After a rigorous application process, Mark White, '08, was accepted to spend a challenging year abroad at the University of Oxford.

The Real World: Student-Alumni Life Experiences Program is an annual two-day life experiences program for all University of Richmond students. The program is designed to help students better understand the lifestyle changes they can expect after graduation.

Schuyler Swartout, '11, spent time curating Transformations, an exhibition of contemporary Inuit sculptures from the University of Richmond Museum’s personal collection.

This was the fifth year Professor Mike Davison has taken University of Richmond jazz students to Australia, where they spend half their time in workshops with students at Central Queensland University and half their time playing gigs on Hamilton Island against the backdrop of the Great Barrier Reef.

Music major and 2009 graduate Heather Stebbins’ cello composition, “rush me to the shadows” was recently selected as the winning composition of the University of Louisville Young Composer Competition for New Electroacoustic Music.

As one of Bali's premier choreographers, Madé Sidia has toured the world and collaborated with numerous international artists. He is teaching at Richmond this semester with music professor Andy McGraw.

This past spring, three University of Richmond choral ensembles traveled to Eastern Europe, touring and performing in four countries over the 11-day trip.

"The majority of my day is spent making contracts, booking shows, revising study guides, calling schools, setting up reports, and doing pretty much anything that needs to be done in the tour department," says Kathleen Callahan about her summer internship.

Twenty-one years ago, Dr. Mike Davison started the jazz program at Richmond. Today, students playing in his combo perform gigs at campus events, around the Richmond area—and on Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef.

Acclaimed choreographer Jessica Lang is working with the Department of Theatre and Dance this November to create a new piece for the 25th anniversary celebration of the University Dancers. Lang’s time at Richmond was made possible by a grant provided by the Cultural Affairs Committee.