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Monday,
June 26, 2006
FOUR
ALUMNI FROM the University of Virginia’s
Darden School of Business — Thomas
Baltimore (’91), Bryan Simms (’94),
Warren Thompson (’83) and William
Wright (’87) — have been
named to Black MBA Magazine’s
distinguished list of the “Top
50 Under 50” African-American corporate
executives. “Darden is extremely
proud of each of these individuals,” said
Darden School dean Robert Bruner. They
each have made significant contributions
to the success of their respective companies,
to Darden and to the University of Virginia.”Full
story.
Darden
School
Virginia
Gov. Tim Kaine has granted additional holiday
time for state employees in celebration
of Independence Day. Since the summer school
is in session and due to the 24-hour operations
requirements, the University of Virginia
will not observe this additional time on
July 3. Instead, qualifying U.Va. employees
will see an additional eight hours credited
to their leave balances as compensatory
time, or float time. This additional holiday
time will be credited to leave balances
on July 3 and must be used within 12 months
of the date earned. For questions, call
the University Human Resources Leave Center
at 924-1426 or 924-4404 or e-mail hrdept@virginia.edu. See
memo.
U.Va.
News Services
Throughout
his 18-year-career at the University of
Virginia, construction wizard Dick Laurance
(above) has been the foundation behind
the largest of projects, steering them
to completion on time and on budget, all
with a smile. Laurance
has overseen more than
$500 million worth of construction at U.Va.,
starting with the $230 million hospital
expansion 18 years ago and continuing through
the $86 million renovation of Scott Stadium
that concluded in 2001. Now, Laurance,
66, will retire upon the imminent completion
of what has in many ways been his most
challenging project: the $129.8 million
John Paul Jones Arena. Full
story.
Are
Decision Makers Getting the Kind of Intelligence
They Need?
11 a.m., Miller Center of Public Affairs, 2201 Old Ivy Rd. • Speakers:
Donald Wurzel, U.Va. alumnus, and John Lauder, federal government
retiree • Information:
924-7236.
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of Arts & Sciences
through stories about its people — faculty,
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