. Full story.