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PASSPORT RENEWAL
Last winter, Passport Café was renovated for the first time since opening in 2010. Upgrades to accommodate the shifting needs of customers and changes in how the space is used by staff included the addition of a Grubhub pick-up station to manage the high volume of mobile orders; new seating; a second cold bakery case; digital menu boards; additional cabinetry for recycling and composting bins; and enhanced lighting. The café reopened in early March and averaged roughly 3,700 orders per week for the remainder of the spring semester.
Vice president for communications and chief marketing officer
Tom Addonizio
Associate vice president for communications and media relations
Cynthia Price
Editor Cheryl Spain
Associate vice president for creative and design services
Samantha Tannich
Graphic designer
Ashley Gladner
Photographer Jamie Betts
Staff contributors:
Lauren Anesta, Rayne Badillo, Sunni Brown, Alexandra Byrum, Sandi Cauley, Megan Condict, Kevin Creamer, Catherine Cribbs, Rachel Dawson, Sophia Demerath, ’26, Matthew Dewald, Phillip Gravely, Terrance Henderson, Kevin Heraldo, Alicia Hubbard, Lee Anna Jackson, Pamela Lee, Rachel Long, Katie McBride, Amy Ogle, ’26, Cynthia Price, Anne Taylor Rawls, Gordon Schmidt, Sandra Shelley, Cindy Smith, Greg Thompson, and David Vinson
AUTUMN 2024
First-year students in the UR Outdoor Adventure and Recreation pre-orientation program have a meet-and-greet while white-water rafting on the James River.
AROUND THE LAKE
STAY CONNECTED
Read more of President Hallock’s messages to the University community — or share your thoughts with him at any time — at president.richmond. edu.
Proud To Be a Spider
Dear Spiders,
I hope you’ve had an opportunity to settle into the rhythm of the new academic year. The fall semester can go by quickly, making it even more important to pause, look around, and take pride in how special this place is and what we each contribute to our university community.
This spring, we invited UR employees to participate in the “Great Colleges to Work For” survey, one of the nation’s premier workplace recognition programs, which analyzes survey feedback from approximately 100,000 university staff and faculty nationwide. Sixty-three percent of Spiders responded, providing valuable insights into areas where we can better serve our staff and faculty. Thank you. Survey respondents also expressed inspiring dedication and pride. UR ranked highly in multiple categories, earning recognition as a 2024 Great College to Work For with Honor Roll distinction. Our colleagues in Human Resources will share more details on these results, including in this issue of Spider Insider. I’m grateful for your partnership in making UR a fulfilling workplace, and I’m excited to build on our positive momentum together.
This summer, at the University Staff Advisory Council (USAC) meeting, I asked attendees what they were most proud of and excited about in their recent and upcoming work at UR. The enthusiasm was infectious. We learned that nine sport clubs attended national tournaments last year — setting a record. The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement collaborated to support the revitalization and cleanup of Richmond’s East End Cemetery. The Office of Disability Services substantially increased their student support. Cross-campus search committees collaborated with intention and care to recruit new leaders in several areas. And Career Development
staff helped students prepare for exciting opportunities after graduation.
A few weeks later, at Colloquy — an annual academic ceremony celebrating faculty teaching, scholarship, and service — awardees reflected on what inspires them and what they find rewarding about their work at UR. They shared their passion for learning from and alongside students, sparking joy in others, collecting data, creating art, and making our university a better place. I’m profoundly grateful that Spider staff and faculty take so much pride in their work, and it was inspiring to hear these and other examples firsthand.
Our community is full of outstanding people, and together, we’re so much greater than the sum of our parts. There will be many opportunities to connect this fall and engage in campus life, and I hope you’ll consider participating. For instance, I hope you’ll join us for Homecoming 2024. Festivities kick off Friday, Nov. 1, with Spider Day and a complimentary lunch at D-Hall for staff and faculty. Then, on Saturday, Nov. 2, before the football game, we’ll offer a Game Day Tailgate at Robins Stadium with food trucks and live music. Go Spiders!
Every one of us contributes to the success of our university, and we have so much to look forward to this year and beyond. Thank you for all you do. I continue to firmly believe that our best days are ahead, and I’m excited about our bright future as a university community. Take care, and I look forward to seeing you around campus!
Kevin F. Hallock President Distinguished University Professor of Economics
UR Here Tops $2.2M
Annual campaign sets donor and giving records
In April, 4,350 Spiders around the globe — more than ever before — showed their support for students during UR’s sixth annual UR Here Giving Day. Donors representing 15 countries, all 50 states, and Washington, D.C., gave a record $2.2 million in just 36 hours. During the event, 378 faculty and staff, an 11.5% increase over 2023, contributed $71,583.
“I’m overwhelmed,” said Kim Lebar, director of annual giving. “We set high expectations for this year’s campaign, and the Spider community blew them away.”
“Our faculty and staff are such wonderful, supportive role models for philanthropy at Richmond.”
The gifts will go toward impact areas including academic excellence, access and affordability, athletics, and student experience and community. Donors could give to the 2024 UR Annual Fund (greatest needs); specific schools, departments, or athletic teams; or targeted areas such as the Student Emergency Fund, financial aid and scholarships, and clubs and club sports.
The new Steve Bisese Scholarship, established in honor of the retired vice president for student development’s 29 years of service to UR, received nearly $150,000 from more than 100 donors during the event. It received the greatest number of faculty and staff gifts. The School of Professional and Continuing Studies was a close second.
“Each year our community becomes more familiar with UR Here, and more people want to be part of something that brings us all together to support our students,” Lebar said. “I also think people are responding to Richmond’s exciting momentum and trajectory.”
This fall, Spiders Helping Spiders will give donors another opportunity to show students how much they care. The annual weeklong event, focused entirely on benefiting students in need, kicks off on Nov. 13. Gifts will support financial aid, the Student Emergency Fund, and the Career Opportunity Fund. In 2023, 1,376 donors — including 133 faculty and staff — raised more than $312,000 during the event.
Lebar said she’s not surprised by the generosity of the University’s faculty and staff, who contributed nearly $800,000 to UR’s students and programs in fiscal year 2024.
“Our faculty and staff are such wonderful, supportive role models for philanthropy at Richmond,” Lebar said. “Every one of them gives generously of their time and talent to our students. Then many of them step up again to make financial gifts. It’s an honor to work beside these Spiders.”
SOCIAL BUZZ
Oh my, UR killing me, as I miss Spiderland, RVA, and Sweet Virginia Breeze.
—John H Quinley Jr via Facebook
University of Richmond did a fabulous job making it special for these graduates who lost out on their HS graduations! Well done!
—Kay Kay via Facebook, referring to Commencement
I loved the freedom and peace that I found in learning and growing with like-minded people on campus.
—Bridgett Bethune via LinkedIn
one two johnson-downey punch. much love for the chem dept!!!
—brittcommakylie via Instagram
My son didn’t end up going [to UR] actually so I am unbiased when I say it is prettiest campus I have seen (and I have seen a lot touring campuses with my children)
—Eric Wagnon via Facebook
Amazing to see Spiders learning about agricultural systems and food deserts! Learning about rooftop farming is what started me on the path to a career in landscape architecture.
—Meg Schroeder via LinkedIn
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Chemistry professor Jon Dattelbaum (fourth from left), biology professor Kristine Grayson (far right), and students from the May 2023 New Zealand EnCompass experience pose in front of Mount Ngauruhoe on the North Island.
HONORING INNOVATION
In 2022, the University of Richmond received an Institute of International Education Andrew Heiskell Award for Innovation in International Education in the category “Widening Access for International Education” for the EnCompass program. The award recognizes models for developing and expanding international education. UR was one of six awardees nationwide.
Bridging Global Gaps
EnCompass celebrates five years of breaking barriers in study abroad
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Office of International Education’s EnCompass program, a fully funded, short-term study abroad initiative aimed at eliminating barriers for students who are least likely to go abroad during their four years at UR.
Since its launch in 2019, EnCompass has been a guiding light for students who may be reluctant to take on international travel or whose academic requirements make study abroad difficult — first-generation students, African American students, STEM majors, Latinx students, student-athletes, and male students.
To date, EnCompass has taken 118 students and 30 faculty and staff leaders on journeys to 13 countries. Past offerings have included Political Leadership and Democracy (Chile), NGOs and Social Healing (Thailand and Cambodia), and American Blackness in Berlin (Germany). EnCompass encourages students early in their Richmond experience to participate in these trips and apply their global learnings long after they return.
Martha Merritt, dean of international education, who joined the University of Richmond in 2015, planted the seeds for EnCompass when she saw
an opportunity to expand study abroad offerings to include students who otherwise might not travel.
“There was already short-term programming popping up all over campus,” Merritt said. “The chaplaincy and SSIR (Sophomore Scholars in Residence) have run fantastic programs for students, and EnCompass was an opportunity for the Office of International Education to add another dimension to these programs.”
Her goal was to provide faculty-led, accessible opportunities for study abroad during spring break and in the “Maymester,” which includes a half-credit course during the semester that provides context and local experiences before the trip.
