News topic: Campus life
University goes green
The university’s pursuit of a greater degree of environmental sustainability is taking another step forward this semester: the greening of a wide range of cleaning products ranging from paper towels… Read »
Enrollment, faculty salaries to increase
The proposed budget for the 2008-2009 school year, which will be examined by the Board of Trustees this April, assumes an 80-student increase in the incoming class size and a desire to bring faculty salaries… Read »
Is Campus Grounds Finished?
Much of the university community may have thought that the controversy about bringing Starbucks to campus ended last year after students petitioned the university’s plans, expressing concerns about… Read »
Changes to Benson start soon
The Class of 2012 will never know Benson University Center’s food court quite like it exists today. Fall 2008 marks the beginning of phase one of the two phase Benson renovation plan. Construction… Read »
Deacon Boulevard expands
The university is currently in the planning stages for a long-term development of Deacon Boulevard, located off of University Parkway. It will be a multi-phase project that includes a series of retail… Read »
Faculty forced from apartments
Questions abounded at an emergency meeting of faculty members held by the university’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) held on Feb. 18. They met to discuss recently… Read »
University plans substantial changes
The university is changing. On the heels of a recent board of trustees meeting, statements released Feb. 12 detail an ambitious list of new initiatives approved by the trustees. Items include significant… Read »
Convocation distinguishes faculty work
Founder’s Day Convocation, an annual event held in order to celebrate the great founders of the university along with accomplished faculty, students and alumni, was held Feb. 16 in Wait Chapel. The… Read »
Library to implement new hours
Beginning Feb. 17, Z. Smith Reynolds Library will be open 24 hours five days a week. The new 24/5 schedule will open up sought-after study space for students and alleviate crowding in the all night study… Read »
Campus rec offers personal training
Campus recreation at the university is now offering personal training to students, faculty and staff for an affordable fee. The program, which takes place in the Miller Center’s Fitness Center, is… Read »