ODU to join Conference USA
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Old Dominion University President John R. Broderick announced today that the institution’s athletic programs have entered into a membership agreement with Conference USA
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VCU announces move to A-10
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Virginia Commonwealth University announced today it will join the Atlantic 10 Conference effective July 1. VCU examined several options, including remaining in its current conference home, the Colonial Athletic Association
Goode: Romney ‘father of homosexual marriages’
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Former Fifth District Congressman Virgil Goode blasted presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as “the father of homosexual marriages”
VCU approves budget, fees for 2012-2013
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The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors today approved an operating budget of $920 million that maintains the university’s commitment to academic quality and student success
Gill, Barnette join UVa men’s basketball program
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Virginia men’s head basketball coach Tony Bennett announced on Friday (May 4) that Anthony Gill and Taylor Barnette are joining the Cavaliers’ program. Gill, a 6-8 forward from Charlotte, N.C., has signed a grant-in-aid agreement and is transferring to Virginia. He attended the University of South Carolina and played as a freshman for the Gamecocks…
JMU’s first engineers getting job, grad-school offers
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It has been four years since they entered a program unlike any other in Virginia, and the results indicate they made a good choice. Of the 45 students who make up the inaugural class of the JMU School of Engineering, 24 already have secured full-time engineering jobs. Another 12 will be heading off to graduate…
Sorensen Institute launches new leaders program
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The Sorensen Institute today unveiled a new program designed to instruct and prepare Virginians who wish to continue their service to the Commonwealth. The new Emerging Leaders Program was developed in partnership between the governor’s office and the Sorensen Institute during the spring of 2012. The pilot program will train public policy and political leaders…
Ken Plum: Higher education funding squeeze
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A favorite target for budget cutters in Virginia and other states during the economic recession has been higher education. While public institutions of higher education rely on state funding, there are other sources of funds available to them, the most obvious being tuition and fees. As the number of wealthy alumni grows, there is the…
VCU names interim AD
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Virginia Commonwealth University officials announced today that David Benedict has been named interim director of athletics, effective May 12. Benedict, who has served as executive associate athletic director since 2010, will replace Norwood Teague, who has accepted the position of Director of Athletics for the University of Minnesota.
#6 UVa. men’s lax overcomes sluggishness to top Penn
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Steele Stanwick scored a career-high six goals and finished with seven points to lead the No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers (11-3) to a 10-8 victory over the Penn Quakers (3-10), Friday evening at the Whitman’s Sampler Mile High Classic, inside Sports Authority Field and Mile High. With the seven points, Stanwick now moves up to No….