When COVID-19 hit just after the first trips, international programming skidded to a halt. Among the postponed EnCompass trips was Future Cities and the Environment: Richmond and Cape Town, scheduled to depart for South Africa in May 2020. Two years later, Todd Lookingbill, professor of biology and geography, environment, and sustainability, and Kasongo Kapanga, professor of French, led the eager cohort of students to examine equitable
solutions to the climate crisis, sustainability, and food insecurity. The Center for Civic Engagement hosted local programming.
This kind of local-global perspective allows EnCompass students to participate in community engagement and fieldwork in the Richmond area before they leave the country. In the 2023–24 offering South Africa: Environmental Racism, students partnered with the Center for Civic Engagement to conduct a case study of water and air samples taken from Jackson Ward and Windsor Farms — neighborhoods 4 miles away but with drastically different living environments.
headed back. Having experienced the country’s landscapes and culture before, they were excited to lead students in an immersive experience and to explore more themselves.
“One of the coolest experiences was hiking at night up to one of the only mainland locations where a particular endangered seabird nests,” Grayson said. “The birds began to circle around us, and we witnessed firsthand the restoration work being done.”
“It was so exciting to see how much they were thinking about these experiences before, during, and after.”
“I didn’t want these students or anyone who participates in EnCompass to think, ‘Inequality in South Africa is so bad,’” Merritt said. “If they see it in Richmond first, they see it under their own noses, so they get the sense that this is a human condition. Global challenges are not outside of the U.S.; they are everywhere.”
On one of the 13 completed EnCompass trips, Kristine Grayson, associate professor of biology, and Jon Dattelbaum, professor of chemistry, led an expedition to New Zealand in May 2023 called Conservation and Restoration: From the River City to Aotearoa. In May 2025, they are
This program had a halfunit course to complement the content covered abroad, with cohort meetings throughout the spring semester. Students read literature on Māori culture, preparing for the experiences they would encounter in the coming weeks.
“A few times during the lead-up, I wondered, ‘Is this really sticking?’” Grayson said. “Then, while on the trip, students would say, ‘I remember this, we talked about this!’ It was so exciting to see how much they were thinking about these experiences before, during, and after.”
Reflecting on how far the EnCompass program has come, the possibilities are limitless, Merritt said. “Our learning about how to do this best has taken years, and now I feel we have a recipe that works for the University of Richmond; we can begin to extend and explore future possibilities.”
LEARN MORE
To learn more about EnCompass, including a complete list of topics and destinations, visit international. richmond.edu/studyabroad/programs/ encompass.
MEDIA MENTIONS
Art professor SANDY WILLIAMS was featured in “A Wax Statue of Lincoln Melted Into a Meme.” This news was also featured in New York Magazine, The Washington Post, Hyperallergic, and more. “When I show work in galleries, the population I’m interacting with is a more particular demographic,” Williams said. “Whereas public art is just for everyone, especially once it then is on the internet and is becoming a meme. … My hope is with this viral viewing of the work, any segment of the population seeing it will have a moment to spend more time with it and get to know these deeper histories the work is trying to engage.”
JACLYN COATES, financial aid systems manager, was quoted in “What to Know About a College’s Net Price Calculator.”
“[Merit aid] could be additional aid that the student ends up being eligible for once they actually apply here at the university,” Coates said. “All first-year applicants are considered for merit aid.”
Political science professor CHRISTOPHER MILLER was quoted in “US Vice Presidents Who Went on to Become President.” “The nature of being vice president is to stay in the background,” Miller explained. “It’s hard to pivot from that to taking the spotlight and convincing people you deserve it.”
Chemistry professor and A&S associate dean KELLING DONALD authored the piece “Going Boldly: Purposeful Engagement, Critical Thinking, and Success in College.” “It is helpful to approach college with certain broad goals and a sense of purpose,” Donald wrote. “The full college experience cannot be pre-planned, but students do well to reflect on their academic journeys so far and consider what they want from college.”
CHRISTOPHER VON REUDEN, an evolutionary anthropologist and leadership studies professor, was quoted in “Does social status shape height?” “Research suggests that humans can show dominance in ways besides height, such as by walking together in a group — displaying power in numbers — or using weapons,” von Rueden said. “Gauging social status via height and not, say, collective fighting ability or muscle mass, is odd.”
Accounting professor ROB PAWLEWICZ, an expert on audit practices, was quoted in “BDO Pares Back Clients, Reforms Audit Practice to Boost Quality.” “[These reforms are] an important step forward,” Pawlewicz said. “Anytime you have any of the firms responding to regulatory pressure and saying, ‘We need to do better,’ is a positive thing.”
Law professor ANDY SPALDING, an expert on corruption in megasports, authored “Paris Games herald a new anti-corruption era, but carrying the torch may pose an Olympic challenge for the US,” originally published in The Conversation. “I believe that the [Paris Olympics] have not only deterred misconduct but have left positive anti-corruption legacies in place for the future of global sports,” Spalding wrote. “Even so, as the U.S. prepares to host four major international sporting events in the next decade — including a Summer Olympics and a FIFA World Cup — it faces a surprising anti-corruption identity crisis.”
Visit news.richmond.edu to view additional media mentions or connect with University Communications’ Media Relations team, Cynthia Price, Sunni Brown, and Lauren Anesta.
CAMPUS WI-FI UNDERGOES AN UPGRADE
Over the summer months, UR’s campuswide Wi-Fi infrastructure underwent a significant upgrade. The information services team replaced or added 2,900 Wi-Fi access points across all academic and administrative buildings. The latest Wi-Fi 6E standard will deliver leading-edge performance to faculty, staff, and students.
“The Wi-Fi 6E project highlights our dedication to providing equitable access to high-quality resources,” said Keith “Mac” McIntosh, vice president and chief information officer. “By offering a robust network, we enable the campus community to connect, collaborate, and learn freely. I’m extremely proud of our team and their work.”
Wi-Fi 6E uses additional frequency bands, expanding the wireless network’s capacity and connectivity across campus. The network was also extended, with information services adding new access points in places previously unsupported. And Wi-Fi will soon be available on the walking path around Westhampton Lake and the quad and sidewalks between the Heilman Dining Center, Gottwald Science Center, Lora Robins, and Booker Hall of Music.
The impact of Wi-Fi 6E extends beyond just coverage; it quadruples the amount of data that UR’s wireless network can process. This means better performance for online campus resources, the web, and the Internet in classrooms and administrative spaces.
“The wireless network was crucial for summer research, especially for students who use their personal computers for data analysis,” said Christine Helms, associate professor of physics. “The upgraded network has been great for connectivity and uploading or downloading large data files to Box for collaboration. It was great having all the upgrades completed before students arrived so we could hit the ground running.”
China’s crackdown on ‘wealth-flaunting’ social media puts pressure on influencers to echo the party line
Chinese regulators recently completed a twomonth “spring clean” of the country’s social media.
Launched by the Cyberspace Administration of China, the latest Qinglang campaign — the literal meaning of which is “clean and bright” — aims to penalize Chinese social media influencers and internet celebrities deemed to be flaunting wealth or deliberately showcasing a luxurious life built on money to attract followers and traffic.
China is far from alone in expressing official alarm over the perceived harms of social media.
The U.S. government, for example, has signaled its desire to slap warning labels on platforms such as TikTok, X, and Instagram. But whereas U.S. efforts are framed as protecting the mental health of users, it is the well-being of China’s society that is the focus of Beijing’s crackdown — and regulators there are going beyond mere warnings. Various Chinese social media platforms blocked the accounts of influencers such as Wang Hongquanxing, who has earned the nickname “China’s Kim Kardashian.”
Party’s worldview. China is exerting pressure on Taiwanese social media influencers to echo and support its campaign against showy online displays of wealth and leveraging social media to foster nationalistic support and to further its agenda for the island democracy’s reunification with the Chinese mainland.
China is far from alone in expressing official alarm over the perceived harms of social media.
The Chinese government has also tightened the management of cyberspace by directly or indirectly pressuring celebrities and influencers to publicly support pro-government values and policies. Recent research shows that, on average, Taiwanese celebrities repost official messages less frequently than celebrities from the mainland and Hong Kong. Nevertheless, the frequent political signaling by celebrities on Chinese social media suggests the increasing politicization of popular culture.
Both the crackdown on online displays of wealth and pressure on Taiwanese influencers reflect acknowledgment in Beijing of the power of social media.
JOIN THE CONVERSATION
This article has been updated and adapted for length with permission from the authors. A complete list of The Conversation articles by UR faculty — including this one in its entirety — is available at news.richmond. edu/placements/ conversation.html.
Faculty interested in writing for The Conversation can contact Sunni Brown, director of media and public relations, at sbrown5@richmond. edu, or Lauren Anesta, media relations manager, at lauren. anesta@richmond.edu.
Despite some, including academics, arguing that this crackdown is a violation of online expression, data suggests that Chinese people by and large support their government for its use of punishment against those who have run afoul of moral values shared by leaders and ordinary people alike — even if it restricts certain personal liberties.
This public support for measures that crack down on social media acts deemed contrary to Chinese values also serves as a political tool to reinforce the Chinese Communist
The latest “spring clean” of Chinese social media is not the first to take place under President Xi Jinping’s watch and is unlikely to be the last. Authorities in Beijing know that, if regulated tightly, social media can be used to amplify its message, but if left unchecked, it could result in an increasingly subversive and chaotic cyberspace.
