VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF

mainly at Charlottesville; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1819, opened 1825 with Thomas Jefferson as its rector. Jefferson also planned the organization and curriculum and designed its first buildings. A leading Southern university, it was the first U.S. university to use the elective system. The university is known for its law school and for its library, which contains collections in American literature and international law. It also operates Clinch Valley College at Wise. Its colonnaded buildings and rectangular "Lawn" are part of the spacious campus. Mary Washington College was consolidated with the Univ. of Virginia from 1944 to 1972.

See G. Wills, Mr. Jefferson's University (2002).

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Great Books, Honors Programs, and Hidden Origins: The Virginia Plan and the University of Virginia in the Liberal Arts Movement
Book by William N. Haarlow; RoutledgeFalmer, 2003
Subjects: Education, Humanistic--Curricula--History, Universities And Colleges--Curricula--United States--History, University Of Virginia--Curricula--History
...Centennial View of the University of Chicago . Chicago...Independent Learning. University of Virginia Alumni News...Charlottesville: University of Virginia, various years. University...Virginia. University of Virginia Budget . Charlottesville: University of Virginia, various years. Upcraft...
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Freedom Writer: Virginia Foster Durr, Letters from the Civil Rights Years
Book by Patricia Sullivan, Virginia Foster Durr; Routledge, 2003
Subjects: African Americans--Civil Rights--Alabama--History--20th Century, African Americans--Civil Rights--History--20th Century, Alabama--Biography, Civil Rights Workers--United States--Correspondence, Durr, Clifford--Correspondence, Durr, Virginia Foster--Correspondence, Lawyers' Spouses--United States--Correspondence
...Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr (University: University of Alabama Press, 1985), 279-80; Virginia Tilla Durr interview with author...Papers, private collection. 4. Virginia Durr to Ann Durr, April 24, 1950...
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Outside the Magic Circle: The Autobiography of Virginia Foster Durr
Book by Hollinger F. Barnard, Virginia Foster Durr; University of Alabama Press, 1990
Subjects: African Americans--Civil Rights--Alabama--History--20th Century, African Americans--Civil Rights--History--20th Century, Civil Rights Workers--United States--Biography, Durr, Clifford, Durr, Virginia Foster, New Deal, 1933-1939
...you down in New Orleans?" Virginia said, "Well, I reckon Cliff...on his wife." He said, "Virginia, unless you tell me Im intruding...Jim Eastland had gone to the University of Alabama and was almost...during the interviewing of Virginia for the Columbia University...
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An American Heroine in the French Resistance: The Diary and Memoir of Virginia d'Albert-Lake
Book by Virginia d'Albert-Lake, Judy Barrett Litoff; Fordham University Press, 2006
Subjects: Albert-Lake, Virginia D'--1909-, France--History--German Occupation, 1940-1945, Prisoners Of War--Germany--Biography, Prisoners Of War--United States--Biography, Ravensbreuck (Concentration Camp), World War, 1939-1945--Personal Narratives, American, World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners And Prisons, German, World War, 1939-1945--Underground Movements--France
in the French Resistance The Diary and Memoir of Virginia dAlbert-Lake Edited by Judy Barrett Litoff FORDHAM UNIVERSITY PRESS New York 2006
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Managing White Supremacy: Race, Politics, and Citizenship in Jim Crow Virginia
Book by J. Douglas Smith; University of North Carolina Press, 2002
Subjects: African Americans--Civil Rights--Virginia--History--20th Century, African Americans--Segregation--Virginia--History--20th Century, Citizenship--Virginia--History--20th Century, Elite (Social Sciences)--Virginia--History--20th Century, Virginia--Politics And Government--1865-1950, Virginia--Race Relations, Virginia--Race Relations--Political Aspects, Whites--Virginia--Politics And Government--20th Century
...Integration. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997...and Citizenship in Virginia since 1945. Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, 2000. Lewis, David...1920. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press...Tobacco in Richmond, Virginia, 1880 1980. Ph.D...
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Introduction
Journal article by Janice Spleth, Armand E. Singer; West Virginia University Philological Papers, Vol. 51, 2004
Subjects: Learned institutions and societies--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Learned societies--Conferences, meetings and seminars, War--Influence, War--Portrayals, Wars--Influence, Wars--Portrayals, West Virginia University--Conferences, meetings and seminars
...our own lives, this years West Virginia University Colloquium offers a forum in...Make checks in favor of The West Virginia University Foundation, and not...In the Spring of 2007, West Virginia University is hosting the annual...
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West Virginia University School of Nursing Makes the Move to Web-Based Learning
Journal article by Rose Ann Dimaria, Lynne Ostrow; T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), Vol. 31, 2004
Subjects: Computer software industry--Product information, Nursing schools--Technology application, Online education--Technology application, Software industry--Product information, Sonic Foundry Inc.--Product information, West Virginia University--Services, West Virginia University--Technology application
West Virginia University School of...DiMaria , Lynne Ostrow West Virginia University School of...Sciences Center at West Virginia University (WVU), offers cutting...nursing programs at other universities throughout the United...
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A Seat at the Table for Nondisaster Organizations: West Virginia University Has a Strategy for Bringing Organizations Together to Render Disaster Services to Special Needs Populations, and North Texas Shows How to Integrate Religious Organizations in Disaster Response
Journal article by Scott E. Robinson, Brian J. Gerber; The Public Manager, Vol. 36, 2007
Subjects: Emergency management, Emergency preparedness, West Virginia University--Management
...Nondisaster Organizations: West Virginia University Has a Strategy for Bringing Organizations...Publishers, 2003). West Virginia University. West Virginia Prepares. Virtual...and Public Service, Texas A M University, College Station, Texas. He...
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Reforming the "academical Village": Edwin a Alderman and the University of Virginia, 1904-1915
Journal article by Michael Dennis; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 105, 1997
Subjects: Alderman, Edwin A (1861-1932), Colleges & universities, Higher education, History, School administration, University of Virginia, Virginia
...presidency of the University of Virginia illustrates...southern state universities during this...1904 that the University of Virginia...all our other universities have broadened...assessment of Virginia. To Alderman...southern state universities, Virginia used Rockefeller...appointment to the university as professor...
