November 2009

The Department of Art and Art History is scheduled to sponsor Senior Art Exhibition 2009 featuring works by University students.

The exhibition held at the Meadows Gallery begins Nov. 23, ending Dec. 18 and will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Participating seniors include Anup Bhandari, John Bradley, Jill Brown, Michael Pianta and Michael Stephen.

A career in biology naturally involves a meticulous amount of research for any biologist, but for Dr. Blake Bextine and a few student researchers, there is an epidemic that is anything but ordinary research. They are researching the potato psyllid, which is spreading a disease known as Zebra Chip on potatoes in countries all over the world.

Student Government Appropriations Committee officials announced a co-sponsorship clause added to their current guidelines for the spring semester.
Currently, SGA guidelines do not have a clause stating the co-sponsorship policy.

The co-sponsorship policy allows organizations to collaborate an event, activity or project with another organization and request funding as one unit.
SGA treasurer Andrew Barnson said after three months of intensive revisions getting this policy for the University is beneficial.

University emergency management officials plan to use a new mass communication system next month to alert students, faculty and staff about emergencies requiring immediate action, such as a shooter on campus.

The PatriotALERT Emergency Notification Service is designed to simultaneously alert students and staff through e-mail, text and voice messages. 
PatriotALERT is expected to replace the TextCaster system, initiated to include emergency notifications since the Virginia Tech shootings in 2007, Peyton Low, emergency management coordinator, said.