By Gengsong Gao, Chinese studies professor, and Dan Chen, political science professor
Reprints of The Conversation articles appear frequently in Spider Insider, University of Richmond Magazine, and UR Now (urnow. richmond.edu).
DESIGN PRINCIPLES
The plan for the Burying Ground Memorial centers design principles formed by input from descendants, staff, faculty, and students.
The Burying Ground site should remain sacred and lightly touched.
The Burying Ground should be unique, accessible, and inviting.
The Burying Ground should balance sentiments of reconciliation and resilience with the certainty of an enduring struggle.
A Ground Honoring
UR remembers those enslaved and laid to rest on campus land and begins construction on the Burying Ground Memorial
On a rainy day in January, descendants of those enslaved on the land that became the University of Richmond campus laid a floral wreath on the ground near Fountain Hall. The wreath placement was part of a Ground Honoring Ceremony that included remarks from Keith “Mac” McIntosh, vice president for information services and chief information officer — and co-chair of the Burying Ground Memorialization Committee.
“It is a privilege to gather with you in this place as we look upon the burying ground site and remember and honor this sacred ground and the unknown ancestors interred there,” McIntosh said.
The ceremony culminated over four years of research and engagement around the site and marked the beginning of construction on a memorial.
In 2019, a research report by Shelby Driskill, research coordinator working with Lauranett Lee, research director and adjunct assistant professor of liberal arts, first revealed a detailed history of the site. The area was once part of a boundary between the Monacan and Powhatan Indigenous nations. From the beginning of the 18th century, the land was part of a plantation known as Westham, and for 163 years, the property was
continuously held by enslavers. Important research by Driskill uncovered evidence of the burying ground, including a 1901 surveying map that identified the location with the words “grave yard.”
After the publication of “Knowledge of This Cannot Be Hidden”: A Report on the Westham Burying Ground, then-President Ronald A. Crutcher established a Burying Ground Memorialization Committee to engage stakeholders in discussions about an enduring memorial. Alongside McIntosh, President Emeritus Edward Ayers served as co-chair. Brenda Dabney Nichols, a descendant of the Burleigh, Lewis, Holmes, and Pryor families and author of African-Americans of Henrico County, became an important consultant.
“Engaging our descendant community has been one of our top priorities,” McIntosh said.
“We are thankful for Mrs. Nichols’ leadership, ingenuity, and collaboration in ensuring we reached as many descendants as possible so we could hear their stories, build relationships, and get their input on how best to memorialize those buried at the site.”
The University retained architect Burt Pinnock and his team from Baskervill to develop, evolve, and finalize a design with input from
descendants and the campus community.
The University also partnered with Baskervill to commission archaeological site and ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys in 2019 and shovel testing in 2022 to prevent unnecessary disturbance of the land. In spring 2023, following new technologies and process improvements in GPR, another scan was conducted. In January 2024, the University’s board of trustees approved the plan and creation of the permanent memorial.
Key
elements of the future memorial will include a courtyard; a gate; a vestibule with historical context and artistic portraits that honor the descendants; benches; and a second witness tree.
The Burying Ground Memorialization Committee and the architects met with numerous descendants on campus, at local churches, and online to share the research and hear their thoughts and suggestions on memorialization. They simultaneously hosted multiple meetings and conversations with staff, faculty, and students. Through these many touch points, stakeholders identified aspirations and principles to guide the design of the memorial.
Key elements of the future memorial will include a courtyard; a gate; a vestibule with historical context and artistic portraits that honor the descendants; benches; and a second witness tree. The witness tree comes from a seed of a 200-year-old oak tree on that site that was alive and bore witness to the events that unfolded on the land.
Construction on the Burying Ground Memorial began in March and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2025.
An archaeologist will continue to be present on-site during all earthmoving activity and will inform the construction team and UR immediately if archaeological evidence of a burial is identified.
“We look forward to the day of dedicating the memorial,” Nichols said. “The main thing is that we were allowed to give input as we felt we so deserved. And so that’s a learning point; that’s a beginning for healing and for a reckoning and for reconciliation to begin to occur.”
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LEARN MORE
For more information on the burying ground, including memorial updates, the Burying Ground Memorialization Committee’s final report, and past communications, visit richmond.edu/ burying-ground.
COLLEGIATE LICENSING PROCESS ENSURES UNIFIED IMAGE OF UR
Whether ordering T-shirts for a summer camp or pens with your office’s name on them, understanding the ins and outs of collegiate licensing ensures UR-branded promotional products are not just stylish, but also legally sound.
All merchandise with UR trademarks is required to be approved by UR’s collegiate licensing office before production. That applies to clothing, water bottles, and yes, even pens — “anything that you would see in the SpiderShop,” explained Liz St. John, project manager of collegiate licensing and business services. The process makes certain the University’s legally protected logos and phrases are reproduced appropriately and accurately by vendors that are approved by the University.
Staff, faculty, or students ordering UR-branded products can do so through two avenues: through an internal campus supplier or via the SpiderShop. Those who choose to work with a supplier will send their design directly to an approved vendor that will create a mock-up and submit it to Collegiate Licensing Co., which handles licensing on behalf of the University. St. John gives final approval on all orders. Partnering directly with the SpiderShop streamlines the process under the guidance of the general merchandise manager, who works with vendors and knows various sources for products. “You have one point of contact, so it makes for an easier buying experience,” St. John said.
St. John suggests those with questions about the process reach out to her. “The licensing department is here to ensure that everyone uses the University’s trademarks correctly and that we promote the University and its brand in a positive light.”
For more information about collegiate licensing, visit campusservices.richmond.edu/ licensing.
Preparing for Launch
Workday training slated to begin in November
The Workday@Richmond team recently completed 10 weeks of “End to End” testing, a pivotal step in preparing for the University’s transition to the new enterprise resource planning system for human resources, payroll, and finance functions in January. More than 80 UR employees served as testers, collectively executing nearly 2,500 scenarios to assess Workday’s capabilities in handling critical business processes such as hiring, timekeeping, expense reporting, and invoice payments. Valuable insights from testing will shape Workday’s configuration to best serve the UR community.
“I want everyone to have the resources and support needed to be effective at their jobs using Workday.”
Looking ahead, the focus shifts to training, slated to begin in November. Training will be offered in a variety of formats including in-person and virtual sessions, on-demand recordings, and online step-by-step instructional guides and will support a smooth transition to Workday for all employees across all departments and roles. Change Ambassadors will ensure their teams are informed of all training opportunities and how to access training resources. Workshops will cover topics such as understanding Workday terminology, navigating the system, updating personal profile information, managing benefits, requesting time off, and viewing payroll information. Specialized training for managers will cover time tracking, recruiting, and other frequently used processes.
The training team, led by Caitlin Bergendahl, is developing train-thetrainer sessions to give select staff members the knowledge needed to guide their colleagues through Workday processes.
“I’m eager to meet with colleagues from across campus to identify training solutions that will meet their specific needs,” Bergendahl said. “Whether it’s clocking in and out for a shift or hiring a new team member, I want everyone to have the resources and support needed to be effective at their jobs using Workday.”
For a firsthand look at Workday’s capabilities and to ask questions of the Workday@Richmond project team, staff and faculty are encouraged to mark their calendars for one of two town hall meetings on Oct. 10, 9–10:30 a.m. and 2–3:30 p.m. Until then, stay informed of the latest Workday@ Richmond updates, including a list of divisional Change Ambassadors, at workday.richmond.edu.
A Road Map for the Future
2025 Campus Plan will guide physical development of campus
Rooted in the University’s educational mission, the 2025 University of Richmond Campus Plan (URCP) will serve as the road map for the future physical development of campus over the near and long term. Campus plan elements can include campus buildings’ condition and space assessment, campus transportation and pedestrian navigation, and planning for an increasingly sustainable campus infrastructure.
“The physical environment and infrastructure on our extraordinary campus is critical to advancing our mission and supporting a vibrant community both now and in the future,” said David Hale, executive vice president and chief operating officer.
constituent groups during the spring 2024 semester, engaging with about 1,000 faculty, staff, and students.
“A campus plan can and should include anything related to the long-term physical development of campus.”
“When people hear ‘campus plan,’ they may immediately think that means new buildings, but that’s often not the case. A campus plan can and should include anything related to the long-term physical development of campus.”
The University has retained architectural and planning firm Ayers Saint Gross to provide expertise in guiding this effort. A steering committee of more than 20 campus constituents, including University leadership, students, faculty, and staff, has been working with Ayers Saint Gross since January.
The guiding principles include commitments to academic excellence, sustainability, belonging and community, well-being and safety, and campus connectivity. Ayers Saint Gross held more than 20 listening sessions with campus
“These listening sessions are important as we work to gather perspectives about our campus and its support of our educational mission,” Hale said. “While still in the early stages, themes that are emerging include space enhancements that reinforce the residential education experience, enhanced campus accessibility, an increasingly sustainable campus infrastructure, mobility, and lighting, along with an assessment of building conditions and ideas about long-term use and maintenance of unbuilt campus green space.”