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Thomas Jefferson, the College of William and Mary, and the University of Virginia
Journal article by Mark R. Wenger; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 103, 1995
Subjects: Architecture, College of William & Mary, Colleges & universities, Curricula, History, Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826), University of Virginia
...William and Mary, and the University of Virginia by Mark R. Wenger AT the...College, soon to become the University of Virginia. There, he sought to abolish...the design.(66) The University of Virginia was, by contrast, a veritable...
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Virginia: University and Parks Celebrate 20 Years Together
Magazine article; Parks & Recreation, Vol. 40, November 2005
Subjects: Anniversaries, George Mason University, Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority, Organizations, Parks & recreation areas, Public private partnerships, Virginia
Virginia: University and Parks Celebrate 20 Years Together In September, George Mason University and the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NVRPA) celebrated a 20-year...
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Circulating Laptop Computers at West Virginia University
Magazine article by Heather Lyle; Information Outlook, Vol. 3, November 1999
Subjects: College students, Libraries, Portable computers, West Virginia University
Circulating Laptop Computers at West Virginia University by Heather Lyle Background The Evansdale Library, a branch library at West Virginia University@ began circulating laptop computers in August...
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West Virginia University Tests Biometric Security System
Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 19, February 13, 2003
Subjects: Biometrics, Colleges & universities, Security systems, West Virginia University
West Virginia University Tests Biometric Security System West Virginia University is testing a biometric hand geometry reader at one of its residence halls and the university recreation center. The reader allows students to gain entry with a simple...
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Tyranny Abounds at Virginia State University
Magazine article by Walter E. Williams; Human Events, Vol. 57, May 14, 2001
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Educators, Harassment, Racism, School administration, Virginia State University
...Tyranny Abounds at Virginia State University by Walter E...be Americas universities. Under the...means do all universities fit this description...taking note. Virginia State University (VSU), a...predominantly white universities are held. The...want to work at Virginia State University in the first...
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Virginia to Develop Virtual University
Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 18, November 8, 2001
Subjects: Colleges & universities, Distance learning, Online instruction, Virginia
Virginia to Develop Virtual...this decade, Virginia officials are...new "virtual" university that would allow...colleges and universities around the state...state spokesman, Virginia Virtual University will award degrees...
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LINED UP AND SHOT; MASSACRE ON CAMPUS.. Gun Nut Kills 32 after Finding His Girl with Girlfriend VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 17, 2007
Subjects: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
...after Finding His Girl with Girlfriend VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. Byline: By Keith McLeod A JILTED gunman...then killed himself. The death toll at Virginia Tech university was the highest ever in a shooting incident...
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LINED UP AND SHOT; MASSACRE ON CAMPUS.. Gun Nut Murders at Least 30 in College Bloodbath VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 17, 2007
Subjects: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
...Least 30 in College Bloodbath VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. Byline: By Keith McLeod...campus. The death toll at Virginia Tech university was the highest...the campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, said just one person had...
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Emotional End at Virginia Tech; University Celebrates Graduates, Still Mourns Shooting Victims
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 12, 2007
Subjects: Virginia Tech Shootings, 2007--Rites, ceremonies and celebrations
Emotional End at Virginia Tech; University Celebrates Graduates, Still Mourns...WASHINGTON TIMES BLACKSBURG, Va. - Virginia Techs graduation ceremony last...600 undergraduates was held. Virginia State Police officers manned entrances...
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Virginia Refuses to Bar Napster at State Universities
Newspaper article by Kristina Stefanova; The Washington Times, October 23, 2000
Subjects: Virginia
Virginia refuses to bar Napster at...infringement. The firm urged Virginia colleges to ban Napster...issued," he added. While Virginia would not go along with the...percent of the nations leading universities agreed with the law firm...Dame, Kent State, New York University, Arizona State, Oregon...
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Report Hits 'Dumbing Down' of Top Virginia Colleges
Newspaper article by Carol Innerst; The Washington Times, February 13, 1998
Subjects: Virginia, Virginia State University
...Council of Higher Education of Virginia by an organization of college and university faculty dedicated to high...freedom. "Higher education in Virginia is subject to the same dumbing...are seeing in colleges and universities across the country," said...Krauss, president of the Virginia Association of Scholars...
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Virginia, University Of
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VIRGINIA, UNIVERSITY OF mainly at Charlottesville; state...first buildings. A leading Southern university, it was the first U.S. university...was consolidated with the Univ. of Virginia from 1944 to 1972. See G. Wills...
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West Virginia University
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY mainly at Morgantown; coeducational...off-campus graduate centers. The university also maintains the state agricultural experiment station, an extensive university farm system, forestry and engineering...
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Virginia State University
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY at Petersburg; land-grant and state supported...industrial institute in 1902. The school was renamed Virginia State College for Negroes in 1930 and Virginia State College in 1946; it assumed its present name...
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY better known as Virginia Tech, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported...agricultural and mechanical college. In 1896 it became Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic...
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West Virginia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...People (1972); and West Virginia: A History (1985...Writers Project, West Virginia: A Guide to the Mountain...A Portrait of West Virginia (1989...Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the...
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