Staff question new HR plan
When Vice President and Chief Human Resource Officer Susan Carkeek stood up in front of a crowd of UVA employees to tout the University’s new human resources plan, she had to make one tough sell.
Yet again, Bulldogs deflect Cav tennis title shot
Feel free to insert a corny “Georgia On My Mind” reference here: UVA continued its role as tennis whipping boy to the University of Georgia. In the NCAA men’s semifinals tennis championships in Tulsa, Georgia knocked the Cavaliers out of the NCAA tournament with a 4-3 victory, the first and only loss of UVA’s season. […]
Quick note to abortion opponents
If you want women–and specifically teens–to have fewer abortions, provide better (read: reality-based) sex ed and give them easier access to contraceptives.
VCU: McCain leads Obama, Clinton in Virginia
McCain holds a lead over both Obama and Clinton in Virginia, says VCU. But is this the year of the death rattle from the GOP?
Voting rights elusive for ex-felons
In the coming summer months, when Virginia Organizing Project (VOP) organizer Harold Folley knocks on doors and talks to folks about the 2008 elections, inevitably some will tell him that they aren’t able to vote.
Cohousing creates community (and density)
When it came over from Denmark in the early 1980s, it had a difficult name with a host of consonants and the letters “a” and “e” squished together. For lack of a more pronounceable name, the American patrons of a type of intentional community dubbed it “cohousing.” Central Virginia’s first cohousing development is springing up […]
After four years, small gains for AccessUVA
In April, Yvonne Hubbard sat down at a dinner for the first group of students that had received financial aid all four years under AccessUVA, the University’s financial aid program.
Staff union opens membership to faculty
The Staff Union at UVA (SUUVA) launched a new campaign to sign up faculty members on May 16. The union is 6 years old, and traditionally, says Jan Cornell, SUUVA president, it has only been open to UVA staff. Now, though, it has opened its membership to faculty. “We need their support,” says Cornell. “America, […]