The last campus plan, released in 2011, resulted in several important changes and additions to the community, including the construction of the Queally Center for Admission and Career Services and the creation of the Eco-Corridor. The 2011 plan also resulted in the development of the south portion of campus near the River Road entrance and included rerouting a road to provide better campus access; building new student residences; and adding intramural fields.
The planning phase for the 2025 URCP is a yearlong effort with recommendations executed over the next two to 20 years.
“It’s exciting and also very important to plan for and envision the future of our campus,” Hale said.
URCP TIMELINE
December 2023–August 2024: Observe, Assess, Research, and Innovate
During these initial phases, a space analysis was completed, and about 1,000 campus constituents provided input.
September–December 2024: Envision, Test, and Refine
For the next few months, Ayers Saint Gross will hold additional meetings with the campus community; work with the URCP steering committee to create a framework for the campus plan, taking the space analysis and constituent input into consideration; and begin to make suggestions for changes and additions to our campus infrastructure.
January–April 2025: Synthesize and Begin
During this phase, the 2025 University of Richmond Campus Plan will be finalized and begin serving as the framework for the physical development of campus in the next two to 20 years.
POLITICS & VOTING
This election season, the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement will be supporting voter registration with tabling in Tyler Haynes Commons; drop-in and virtual voter assistance; opportunities for dialogue on campus; a Get Out the Vote Block Party on Oct. 16 with the Modlin Center for the Arts featuring Las Cafeteras; and excursions to local government meetings and the Richmond Mayorathon on Oct. 23. In addition, CCE staff attended the Sept. 14 football game, and a National Voter Registration Day event was held on Sept. 17. Election resources, including an online voting guide, will also be widely available, and all students will receive email communications about how to register and vote.
“Across our election activities, the CCE’s aim is to create spaces for education and connection rather than polarization,” said Sylvia Gale, executive director of the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.
A Legacy of Service
The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement celebrates two decades of community impact
A magnetic map of Richmond stretches across a large wall of the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Center for Civic Engagement (CCE) in Tyler Haynes Commons. It reveals the river, roads, buildings, and topography of the region UR calls home and invites students to review the strategically placed location pins and consider opportunities to connect with the surrounding community.
“There are so many pathways to civic engagement,” said CCE executive director Sylvia Gale. “Our hope is that every student finds their own way to a meaningful connection with the Richmond region.”
With generous funding from the Bonner Foundation, the CCE launched in August 2004, and Douglas A. Hicks, now president of Davidson College, served as the founding director. Amy Howard, associate provost for strategic initiatives and community engagement, joined as the first program manager.
“The central work of the CCE over the past two decades has been to catalyze relationships, partnerships, and lifelong learning,” Howard said. “What started as an idea on paper has grown
into a vibrant, nationally recognized center with an outstanding, talented team dedicated to advancing our students’ learning, supporting faculty’s community-engaged teaching and scholarship, and deepening community relationships.”
If there were a pin for every community engagement experience from the past 20 years, the landscape would be covered — from Highland Park to Jackson Ward to Church Hill to Fulton to Southside. The CCE currently maintains 91 community relationships across Richmond.
“Some of our community relationships are more than 10 years old, and a few date back to and even predate the founding of the CCE,” said Kim Dean-Anderson, senior associate director of community relationships. “Through organizational and staff changes, successful and unsuccessful projects, and, of course, a global pandemic, folks value the work, learning, and genuine connections enough to prioritize stewarding these relationships, and that says a lot.”
Students carry the lessons they learn interacting with the community with them.
Bonner Scholars intern up to 10 hours a week, tackling many projects and establishing meaningful relationships with their supervisors that last beyond their four years of college, and participate in on-campus reflective exercises and educational programming.
“Place-based learning is central to becoming civically minded scholars, teachers, learners, and members of the Richmond community and any other communities in which we live,” Gale said. “Knitting those experiences together with multiple perspectives is at the very heart of civic engagement.”
To mark its 20thanniversary year, the CCE brought Danielle Allen, Harvard University professor and director of the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation, to campus in collaboration with the Gary L. McDowell Institute, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, and the School of Arts & Sciences. In addition to giving a public lecture, she met with students, staff, faculty, and civic leaders throughout her two-day visit to examine what it will take to renovate our democracy.
Lyles, founder and executive director of The Hive, a Richmond nonprofit that helps young people set goals and realize their potential as they transition into adulthood.
In the spring, the CCE will welcome Nicholas Longo, professor of global studies and codirector of the Dialogue, Inclusion, and Democracy (DID) Lab at Providence College in Rhode Island, to spark further conversation around dialogue across differences.
“There are so many pathways to civic engagement. Our hope is that every student finds their own way to a meaningful connection with the Richmond region.”
The CCE also hosted the annual Engage for Change Awards Celebration with guest speaker
The words of the CCE’s 20th-anniversary logo are “connect, act, imagine with RVA.”
It’s a call for the entire campus community.
Students can explore opportunities online or visit the CCE office on the second floor of Tyler Haynes Commons Monday through Thursday from 2 to 4 p.m. Faculty and staff may apply for course support grants, fellowships, or conference or research grants, and CCE staff are available for one-on-one brainstorm meetings. Community organizations may inquire about partnerships, and the CCE’s community relationships team will follow up.
“As we enter our next 20 years as a center, we are attuning our focus, and there will be opportunities to plan with us,” Gale said. “We’re excited to connect, act, and imagine together.”
MISSION
The Bonner Center for Civic Engagement prepares students for lives of purpose and connects students, faculty, staff, and community stakeholders in social change efforts that value the knowledge and potential in our communities.
VISION
The University of Richmond will be a vital partner to a thriving Richmond region, catalyzing lifelong learning and civic engagement.
Gina
ACCOLADES
The Princeton Review ranked UR No. 1 for “BEST STUDENT SUPPORT AND COUNSELING SERVICES” in its 2025 edition of The Best 390 Colleges guide. The University also scored in the top 5 for “Most Beautiful Campus” (No. 2), “BestRun College” (No. 3), and “Best Campus Food” (No.3). The Princeton Review also named UR to its “BEST LAW SCHOOLS” and “BEST VALUE COLLEGES” lists for 2024 and ranked UR No. 6 among private schools on the “TOP 20 BEST SCHOOLS FOR INTERNSHIPS” list.
UR received a SILVER TELLY AWARD in the Campaign – Educational Institution – Branded Content category for “What Could You Do at Richmond?” in the 45th annual competition. The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens.
Poets&Quants for Undergrads named the Robins School of Business one of 10 UNDERGRAD BUSINESS SCHOOLS TO WATCH IN 2024
The publication looked at the innovations, differentiators, and X factors preparing business leaders for the future; forward momentum; and the ability to adapt and thrive in the face of new challenges and opportunities.
The Fiske Guide to Colleges 2025 named UR one of the “BEST AND MOST INTERESTING” colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Ireland, highlighting Richmond’s academic programs, student experience, and digital humanities.
The Joan and Morgan Massey Foundation awarded UR’s Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship initiative a $50,000 GRANT to support the Richmond Innovation Fellows program, an interdisciplinary, experiential academic program designed to teach students how to realize their creative ideas in both nonprofit and for-profit spaces.
Exercise is Medicine®, a global health initiative managed by the American College of Sports Medicine, awarded UR a GOLD-LEVEL AWARD for the second year in a row for its efforts to foster health and well-being for students and employees. UR is one of 145 colleges around the world to be honored.
The National Wildlife Federation and RecycleMania Inc. awarded UR FIRST PLACE in the Campus Race to Zero Waste competition in the GameDay Basketball waste diversion category.
The National Association of College and University Food Services awarded UR two LOYAL E. HORTON DINING AWARDS. Dining Services received silver awards in the Most Innovative Wellness and Nutrition Program category for the Demonstration Kitchen and in the Residential Special Event of the Year category for International Education Week programs.
Workplace Excellence
UR earns spot on the 2024 Great Colleges Honor Roll
This past spring, University of Richmond employees participated in the 2024 “Great Colleges to Work For” survey for the first time since 2018. Given the changes the UR community has experienced since then, it was an ideal time to gain fresh insights into the University’s workplace environment. Sixty-three percent of employees contributed to the survey, providing invaluable feedback needed to continue making UR a place where all staff and faculty can thrive.
Based on data from the survey, the University of Richmond earned a spot on the 2024 Great Colleges Honor Roll. It’s the first time UR has received the distinction, which is granted to the participating colleges and universities with the highest employee engagement scores across multiple categories. UR achieved Honor Roll distinction in the areas of Job Satisfaction and Support; Shared Governance; Compensation and Benefits; Professional Development; and Confidence in Senior Leadership.
“Our top strengths are in line with what I have heard and experienced in my first year here.”
Survey results revealed that employees have a collective commitment to UR’s mission and take pride in their contributions. Employees also expressed appreciation for the University’s focus on wellbeing; indicated that they are highly satisfied by the work they do and feel supported in it; and are committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
“Our top strengths are in line with what I have heard and experienced in my first year here,” said Geraldine Sullivan, chief human resources officer.
