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News Brief
Common Ground committee completes report
Members of the Common Ground Action Committee (CGAC) have completed their work and submitted their report and action plan for inclusive diversity to President Cooper. The committee believes that the plan meets the charge to develop action steps that will both increase diversity in many dimensions and create a campus culture that will be ever more welcoming and fully inclusive of diversity.
The plan is predicated on the assumption that the vision for Richmond's greatness as an educational institution cannot be fully realized unless the ideals of human understanding and social justice are demonstrated as well as taught here. Therefore, the plan does not aim to manage the here and now with one-time fixes, overly-specific programs or splashy ideas. Instead CGAC has mapped out a tougher road of long and hard work to make sure that the values of inclusive diversity are continually enhanced and sustainable for future generations of students, faculty and staff, and fully realized as a source of creative and educational power for the institution.
CGAC's report and Embedded Action Plan for Inclusive Diversity can be viewed in full at the Common Ground Web site (http:/ /commonground.richmond.edu). The Web site serves as a source for the University's history of diversity work, updates, progress, events and resources. Copies of the committee's reports are also on reserve at Boatwright Memorial Library.
Littauer grant will fund Jewish book initiative
The Lucius N. Littauer Foundation of New York has awarded the University a $15,000 grant to create the Lucius N. Littauer Foundation Judaica Book Fund in support of the Jewish Studies program. One-third of the grant can be used for immediate acquisitions by Boatwright Memorial Library, and the balance will endow the future purchase of additional materials.
Four '05 graduates receive Fulbright grants
Four members of the University's Class of 2005 have received Fulbright grants to teach and conduct research abroad. They are: Scott Erwin, of Kansas City, Mo. (political science, Kyrgyzstan); Erin McCracken of Holden, Mass. (English, Malaysia); Anne Schwalbe of Corcoran, Minn. (English, Germany); and Caroline Weist of York, Pa. (theater, Germany).
The Fulbright Program is America's flagship international educational exchange program. It is sponsored by the United States Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Honorary degree candidates sought
The honorary degrees committee is collecting names for consideration of future degree candidates. If you would like to recommend someone for consideration, send his/her name and any other per tinent information to Mavis Brown (289-8429 or mbrown@richmond.edu).
ODK recognizes Boxler
Brandon Boxler, '05, has been named national leader of the year by Omicron Delta Kappa.
ODK, the national leadership honor society for college students, recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. ODK has 285 circles divided into 16 provinces nationwide. Boxler, of Durham, N.C., also won circle and province leader-of-the-year awards.
Student studying in China under Boren fellowship
Lisa Moore, '07, is studying for a year in China under a $20,000 David L. Boren Graduate Fellowship presented by the National Security Education Program (NSEP).
Moore, from Silver Spring, Md., took Mandarin language courses at Peking University in Beijing during the summer and is now at East China Normal University in Shanghai, where she is taking classes in the economics, history, business and social and urban development of China. Next spring, she will be back at Peking to study traditional and contemporary Chinese literature and poetry, as well as Chinese news and media.
NSEP was created by Congress in 1991 to address the need to increase the ability of U.S. citizens to communicate and compete globally by knowing the languages and cultures of other countries.
Junior receives scholarship to study in Mexico
LaWanda Weatherspoon, '07, was awarded a $2,000 Benjamin A . Gilman International Scholarship to study in Guadalajara, Mexico. She is the first Richmond student to receive a Gilman scholarship.
Weatherspoon is studying at ITESO (Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Occidente), one of the University's partner institutions.
Only 281 of 1,303 applicants were awarded the scholarships.
Law graduate is Presidential Management Fellow
Samantha Cutler, L'05, of Augusta, Ga., is a 2005 Presidential Management Fellow. The PMF program attracts to federal service outstanding graduate students from a wide variety of academic disciplines who demonstrate exceptional ability, interest and commitment to managing public policies and programs.
