March 2007
The Faculty, Staff and Student Newspaper of the University of Richmond
Admission applications break record
Economics professor, leadership scholar named dean of Jepson School
Speaking across centuries
Campaign exceeds $200 million goal
News briefs and announcements
UNC student affairs administrator named new Richmond College dean
Digitizing the Dispatch
Quest V breaks records with more students, more entries
A slave ship speaks
A 'rags-to-riches' story
Device delivers for library
Online book helps aspiring curators seeking jobs
Acting chaplain looks to the future during transition
Common Ground Corner
Environmental law: New director focuses on environmental policy
On exhibition
Faculty and staff news
Spider Spotlight
Earl Hamner to visit campus
Calendar
Online Extras
Welcome new staff members Richmond in the national mediaRichmondNow is the official newspaper published monthly, September through May with a combined December-January issue, for all University of Richmond faculty, staff and students. Its purpose is to communicate news of general interest and recognize outstanding achievement among the University community. Send news, announcements and calendar entries to richmondnow@richmond.edu.
Vol. 3, No. 6
Editor:
Linda Evans,
University Communications,
Maryland Hall, Suite 100
Phone (804) 289-8056;
Fax: (804) 297-6491;
levans2@richmond.edu
Contributing writers: Brian Eckert, Lia Tremblay, Michelle Hershman, L’07, Joan Tupponce and Barbara Fitzgerald