Compared to the 2018 survey, the University has seen notable improvements in areas such as the performance review process and the recognition of individual contributions. Employees also reported feeling more positive about manager and supervisor consistency, fairness, and communication and feeling more confident about challenging traditional ways of doing things.
Scores did decline, as anticipated, in a handful of areas already identified as opportunities to be addressed as plans for the next few years evolve. These included evaluating policies and practices for flexible work and continuing the positive momentum of enhancing performance management tools and capabilities.
“We have a lot to be proud of, and the survey confirmed how much you each care about this place and what a wonderful place it is to work,” Sullivan said. “That said, there is always room to grow, and I look forward to working with all of you as we make progress.”
To view the 2024 topline survey results, visit ifx.richmond.edu/surveys/ results/great-colleges.html
Connecting With Nature
Eco-Corridor evolves into an educational amenity, serving as a living lab and drawing birders, gardeners, yogis
A group of faculty and staff slowly walked the Eco-Corridor nestled between River Road and UR Drive last spring. When they heard a chirp or a tweet or saw a flight of wings, they paused and lifted their binoculars in hopes of identifying a bird species.
Kylie Korsnack from the Faculty Hub helped organize the walk as an end-of-semester event; Priscilla Erickson, assistant professor of biology, led it. She also leads walks for the Richmond Audubon Society.
campus community to grow fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Plans for the Eco-Corridor include adding a shade structure and a place to store teaching materials, as well as expanding the meadow area and providing space for yoga and other mindfulness activities.
“It’s a site for nature, teaching, and learning. Our faculty have leaned into that.”
“I love combining my hobby with teaching, so I was excited to help new people get exposed to birding,” Erickson said. “I think it’s a win anytime people stop to appreciate the natural world around us. I hope that the participants learned something and might pay a bit more attention to the birds around them in the future.”
Erickson also uses the Eco-Corridor as a living lab. She teaches Biology 202, a core course that introduces students to organismal biology, ecology, and evolution. Her students visit the space a couple of times each semester to conduct natural history observations and collect data.
While the Eco-Corridor evolved from Little Westham Creek’s restoration and began as an urban greenway for the University and the city, it continues to grow in usage. Abby’s Garden, renovated and expanded as part of the EcoCorridor’s construction in 2020, now includes 32 raised beds available to any member of the UR
Rob Andrejewski, director of sustainability, said it’s also become an educational amenity.
“It’s a site for nature, teaching, and learning,” he said. “Our faculty have leaned into that.”
Last fall, English professor Elizabeth Outka and art professor Erling Sjovold co-taught the multidisciplinary seminar Sensing Place: Art, Literature, and the Environment. Students conceptualized a micro-park, and their work culminated in the creation of a mini bluebird sanctuary that also serves as a relaxation spot with Adirondack chairs and a pollinator garden.
This year, Todd Lookingbill, professor of geography, environment, and sustainability, used the space in a soundscape exercise during preorientation to compare noise in different parts of campus. During the semester, he will use the space to illustrate global concepts locally, like water pollution, the cooling capacity of green spaces, and carbon storage by trees.
“This type of experiential learning is at the core of geography’s curriculum,” Lookingbill said, “and the opportunity to explore the cutting-edge stream restoration actions provides fantastic research opportunities for students.”
Rob Andrejewski (right), director of sustainability, advises Introduction to Sustainability students as they conduct a macroinvertebrate stream study to assess water quality in the Eco-Corridor.
AROUND THE LAKE
NEW NATURAL AREAS STEWARD
Joseph Day joined UR in July as the natural areas steward. In his first few weeks, he planted new produce in Abby’s Garden and spruced up common areas along the trail; he is now creating new paths for better access to the green spaces.
Before joining UR, he was the head of horticulture and maintenance at Agecroft Hall & Gardens. He previously held positions in public and historic gardens, including Monticello, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and George Washington’s Mount Vernon.
BUILDING BUSINESS EXPERTISE
In July, Mickey Quiñones, dean of the Robins School of Business, introduced students in the Master of Science in Management program to the frameworks, competencies, and skills required to lead change efforts within organizations through his course Leading Teams for Innovative Change.
The full-time, one-year program is crafted for college graduates with non-business degrees who wish to gain a deeper understanding of business. The curriculum builds on students’ undergraduate backgrounds to provide essential business skills with a focus on innovation and analytics. The inaugural cohort graduated in August.
“Through this program, we aim to equip students with the leadership skills and innovative mindset needed to navigate and drive meaningful change in today’s dynamic business environment,” said Mickey Quiñones, dean of the Robins School of Business. “By integrating cuttingedge frameworks and fostering a collaborative learning environment, we prepare our graduates to not just succeed, but to lead with impact.”
We celebrate the accomplishments of UR’s talented faculty and staff.
See more accomplishments and submit your own grant, publication, or honor at richmond.edu/ faculty-staff.
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ASHLEY AUSTIN, associate professor of accounting, received a grant from Pricewaterhouse Coopers to support new research on the use of AI in audits.
TIMOTHY BARNEY, professor of rhetoric and communication studies, published the chapter “The Post-Cold War American Presidency and the Rhetorical Invention of Václav Havel” in Beyond the Cold War: Presidential Rhetoric in Central and Eastern Europe (Peter Lang) and “‘The Angel of Sarbandan’: Ford Foundation Philanthropy, Transnational Development Rhetoric, and the Scalar Geopolitics of 1950s Iran” in Rhetoric & Public Affairs.
SONJA BERTUCCI, assistant professor of languages, literatures, and cultures (film studies), received the Special Jury Award for Inspirational Filmmaking at the 2024 Arizona International Film Festival for her film The Diamond Couple
COURTNEY BLONDINO, assistant professor of health studies, co-published “The use and potential impact of digital health tools at the community level: results from a multi-country survey of community health workers” in BMC Public Health
LINDA BOLAND, professor of biology, co-authored the chapters “Faculty Re-Engagement: A Sabbatical Planning Guide to Support Productivity and WellBeing” and “Leveraging a Consortial Approach for Mid-Career Faculty Learning Communities” in A Toolkit for Mid-Career Academics: Cultivating Career Advancement (Routledge).
JENNIFER BOWIE, associate professor of political science, co-published “Lower Court Influence on High Courts: Evidence from the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom” in the Journal of Law and Courts
COLLEEN CARPENTERSWANSON, assistant professor of biology, received $25,000 from the STXBP1 Foundation to use zebrafish to investigate the potential of repurposing FDA-approved drugs as anti-epileptic treatments.
MIGUEL DÍAZ-BARRIGA, professor of anthropology, was named a 2023 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
WADE DOWNEY, professor of chemistry, received a $70,000 grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund to support his research on the construction of synthetic building blocks.
JEREMY DRUMMOND, associate professor of art, presented his film Dark Holler as part of the exhibition “What Does the Land Know?” at Dazibao in Québec, Canada.
PATRICIO DURAN, associate professor of management, received the Best Entrepreneurship in Family Business Paper award at the International Family Enterprise Research Academy (IFERA) annual conference for “Publicly-listed familycontrolled firms and corporate venture capital.”
SHARON FELDMAN, William Judson Gaines Chair in Modern Foreign Languages, presented Cecil B. DeMille’s Maria Rosa (1916), at a centenary cinema in Ribes de Freser, Catalonia, as part of the centenary commemoration of the death of Àngel Guimerà, Catalonia’s most celebrated playwright. The Catalan newspaper El 9 Nou interviewed Feldman and reported on the event in “La pel·lícula ‘Maria Rosa’ de Guimerà, a Ribes.”
STEPHEN FERGUSON, visiting assistant professor of biology, co-published “What happens when the lights are left on? Transcriptomic and phenotypic habituation to light pollution” in iScience and “Among-population variation in telomere regulatory proteins and their potential role as hidden drivers of intraspecific variation in life history” in the Journal of Animal Ecology
CATHERINE FINEGAN-DOLLAK, assistant professor of computer science; Arryn Robbins, assistant professor of psychology; and a student published “WEyeDS: A desktop webcam dataset for gaze estimation” in the Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications
KRISTINE GRAYSON, associate professor of biology, co-published “Geographic variation in larval cold tolerance and exposure across the invasion front of a widely established forest insect” in Insect Science
BRIAN HENRY, professor of English and creative writing, published Kiss of the Eyes of Peace: Selected Poems 1964–2014 (Milkweed Editions), a comprehensive English-language retrospective of Tomaž Šalamun’s storied career, including poems from all 52 of Šalamun’s books. Henry also published translations of poems by Šalamun in The Nation A Public Space, and Bennington Review, among other journals.
PATRICIA HERRERA, professor of theatre and dance, and Mariela Méndez, associate professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, published the chapter “Cuir/Queer Afro-Cuban and Xicanx Transnational Encounters” in Bodies on the Front Line: Performance, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean (University of Michigan Press).
DANIEL HOCUTT, SPCS web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, published “Composing with Generative AI on Digital Advertising Platforms” in a special issue of Computers and Composition
MARISSA JACKSON SOW, associate professor of law, received a $27,000 grant from the Institute of International Education, in partnership with the Open Society Foundations, to support her research on Black and Indigenous legal issues.
