Darden School of Business launches resilience competition

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The University of Virginia Darden School of Business is launching its third annual Tayloe Murphy Resilience Awards competition. Darden is accepting applications and recommendations from qualifying Virginia businesses at www.resilienceawards.org through 2 July. To assist businesses and communities nationwide, this year’s competition emphasizes how Virginia’s most resilient businesses adapted to—and are helping their communities recover…

McDonnells, Trumps host fest in NYC

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Gov. Bob McDonnell and First Lady Maureen McDonnell today held a Virginia tourism, wine, food and film reception for industry professionals New York City. The event was hosted by Donald and Eric Trump at Trump Towers. More than 200 wine news and travel journalists, wine trade representatives, tour planners business contacts, film makers and film…

Georgia State 67, JMU 64

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Georgia State made 21 of 24 free throws for a decisive advantage at the foul line and held off James Madison’s late rally attempt to post a 67-64 Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball win Tuesday night at the JMU Convocation Center. GSU won for the fourth time in its last five games to improve to…

JMU holds off Towson, 58-56

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Towson erased an 18-point first-half deficit but junior guard Devon Moore (Columbus, Ohio/Northland) scored six points in the final 90 seconds as James Madison recovered for a 58-56 Colonial Athletic Association win on Saturday afternoon at Towson Center Arena. JMU snapped a five-game losing streak to improve to 11-16 overall and 4-11 in the league. …

Seattle bests Longwood in OT

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Longwood University dropped a heart-wrenching 100-99 men’s basketball overtime decision to visiting Seattle University Saturday afternoon at Willett Hall in Farmville. The Lancers (8-16) led 51-32 at halftime before the Redhawks (7-14) rallied in the second half, scoring the final six points of regulation to force overtime, and then closing with the final five points…

JMU drops fourth straight

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Forward Jamelle Hagins and guard Devon Saddler posted 23 and 22 points, respectively, as Delaware held off James Madison’s second-half charge to post an 85-80 Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball win on Saturday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center. Delaware improved to 11-12 overall and 7-6 in the CAA while JMU dropped to 10-15 overall…