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Higher costs for Va. higher education

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:17:55 GMT

The College of William & Mary in Williamsburg approved a tuition increase Friday, to help bring the budget back in balance.

Va board ups community college tuition

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:33:27 GMT

Taking community college classes in Virginia will cost more starting this spring.

Group at W&M helps student-veterans

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:51:27 GMT

For veterans looking to continue their education, the College of William and Mary can be the academic equivalent of shock and awe.

JMU student reporter won't fight ruling

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:20:02 GMT

A student journalist at James Madison University says she won't appeal a ruling that she trespassed when she entered a dorm to interview students about a "Peeping Tom" incident.

Honoring HU student & basketball player

Katie Collett — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:24:21 GMT

Hampton University students and staff said tearful goodbyes to a leader on campus Thursday.

Va higher-ed wants more student aid

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:14:37 GMT

Virginia's higher-education agency plans to ask the General Assembly to appropriate nearly $59 million more for college financial aid over the next two years.

Students charged for reporting news

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:53:36 GMT

Two university students are facing trespassing and disorderly conduct charges after they entered a campus dormitory to interview students for a news article.

W&M students elect transgender Queen

Jason Marks — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:29:26 GMT

Saturday was homecoming at The College of William & Mary and the Tribe sent everybody home happy by defeating James Madison in football. But Monday the talk on campus wasn't about the game. Instead it's about what happened during halftime.

Police: Va. Tech gets online threat

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:58:57 GMT

Virginia Tech police are investigating threats of another mass shooting at the university in a YouTube posting.

UNC questions use of symbol on gun

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:24:36 GMT

Some University of North Carolina officials are up in arms about a rifle featuring the school's symbol on its stock.

VT student vanished after concert

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:22:28 GMT

Police are looking for a Virginia Tech student who got separated from her friends at a Metallica concert Saturday and hasn't been seen since.

WVU to create Envtl. Research Center

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:16:20 GMT

West Virginia University is getting a $1.7 million federal grant to create an Environmental Research Center to help address the often conflicting concerns of economic development and environmental protection.

HU receives $250K forestry grant

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:43:03 GMT

Hampton University has been selected to receive $250,000 from the U.S. Forest Service Southern Research Station (SRS).

UNC vandalism looked into as hate crime

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:06:20 GMT

The FBI is investigating the defacing of a sign set up by a UNC-Charlotte Jewish group as a hate crime.

Liberty U plans Va engineering campus

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:54:53 GMT

Liberty University plans to build an engineering campus that eventually would accommodate 2,000 students, a small research park and new degree programs for its School of Engineering and Computational Sciences.

Hampton U crowns first white Miss HU

Katie Collett — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:07:05 GMT

Nikole Churchill was crowned Miss Hampton University, but many students on campus are upset at the judges' choice. Churchill of Hawaii became the competition's first "non-black" winner and while some say race is the underlying problem students have with the win, others say that accusation is way off the mark.

Cutbacks make it harder to earn degrees

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:15:42 GMT

It isn't just tuition increases that are driving up the cost of college. Around the country, deep budget cuts are forcing colleges to lay off instructors and eliminate some classes, making it harder for students to get into the courses they need to earn their degree.

Liberty cancels classes on election day

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:12:49 GMT

Liberty University will cancel classes on Election Day to encourage students to vote.

Students back on campus after flooding

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:43:54 GMT

Some Norfolk State University students affected by the October 6 flooding at Samuel Scott Residential Hall will be moving back into their dorms this weekend.

W&M plans retail-apartment complex

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:28:49 GMT

The College of William and Mary plans to build a new student retail and apartment complex.

Burst water pipe floods NSU dorm

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:47:01 GMT

Fifty Norfolk State University Students (NSU) had to be evacuated from the Samuel Scott Residence Hall after reports that a water pipe burst on the second floor, flooding the building.

University of Phoenix opens in VB

Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:01:21 GMT

University of Phoenix celebrated the opening of its brand-new Virginia Beach campus on October 1 at 150 Central Park Ave. in the Towne Center.

UVa Med Center bans smoking on property

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:03:58 GMT

The University of Virginia Medical Center is banning smoking on its property.

VT police investigate racial graffiti

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:44:59 GMT

Virginia Tech police have searched a student's apartment after racial slurs, swastikas and other threats were found on walls in university buildings.

Canada Colleges

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:12:19 GMT

Canada Colleges

Virginia Tech Anniversary

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:06:16 GMT

Virginia Tech Anniversary

Lego Jesus

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 18:04:01 GMT

Lego Jesus

William & Mary Grad Killed in Africa

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:43:17 GMT

William & Mary Grad Killed in Africa

Fort Monroe, Hampton University partner

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:30:42 GMT

Hampton University and Fort Monroe are partnering to share professional and educational resources.

VT to test alert system on Oct. 1

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:08:01 GMT

Virginia Tech plans to test its alert system for the Blacksburg campus on Oct. 1.