KATHRYN JACOBSEN, William E. Cooper
Distinguished University Chair and professor of health studies, and an undergraduate student co-published “Planetary Health Education in the United States: Four Curricular Models, One Goal” in International Journal of Environmental Health Research. Jacobsen also co-published five Global Burden of Disease capstone papers on life expectancy, causes of death, nonfatal illnesses, risk factors, and interventions in The Lancet
PETER KAUFMAN, George Matthews & Virginia Brinkley Modlin Chair in Leadership Studies, published “What Might Agamben Learn from Augustine” in New Blackfriars and “Killjoy? Augustine on Pageantry” in Religions
GM KEATON, adjunct lecturer of art and art history, was awarded a fellowship in new and emerging media from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Visual Arts Fellowship Program.
ELIZABETH KISSLING, associate professor of Spanish and applied linguistics, published “Can Concept-based Language Instruction Change Beginning Learners’ Aspectual Development? Preliminary Experimental Evidence that Novice Learners Taught Boundedness Are Less Influenced by Lexical Aspect” in JALDA
KYLIE KORSNACK, assistant director of the Teaching and Scholarship Hub, and Melinda Yang, assistant professor of biology, published “Pairing a bioinformatics-focused coursebased undergraduate research experience with specifications grading in an introductory biology classroom” in Biology Methods and Protocols
KELLY LAMBERT, MacEldin Trawick Professor in Psychology, was selected as a 2024–25 Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar. The program offers undergraduates the opportunity to spend time with top scholars in the liberal arts and sciences.
ANGELA LEEPER, education studio director, was appointed by the American Library Association to serve on the 2025 Caldecott Committee, which awards the Caldecott Medal to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book.
DAVID LEFKOWITZ, professor of philosophy and philosophy, politics, economics, and law (PPEL), published “Political Feasibility and a Global Climate Treaty” in Ethics, Policy and Environment; “State Consent and the Legitimacy of International Law” in Consenting to International Law; “A New Philosophy for International Legal Skepticism?” in International Theory; and “Civil Liability for Civil Disobedience” in Annual Review of Law and Ethics
MICHAEL LEOPOLD, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry; Jeffrey Simpson, teaching faculty of chemistry; and undergraduate researchers published “Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Halogen Bonding Interactions Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Derivatives” in Nanomaterials
Distinguished Educator, Scholarship, and Faculty Service Awards
Congratulations to the award recipients, who were honored at Colloquy in August.
Distinguished Educator Awards
In recognition of outstanding contributions to excellence in education
TAYLOR ARNOLD
Professor of Data Science and Statistics
ASHLEY AUSTIN
Associate Professor of Accounting
CHRISTOPHER CORTS
Professor of Law, Legal Practice
KAREN KOCHEL
Associate Professor of Psychology
CAROLINE WEIST
Associate Professor of German Studies
Distinguished Scholarship Awards
In recognition of a consistent record of outstanding contributions in scholarship as documented through published research, scholarship, or creative expression
WADE DOWNEY
Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences
DELLA DUMBAUGH
Robert Edwin Gaines Chair in Mathematics
JESSICA FLANIGAN
Richard L. Morrill Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values
CHIARA GIORGETTI Professor of Law
KRISTINE GRAYSON
Associate Professor of Biology
BRIAN HENRY
Professor of English and Creative Writing
SHAKUN MAGO
Joseph A. Jennings Chair in Business
Distinguished
Faculty Service Awards
In recognition of outstanding contributions in service to the University
KATE CASSADA
Associate Professor of Education
JENNIFER ERKULWATER
Professor of Political Science
JAN FRENCH
Associate Professor of Anthropology
TODD LOOKINGBILL, professor of geography, environment, and sustainability, and students published “A 20-Year Ecotone Study of Pacific Northwest Mountain Forest Vulnerability to Changing Snow Conditions” in Land
PATRICK MARTIN, assistant professor of computer science, published “A Prototype Platform for Live Human-Robot Choreography” in the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Movement and Computing. Martin received a $13,445 grant from the Commonwealth Cyber Initiative in partnership with Virginia Commonwealth University to study biosecure human-robot interaction.
KITTY MAYNARD, director of the faculty hub, was named chair-elect of the Virginia Educational Development Collaborative, a statewide network for educational developers designed to support professional growth, foster cross-institutional collaborations, promote equity, and aid in the advancement of pedagogical, scholarly, and creative activities.
JILLEAN MCCOMMONS, assistant professor of history and Africana studies, was awarded the 2024–25 Wilma Dykeman “Faces of Appalachia” Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Appalachian Studies Association to support her book manuscript on Black Appalachian activism in the 1960s and 1970s.
ERNEST MCGOWEN, associate professor of political science, was awarded the Distinguished Educator Award at the fifth annual Black Excellence Gala hosted by the University of Richmond Student Center for Equity and Inclusion.
MARIELA MÉNDEZ, associate professor of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian studies and women, gender, and sexuality studies, published the chapter “Decolonial Antiracist Feminist Digital Activism: Naming Carolina Maria de Jesus and Marielle Franco on X (formerly Twitter)” in Black Lives Matter in Latin America: Continuities in Racism, Cross-National Resistance and Mobilization in the Americas (Palgrave Macmillan) and the chapter “Materialismos feministas e arquivos: à procura da experiência sensorial em Clarice Lispector” in Mulheres escritoras: arquivos literários e feminismos na América Latina (FGV Editora). Méndez and Patricia Herrera, professor of theatre and dance, published the chapter “Cuir/Queer Afro-Cuban and Xicanx Transnational Encounters” in Bodies on the Front Line: Performance, Gender, and Sexuality in Latin America and the Caribbean (University of Michigan Press).
CAMILLA NONTERAH, associate professor of psychology, co-published “A systematic review of psychosocial and sexbased contributors to gender disparities in the United States across the steps towards kidney transplantation” in Transplantation Reviews
TOM PARFITT, senior program manager in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, graduated as a member of Leadership Metro Richmond’s Leadership Quest Class of 2024. Leadership Quest is a 10-month leadership development program for community leaders seeking to make a positive and lasting impact in the greater Richmond region.
JON PARK, associate professor of computer science, published “Argument Quality Assessment in the Age of Instruction-Following Large Language Models” in the Proceedings of the Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation and “A Design Space for Intelligent and Interactive Writing Assistants” in the Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
SANDRA PEART, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, was awarded the History of Economics Society’s 2024 Distinguished Fellow Prize for her lifetime contributions to the study of the history of economics. Peart was named a 2024 Fulbright Specialist by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
WENDY PERDUE, dean of the University of Richmond School of Law, was inducted into the Virginia Lawyers Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame honors Virginia lawyers who have been in practice for 30 years or more, and inductees are selected based on career accomplishments; contributions to the development of law in Virginia and to the bar and the Commonwealth at large; and efforts to improve the quality of justice in Virginia.
OMAR QUINTERO-CARMONA, associate professor of biology, was named senior education advisor at the Allen Institute, a nonprofit bioscience research facility in Seattle. He presented “Differential Dynamics of Cytoskeletal Motors, Their Adapters, and the Mitochondrial Outer Membrane” at the 68th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society, showcasing research completed with undergraduate students.
GRANT RISSLER, assistant professor of organizational studies in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies, presented “The Integration of Immigrants in Virginia” for the American Society for Public Administration’s KeepingCurrent webinar series. Rissler served as a panelist for “Exploring the Intersections of Peace and Conflict Studies and Public Administration Theory” at the annual conference of the Public Administration Theory Network.
ARRYN ROBBINS, assistant professor of psychology, and students published “How Scientists Use Webcams to Track Human Gaze” in Frontiers for Young Minds. Robbins; Catherine FineganDollak, assistant professor of computer science; and students published “WEyeDS: A desktop webcam dataset for gaze estimation” in the Proceedings of the Association for Computing Machinery Symposium on Eye Tracking Research and Applications and “Distractor similarity and category variability effects in search” in Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics
MICHEL ROBE, Patricia A. and George W. Wellde Jr. Distinguished Chair in Finance, co-published “Maximum Order Size and Market Quality” in the Journal of Futures Markets
HEATHER RUSSELL associate professor of mathematics, and students published “A Reconfiguration of Perspective” in Math Horizons
NAOMY SANTIAGO, assistant professor of military science and executive officer for the professor of military science, has been promoted to the rank of Major in the U.S. Army.
ANDREW SCHOENEMAN, associate professor of nonprofit studies, delivered the keynote address “Strengthening Communities, Building Movements, and Facilitating Change: Independent Schools as Civil Society Organizations” at the Virginia Association of Independent Schools Advancement Institute in Staunton, Virginia. Schoeneman presented “An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Neoliberalism in the Third Sector and Its Consequences for Grassroots Collective Action and Structural Change,” a paper jointly authored by Bob Spires, associate professor of education, at the 16th International Conference of the International Society for Third-Sector Research.
JEFF SEEMAN, visiting research scholar, was awarded the 2023 Distinguished Research Award from the Virginia Section of the American Chemical Society for his significant contributions to advancing knowledge in his field and for publications and presentations in national and international scientific communities.
