Feature Stories

July 25, 2011
The 2011 Joan Oates InstituteSeventy teachers participate in the first Joan Oates Institute
Partners in the Arts, with the support of Joan Oates, leads the region in arts-integration training for K-12 teachers.
July 21, 2011
Cici Pandol, '14Rising sophomore's internship provides glimpse at business side of nonprofit work
A connection with her Leadership and Humanities professor during the spring semester of her first year on campus led Cici Pandol, ’14, to Washington, D.C. for a summer internship.
July 20, 2011
Student Managed Investment Fund Selected senior finance majors have the opportunity to manage a portion of the University's endowment
Students who participate in SMIF are consistently placed in finance-related jobs after graduation and have a leg-up among their peers
Colin Billings, '13ROTC cadet seeks to build more multifaith understanding in UR community
Junior Colin Billings spent part of his summer in the Middle East, learning ways to break down barriers between people of different faiths.
July 19, 2011
WealthForgeTwo former business school students join forces to found a social networking site that connects early- stage companies with interested investors
Fred Bryant ’10 and Mat Dellorso ’09 share common passion for entrepreneurship and investing in small businesses
July 18, 2011
Training the TrainerDominion young professional enrolls in Executive Education's Train-the-Trainer and learns new techniques and training approaches from peers
Stephanie McDonald learned just as much from her fellow training classmates as she did from the instructor and has taken a new perspective back to work
July 8, 2011
Summer StipendsThe law school supports unpaid public interest law jobs with its generous program
The law school's summer stipend program is helping more than 100 law students to gain valuable work exprience in public interest legal internships this summer.
July 7, 2011
Summer Institute 2011Conference an opportunity for leading economists, students to interact and share new research
Leading economists and students from some 19 countries gathered at the Jepson School June 24-27 for the 12th annual Summer Institute for the Preservation of the History of Economic Thought.
July 5, 2011
Jepson-Athens Leadership AcademySummer program introduces high school students from Greece to leadership studies concepts and the river city
A summer program brought students from the American Community School in Athens to Richmond to learn about leadership, get a taste of college life and participate in study trips.
June 30, 2011
Josh Grice, '14Filipino-American filmmaker finds his place at Richmond
A pre-orientation program for multicultural students helped Josh Grice, ’14, make an impact during his first year in college.