
W&L President Kenneth P. Ruscio to step down in 2016
Kenneth P. Ruscio will step down as Washington and Lee University’s president on June 30, 2016.

Kenneth P. Ruscio will step down as Washington and Lee University’s president on June 30, 2016.

Loren Swartzendruber, president of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), announced to the university community today that he plans to retire next year, on June 30, 2016, marking 13 years of leadership as the university’s eighth president and 33 years in Mennonite higher education roles.

“Growing for Change” is fourth-year University of Virginia student Shantell Bingham’s $10,000 grant project for her Dalai Lama Fellowship, which starts this fall. It could also describe her undergraduate career.

April 22, 2015 is the 45th annual celebration of the first Earth Day in 1970, when 20 million Americans took to the streets, parks and auditoriums to demonstrate for a healthy, sustainable environment in massive coast-to-coast rallies.

A pair of fellowships will help University of Virginia student Ashley Blackwell fight hunger and discrimination this summer.

Real heroes don’t wear capes and, although they may play sports, it’s unlikely that you’d find them on a professional court or field. But their super human abilities change lives.

In remarks on the Senate floor Thursday, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine urged his colleagues to confirm Attorney General nominee Loretta E. Lynch.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is not informing the public about the big picture when it comes to natural gas infrastructure projects related to increased gas drilling in the Marcellus and Utica shale formations according to several environmental groups.

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced the award of two planning grants from the Governor’s Agriculture and Forestry Industries Development Fund (AFID). Projects in Orange County and the City of Richmond have been awarded $40,000 to support the growth of agricultural and forestry projects in the Commonwealth.

Virginia Department of Transportation plows and crews will be on duty throughout tonight’s forecast snow event. The Staunton District will have approximately 500 pieces of equipment deployed throughout the district. Safety Service Patrol coverage will be expanded on Interstate 81 to include Shenandoah and Augusta counties for this storm.
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