CHRISTOPHER SHUGRUE, assistant professor of chemistry, and undergraduate students published “Development of an oxazolebased cleavable linker for peptides” in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry
JEFFREY SIMPSON, teaching faculty of chemistry; Michael Leopold, Floyd D. and Elisabeth S. Gottwald Professor of Chemistry; and undergraduate researchers published “Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles and Halogen Bonding Interactions Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Derivatives” in Nanomaterials.
JACK SINGAL, associate professor of physics, copublished “Constraints on the Origin of the Radio Synchrotron Background via Angular Correlations” in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS)
TANJA SOFTIĆ, Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Art and Art History, exhibited work in the print installation “When We Meet Again, You Will Not Know Me” in the exhibition “Edge Effect” at The Wurks in Providence, Rhode Island, as part of the 2024 Southern Graphics Council International Annual Conference.
ANDY SPALDING, Jennifer and Samuel Tarry Research Scholar and professor of law, spent two weeks in March as a visiting scholar at Sciences Po Law School in Paris, teaching a research seminar on corruption, human rights, and the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.
AMY TREONIS, associate professor of biology, co-published “Soil Nematode Communities Vary Among Populations of the Iconic Desert Plant, Welwitschia mirabilis” in Pedobiologia
MARIEKA TURNER, health educator, was awarded the Bridge Award at the fifth annual Black Excellence Gala hosted by the University of Richmond Student Center for Equity and Inclusion.
KARINA VÁZQUEZ, teaching faculty of Latin American, Latino, and Iberian Studies, received the 2024 Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research. Vázquez presented at “Muestra de manuscritos y conversatorio, Aurora Venturini: modos de leer, pensar, escribir,” hosted by Centro de Estudios de Teoría y Crítica Literaria Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Vázquez published the chapter “Un corpus que deviene músculo y nervio: Eva Perón en la voz de las escritoras entre 1960 y 1990” in Historia Feminista de la Literatura Argentina (Eduvim).
DAVID WILKINS, E. Claiborne Robins Distinguished Professor in Leadership Studies, published Indigenous Governance: Clans, Constitutions, and Consent (Oxford University Press) and co-edited with Shelly Hulse Wilkins Of Living Stone: Perspectives on Continuous Knowledge and the Work of Vine Deloria, Jr. (Fulcrum Publishing).
CARRIE WU, associate professor of biology, was named one of “25 Inspiring Women in Plant Biology” by the American Society of Plant Biologists’ Women in Plant Biology Committee. Wu received a $208,095 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to continue her research on the invasive spread of wavyleaf basketgrass into mid-Atlantic forests.
ERIC YELLIN, associate professor of history, published “Bringing the Constituents Back In: The Politics of Social Security in the 1950s” in the Journal of Policy History
MELINDA YANG, assistant professor of biology, and Kylie Korsnack, assistant director of the Teaching and Scholarship Hub, published “Pairing a bioinformatics-focused coursebased undergraduate research experience with specifications grading in an introductory biology classroom” in Biology Methods and Protocols
MALLOREIGH YINGLING, assistant director of athletic public relations, was named National University Photographer of the Year at the College Sports Communicators convention in Las Vegas.
We offer a warm welcome to our new colleagues and congratulations to colleagues taking their next steps.
The following highlights employment status changes for full- and part-time faculty and staff — including temporary to full- or part-time positions — from Feb. 1 to June 30.
NEW HIRES
FACULTY
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
PHYSICS
Jude Buckley
Post-Doctoral Researcher
STAFF
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Lauren Carter
Post-Baccalaureate Research Assistant, Psychology
Elsie Hacker
Academic Administrative Coordinator, Military Science
Addison Hunter
Academic Administrative Coordinator, Humanities Initiative
Emilee Papa
Academic Administrative Coordinator, Political Science
SCHOOL OF LAW
Sarah Dovel Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations
Rita Passaglia
Law Development Officer
SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL AND CONTINUING STUDIES
Caitlin McBride Program Coordinator, Partners in the Arts
Joe Torrence Director of Community Engagement and External Relations
Brittany Wagner Administrative Coordinator
PROVOST
Eden Kim
International Education Fellow for International Student Engagement
Adrian Lore Operations Coordinator, Bonner Center for Civic Engagement
Natalie Salive
Processing and Instruction Archivist, Boatwright Memorial Library
Rebekah Smith
Library Outreach and Communications Manager, Boatwright Memorial Library
ADVANCEMENT
Cihangir Bek
Assistant Director for Employer Relations, Career Services
ATHLETICS
Darian Dollar Director of Men’s Basketball Operations
Kyle Edwards Assistant Football Coach
Danielle Etrasco Assistant Women’s Lacrosse Coach
Rachid Ibrahim Assistant Football Coach
Keegan Kennedy Assistant Football Coach
Colin McGuire Assistant Men’s Lacrosse Coach
Freya Rayner
Assistant Women’s Swimming Coach
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
CAMPUS OPERATIONS
Carolina Baracat Custodian
Brian Brown Cook II, Heilman Dining Center
Larry Bryant Custodian
Trenton Butler Cook II, Heilman Dining Center
Zac Coghill Plumber
Kyle Couture Floater Manager, Heilman Dining Center
Brad Covington Groundskeeper
Josh Custalow Facilities Project Manager
Bridgette Dodge Catering Support Coordinator
Bella Haas Café Associate, Tyler’s Grill
Kate Hicks Banquet Captain, Catering
Gerry Huppmann Integrated Pest Management Specialist
Travin James Events and Projects Technician, Events, Conferences, and Support Services
Evan Johnson Banquet Captain, Catering
Greg Journette Floater Manager, Heilman Dining Center
Kim Kelly Custodian
Whitley Lawson Groundskeeper
Nicole Michalick Cook I, Tyler’s Grill
David Monroe Boiler Plant Operator –REACT
Angela Moore Events Scheduler, Events, Conferences, and Support Services
Holly Moss Custodian
Zach Pickard Events and Projects Technician, Events, Conferences, and Support Services
Carter Riddle Applications Administrator, EMS and Business Services, One Card
Yesenia Salmeron Benavides Custodian
Curtis Sink Food Service Equipment Mechanic
David Smith Cook II, Heilman Dining Center
Chris Taylor Events and Projects Technician, Events, Conferences, and Support Services
CONTROLLER
Chris Fitch University Payroll and Accounts Payable Coordinator
SECURITY
OB Bojang Security Officer
Richard Clark Police Officer
Abigail Cohen Emergency Management Fellow
Joshua Nevers Police Officer
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Caitlin Bergendahl Workday Training Lead
ENROLLMENT
MANAGEMENT
Nancy Chafin
Program Coordinator, Officer of Scholars and Fellowships
Geneva Knight Recruitment Administrative Coordinator, Undergraduate Admission
SPIDER MANAGEMENT
Tyler Carter Associate Director, Investments
Luke Krogh Investment Analyst
Lisa Newman Investment Operations Analyst
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Adrienne Harris
Nursing Supervisor, Student Health Center
Brian Joseph Operations Manager, Health and Well-Being
Marissa Perkowski
Assistant Director for Student Organizations, Center for Student Involvement
John Radwanski Welcome Desk Attendant, Health Promotion
Hannah Staats Staff Counselor, Counseling and Psychological Services
Charity Thompson Assistant Director, Clinical Services, Counseling and Psychological Services
MOVES
FACULTY
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
ART AND ART HISTORY
Agnieszka Szymanska Associate Professor of Art History
COMPUTER SCIENCE
Jon Park Associate Professor of Computer Science
HISTORY
Michelle Kahn Associate Professor of History
JOURNALISM
Shahan Mufti Professor of Journalism
MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS
Taylor Arnold Professor of Data Science and Statistics
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Dan Chen
Associate Professor of Political Science
RHETORIC AND COMMUNICATION STUDIES
Timothy Barney Professor of Rhetoric and Communication Studies
ROBINS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND OPERATIONS
Shital Thekdi Professor of Analytics and Operations
FINANCE
Mitch Conover Professor of Finance
MANAGEMENT
Olivia LaFont
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
MARKETING
Randy Raggio Professor of Marketing
JEPSON SCHOOL OF LEADERSHIP STUDIES
Jessica Flanigan Professor of Leadership Studies
Javier Hidalgo Professor of Leadership Studies
Thad Williamson Professor of Leadership Studies
SCHOOL OF LAW
Marissa Jackson
Associate Professor of Law
Luke Norris Professor of Law
Danielle Stokes
Associate Professor of Law
STAFF
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Catherine Hash
Academic Administrative Coordinator, History
SCHOOL OF LAW
Dawn Siedlecki
Assistant Director of Recruiting
ADVANCEMENT
Alaina Schneider Director of Advancement Communications
BUSINESS AFFAIRS
CAMPUS OPERATIONS
Braden Bean
Assistant Director of Catering
William Black Front of House Manager, Heilman Dining Center
Erinn Brown Event Manager, Catering
Julian Cline Plumbing Team Leader
Jimmy Davis Cook II, Heilman Dining Center
Shaydon Erickson Gardener
Liz Goodwyn Tyler’s Grill Manager
Brian Hayes Maintenance Services Manager, Carpentry
Tim Johnstone Supervisor, Energy Management, Controls and HVAC
Jonathan Lafoon Locksmith Apprentice, Carpentry
Asia Lee Café Associate, Lou’s
Ethan Riddle Convenience Store Lead, ETC
Stephen Ridpath Gardener
Selina Savery Line Service Associate, Heilman Dining Center
Jasmine Shaw Catering Cook II, Heilman Dining Center
Rob Thomas Custodial Supervisor
Beck York Gardener
ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT
Jaclyn Coates Financial Aid Systems Manager
INFORMATION SERVICES
Carlos Flores-Melgar Academic Computing Specialist
Mark Nichols Assistant Vice President for Telecommunications, Media and User Services
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
Kelly Harris Director of Budgets and Finance
RETIREMENTS
48 YEARS
THOMAS COSSE
Robins School faculty (Marketing)
39 YEARS
BECKY GRAY
University Facilities –Custodial
32 YEARS
HOPE WALTON Weinstein Learning Center
29 YEARS
SCOTT DAVIS Arts & Sciences faculty (Religious Studies)
26 YEARS
LINDA HOBGOOD Weinstein Learning Center
BRUCE LOCKHART
University Facilities – Landscape
25 YEARS
HEATHER SEMKO Boatwright Memorial Library
24 YEARS
ANN MARIE
BOHANNON Printing Services
23 YEARS
KYMBERLY OSTERBIND Law School
22 YEARS
BRENDA COLEMAN Tyler’s Grill
DAVID FALDEN Campus Safety
MELVIN GRAY Information Services –Data Centers
20 YEARS
HAROLD WAINWRIGHT University Facilities –Custodial
19 YEARS
DRAGICA JOVANOVIC University Facilities –Custodial
ANDREA SIMPSON Arts & Sciences faculty (Political Science)
FRANCES WYNE
University Facilities –Custodial
17 YEARS
PRISCILLA BRIGGS University Facilities –Custodial
LISA MILES Student Center for Equity and Inclusion
15 YEARS
KAY MACDONALD New Student and Transition Programs
13 YEARS
LISA BAYARD Tyler’s Grill
Caps Off!