Cutler received a J.D. degree from the law school in May. She previously earned a bachelor's degree in English from Hampton University. She will begin work in the fall for the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection, labor relations branch in Washington. Her responsibilities will include advising on agency-wide labor relations issues and assessing potential impact and precedent-setting implications of pending disputes.
Academic Skills Center to begin tutoring
The Academic Skills Center will begin its peer tutoring program on Monday, Sept. 12. Tutors will be on call starting Aug. 29 if students need tutoring prior to the opening date. Assistance is provided in study skills and time and stress management. The center provides tutoring in calculus, chemistry, foreign languages, physics, logic and a variety of other disciplines. Students should call ext. 8626 or visit the center to schedule an appointment. Tutorial support will be provided from 4-9 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
Team wins bronze at chef culinary conference
A University team won the bronze medal at the Tastes of the World Chef Culinary Conference at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
More than 100 chefs from colleges and universities across the United States and Canada attended the 11th-annual conference. Ten four-chefs teams worked with a basket of mystery ingredients to prepare four-course meals. Certified chefs from the American Culinary Federation served as judges.
Richmond's bronze medal-winning team consisted of Matthew Clark, Bruce Clarke, Glenn Pruden, C.E.C., and James Vanscyoc.
The gold medal went to the team from the University of California at Berkeley and the silver to Harvard University.
Institutional Review Board meetings announced
The IRB meets once a month during fall and spring semesters. Please remember that faculty, staff or students planning research involving human subjects may not begin before approval is received. Though some applications can be processed quickly through expedited review, others must be considered by the whole committee at the next scheduled meeting. To avoid delay, please submit your application to the IRB two to three weeks prior to the planned starting date of your research. Proposals must be submitted well in advance of the meeting date (see Web site). Information, guidelines and forms are available at http://as.richmond.edu/ opportunities/irbresources.htm. Meeting dates for fall semester are Sept. 13, Oct. 11, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13. Meetings will be held in the A & S Dean's Conference Room, Boatwright Administrative Wing, room 4.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee meetings planned
The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) meets once a month during fall and spring semesters. All faculty contemplating research on animals are reminded that the federal government requires that all such research be cleared by the University's IACUC. Applications to the IACUC are available at the IACUC Web site. Proposals should be submitted to Kathy W. Hoke, associate dean for research suppor t, room 17, Boatwright Administrative Wing, at least two weeks in advance to be considered at a meeting.
Federal regulations also require that the University provide training and education for all individuals working with laboratory animals. In order to comply with those regulations, the IACUC is requiring that all faculty, staff, lab assistants, undergraduate and graduate students working with laboratory animals (i.e. vertebrates) view the film Animal Matters before beginning work. Students and/or faculty submitting protocols for approval will be asked to indicate that they have viewed the film. Copies of the film are available in the biology and psychology departments and the Media Resource Center. Guidelines and forms are available at http://asgraduate.richmond.edu/ iacucresources.htm.
Meeting dates for fall semester are Sept. 15, Oct. 20, Nov. 17 and Dec. 15. Meetings will be held at 12:30 p.m. in the A&S dean's conference room, Boatwright Administrative Wing, room 4.
Exhibitions at University Museums
The following exhibitions are on view or opening during September:
Harnett Museum of Art "A Good Day for Painting:
The Art of Bernard Chaet" through Nov. 9 "This Could Be Anywhere, This Could Be Ever ywhere: Recent Work by Jeremy Drummond" through Nov. 9 "Margaret Ross Tolbert: Doors" through Dec. 6 "Semi-Annual Student Exhibition" through Sept. 18
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature "Roots of Creativity: Landscapes by Hans Friedrich Grohs" Sept. 21 through Dec. 11 "Mattering: Recent works by Fiona Ross" Sept. 21 through Dec. 18
Harnett Museum of Art and Print Study Center "Pierre Daura, Catalán-American Modernist: People, Places and Things" Sept. 28 through Dec. 11
(Send brief news items for the October issue to richmondnow@richmond.edu no later than Aug. 31.)
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