More students from Asia will now have an opportunity to experience the culture of the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, thanks to a $1 million scholarship fund created by Darden School alumnus James S. Cheng (MBA ’87) and his wife, Jeanette Wang, of McLean, Virginia. The income from the scholarship fund will be used to attract the best and brightest students from Asia by providing a two-year scholarship to MBA students who have accepted admission to the school. “Asia is very important to the future of the Darden School,” said Darden Dean Robert F. Bruner. “With the help of Jeanette and Jim Cheng, our aspirations for future generations of students move closer to fulfillment.” Full story.

Follow the Hoover family, one of the most endearingly fractured families ever seen on motion picture screens, as they trek from Albuquerque to the Little Miss Sunshine pageant in Redondo Beach, Calif., to fulfill the deepest wish of seven-year-old Olive, an ordinary little girl with big dreams. Along the way the family must deal with crushed dreams, heartbreak and a broken-down VW bus, leading up to the surreal Little Miss Sunshine competition itself. The Virginia Film Festival will present a free preview screening of “Little Miss Sunshine” on Aug. 10 at 7 p.m. in Regal Downtown Mall Cinema. Full story.

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