Congratulations to UR’s most recent employee graduates!
KEVIN BUTTERFIELD | Master of Nonprofit Studies University Librarian, Boatwright Memorial Library
LAMONT CHEATHAM | Master of Business Administration Manager of Laboratories, Department of Chemistry
JANAE DRIVER | Master of Human Resource Management Associate Director of Employer Relations, Alumni and Career Services
DAN DURANT | Master of Business Administration Director of Budget and Operations, Robins School of Business
PAUL JUST | Master of Human Resource Management Custodial Supervisor, University Facilities
JACKSON KNOX | Master of Education Program Coordinator, Professional Education, School of Professional & Continuing Studies
ALLY REID | Bachelor of Arts Café Associate, 8:15 at Boatwright
JASLEEN SINGH | Master of Business Administration Senior Paralegal, University Counsel
Employees listed above graduated in December 2023, May 2024, or August 2024. Many, if not all, received their degrees using the University’s tuition remission program. Visit hr.richmond.edu/benefits for more details.
Endowed Position Holders
RECENT APPOINTMENTS
Todd Adams
Vice President for Student Development
Todd Adams joined UR Sept. 15 as UR’s vice president for student development.
Adams has worked in student-focused roles for nearly three decades, most recently as vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Denver. He previously served as associate vice president and dean of students at Northwestern University and held numerous leadership roles in student affairs at Duke University.
Adams holds a doctoral degree in education with a concentration in higher education leadership and policy from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
“The University of Richmond provides a distinctive residential experience that seamlessly blends the academic and cocurricular components of student life, which I have long admired,” Adams said. “I’m especially impressed with UR’s focus on well-being as a powerful component of holistic student development, and the people, feel of campus, facilities, and programming all come together to create an exceptional and rewarding learning environment for students.”
Monica Smith Vice President for Inclusion and Belonging
Monica Smith joined UR as the inaugural vice president for inclusion and belonging on July 1.
Smith has worked in higher education administration for nearly 25 years — most recently as associate vice president for equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging at the Universities of Wisconsin System Administration. She previously served as the first vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Augustana College.
Smith holds a doctorate in clinical social work and a Master of Social Work from the University of Pennsylvania. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Eastern University.
“I was drawn to UR’s emphasis on inclusion and belonging and especially impressed by the ways everyone on campus within many different schools and departments have come together to identify and meet the needs of the community,” Smith said. “The level of commitment and strong foundation for this important work at UR is clear, and I’m thrilled to see how I can continue to help build, refine, nurture, and grow these efforts.”
WADE DOWNEY Clarence E. Denoon Jr. Chair in the Natural Sciences
DELLA DUMBAUGH Robert Edwin Gaines Chair in Mathematics
LAUREN TILTON E. Claiborne Robins Chair in the Liberal Arts
Marco Ortiz
Executive Director of the Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center
Marco Ortiz joined UR July 1 as the inaugural executive director of the Carole and Marcus Weinstein Learning Center.
Previously, Ortiz served in various leadership roles, most recently as the director of the University of Arizona’s Think Tank, an academic support center offering tutoring, supplemental instruction, and a writing center. He is presidentelect of the College Reading & Learning Association.
Ortiz holds a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Arizona and an MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He is completing his doctorate in higher education administration at the University of Arizona.
“Partnerships from faculty, staff, and every corner of campus are needed to provide world-class support for students,” Ortiz said. “Centralization of services can bring many benefits to the student experience, and I look forward to helping UR integrate and amplify the stellar student services that are already available.”
Damon Yarnell
Associate Provost and Executive Director for Career Development
Damon Yarnell joined UR as the first associate provost and executive director for career development on Aug. 1.
Yarnell previously served as dean of student and global advancement at Colby College where he led DavisConnects, a program that allows students, regardless of economic circumstances, to participate in transformative global, internship, research, and fellowship opportunities. He previously worked as an associate provost at Dickinson College.
Yarnell holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature from Columbia University, a master’s degree in design from the University of the Arts, and a doctorate in science, technology, and society from the University of Pennsylvania.
“The University of Richmond has earned a national reputation as a leader for academic excellence, holistic student development, and experiential learning,” Yarnell said. “I’m excited to be part of the campuswide collaboration to support students’ ambitious achievements in and outside the classroom and ultimately in their careers and post-graduate lives.”
Calling ALL SPIDERS!
Come together to celebrate Homecoming.
Spider Day • Fri., Nov. 1
SPIDER DAY LUNCH @ D-HALL 11 a.m.–2 p.m. @ Heilman Dining Center
ALUMNI PARTY UNDER THE LIGHTS
5:30–8 p.m. @ Queally Athletics Center
Game Day • Sat., Nov. 2
HOMECOMING TAILGATE 12:30–2 p.m. @ Queally Athletics Center
SPIDERS vs. TOWSON 2 p.m. @ Robins Stadium
410 Westhampton Way
University
Town Hall
THURSDAY, OCT. 10
9–10:30 A.M. & 2–3:30 P.M.
Join University leadership and the Workday project team for one of two identical Town Halls showcasing the benefits and changes associated with UR’s shift to Workday, the new enterprise resource planning system for human resources and finance.
OCTOBER
Oct. 1, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Employee Oktob-UR Fest and Field Day
Intramural Fields (behind Gateway Apartments)
Oct. 5, 2 p.m.
Employee Appreciation Day at Robins Stadium Football vs. North Carolina A&T; limited free tickets for faculty and staff
Oct. 18–19
Access Richmond
Overnight introduction to UR for underrepresented prospective students
Oct. 19
Preview Richmond Open house for prospective students and their families
HOMECOMING
Nov. 27–29 Thanksgiving Break DECEMBER
Nov. 1 Spider Day
Nov. 2 Game Day
DON’T MISS OUT — MARK YOUR CALENDAR!
• Discuss upcoming process changes.
• View a live demonstration of Workday’s capabilities.
• Learn about upcoming training opportunities.
• Have your questions answered.
FACULTY SENATE
Dec. 3, 2–3:30 p.m.
WintUR Chill
Jepson Alumni Center
Dec. 6 Last Day of Undergraduate Fall Classes
Dec. 24–31 Winter Break
JANUARY
Jan. 1 New Year’s Day
Jan. 13 First Day of Undergraduate Spring Classes
Jan. 20
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
The University Staff Advisory Council represents the needs of staff to senior administration and works to make the University of Richmond an employer of choice.
Meetings* Oct. 8 Nov. 12 Dec. 10 Jan. 14 1–3 p.m.
Visit usac.richmond.edu for meeting locations.
The University of Richmond Faculty Senate represents the faculty in the University’s governance process on matters that impact the University or affect more than one school.
Meetings*
Oct. 25
Nov. 15
Dec. 13
Jan. 17 3–4:30 p.m.
Visit facultysenate. richmond.edu for meeting locations.
*Unless otherwise noted, meetings are open to all faculty and staff.
Oct. 31, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Queally Center, Breed Pavilion Nov. 6, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Heilman Dining Center, Richmond Room
Nov. 8, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. Tyler Haynes Commons, Alice Haynes Room