Campus events and activities at James Madison University
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Activities at James Madison University for the dates July 12-21, 2013
Search Results for Teacher of the Year
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Father-daughter duo earn black belts at Waynesboro YMCA
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The father-daughter duo of Brian Cohen and Samantha Cohen were promoted to Shodan, the first degree black belt, after five years of study at the Chikubu-Kai dojo at the Waynesboro YMCA.
McDonnell ceremonially signs landmark education reform
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Surrounded by legislators and education policy leaders, Gov. Bob McDonnell ceremonially signed today landmark K-12 education reform legislation. McDonnell signed HB2084/SB1175: The Teach for America Act (Cox/Ruff), SB1324: Opportunity Educational Institution (McDougle) and HB1999/SB1207: A-F School Grading (Greason/Stanley).
Warner introduces energy productivity legislation
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U.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) has introduced legislation that would establish a competitive program of voluntary federal incentives that will encourage states to adopt strategies to improve energy productivity.
VCU adds Pulitzer Prize-wnning poet to English faculty
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Claudia Emerson, distinguished professor, poet and Pulitzer Prize winner, will join the Virginia Commonwealth University Department of English in the College of Humanities and Sciences beginning Aug. 15.
Frank Clemente: Apple Tax Dodging Highlights Need for Reform
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Talk about taking your business to “The Cloud.” In an ingenious effort to avoid billions of dollars in taxes, Apple, Inc., has been levitating subsidiaries between American and Irish soil, claiming that from a tax-law perspective, they exist in neither country and so are subject to neither country’s taxing authority. And, sadly, the scheme has worked: no taxes have been paid to the U.S., a relatively paltry sum was paid to Ireland.
Flag Day at Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library
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In recognition of President Woodrow Wilson’s establishment of Flag Day in 1916, the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and Museum will hand out flags free to guests on Flag Day, Friday, June 14.
Report: Seven traffic fatalities in Virginia over Memorial Day weekend
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According to preliminary reports, Virginia experienced its first significant decline in Memorial Day weekend traffic deaths in several years.
Mojo Saturday Night run ends with Erin Lundsford
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Kevin Chisnell closes out his popular monthly show, Mojo Saturday Night, with Erin Lundsford and The Smokey Bandits. He discovered the group at the last Waynesboro Chili, Blues and Brews Festival and was impressed by the response of the audience that did not want them to leave the stage. The May performance of Mojo Saturday nights is at 8 pm on May 18. Doors opening at 7:30pm.
Chris Graham: County school board looks to the future of education
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On the one hand, there’s the Augusta County Board of Supervisors, and its shortsighted, short-term-focused approach to public education, which seems to assume that there is no tomorrow, and that today is 1988. On the other is the Augusta County School Board, which is looking to an unexpected source to lay a blueprint for the future of public education.
