A Richmond Times-Dispatch article about the flora and fauna surrounding Westhampton Lake on the University campus found its inspiration in regular fishing courses offered through the Office of Personal Enrichment and Professional Development at the School of Continuing Studies. [More...]
Witnesses to signing of Holocaust education bill
July 1, 2009Students in this summer’s School of Continuing Studies (SCS) Teacher Education Institute enjoyed the privilege of witnessing Virginia Governor Tim Kaine sign into law the Virginia Holocaust Education Bill on Tuesday, June 23, 2009. [More...]
SCS offers Oyate workshop on teaching respect
July 1, 2009The School of Continuing Studies will host a nationally-recognized Oyate “Teaching Respect for Native Peoples” week-long workshop for educators starting August 3, 2009. The workshop provides teachers tools and strategies for evaluating, selecting and presenting materials that offer honest and authentic portrayals of Native peoples. [More...]
Faculty, staff quoted in online learning article
June 28, 2009An article about online learning in the Richmond Times-Dispatch highlights the University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies (SCS) as a local university offering degree programs entirely online. The article, Online Learning is Gaining Credibility, appears in the June 28, 2009, issue of the paper. [More...]
SCS launches entrepreneurship series
June 22, 2009The School of Continuing Studies has launched the Professional Series in Entrepreneurship, a series of courses intended for current and potential entrepreneurs in the Richmond metropolitan area. [More...]
Licensure grads named outstanding educators
June 12, 2009Several recent graduates of the School of Continuing Studies Teacher Licensure Program have been honored by Henrico County Public Schools as outstanding educators for 2009. [More...]
Dr. Kitchen receives NASA funding
June 12, 2009Dr. David Kitchen, associate dean and director of summer programs in the School of Continuing Studies, has received funding from NASA for a proposal titled “Creation and Dissemination of an Interdisciplinary Undergraduate General Education Course on Climate Change.” [More...]
Culinary Arts Center wins local award
June 12, 2009The Center for Culinary Arts, under the culinary talent of center coordinator Chef Martin Gravely, won the Peoples’ Choice Award at the second annual Broad Appétit food festival held in Richmond, Virginia, on Sunday, June 7, 2009. [More...]
Scholarships available for 2009-2010
June 9, 2009Several scholarships are available to School of Continuing Studies students who are actively pursuing a planned program of study and have completed 12 semester hours with SCS. The deadline for application is July 1, 2009. [More...]
Osher leader to offer book talk & signing
June 4, 2009Dr. Hilda Meth, Osher Lifelong Learning Institute leader, will offer a book talk on Earth Sculptures: Photography by Werner Lowenthal, Comments by Hilda Meth on Wednesday, June 24, from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, in the Brown Alley Room of Weinstein Hall on the University of Richmond campus. The book represents Lowenthal’s 12-year photographic quest to reveal the inner beauty of Earth’s formations. [More...]
