“There’s a tremendous amount of growth and a new interest in the green industry and sustainability,” says Cary Jamieson, landscape design program specialist at the School of Continuing Studies. “Homeowners are starting to be very interested in urban farming, organic vegetable gardens, rain gardens, green roofs and native plants.” [More...]

Dr. Patricia Strait, chair of the Human Resource Management program at the School of Continuing Studies, will present a paper, titled “When Societies Collide: Toward an Immigration Model for the 21st Century,” at the Fifth Annual International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences in August 2010. [More...]

A Native American storytelling program at Goochland Middle School that was funded through Partners in the Arts, a new program of the School of Continuing Studies, is featured in an article titled “Native American Storytellers at GMS” in the Goochland Gazette. [More...]

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Richmond School of Continuing Studies has received a special, one-time gift of $25,000 from The Bernard Osher Foundation. Mary Bitterman, president of The Bernard Osher Foundation, announced the gift during the recent Osher Lifelong Learning Institute conference in Park City, Utah. Each institute funded by the Foundation received the gift award. [More...]

As the University of Richmond’s Spider football team enjoys its school-record sixth straight week at #1, it’s time to plan the perfect tailgate party. Party planner and SCS personal enrichment instructor Leigh Crank Perry offers advice for planning that perfect party. [More...]

2008 was a banner year for David Weaver, SCS ‘07. He finished his first year as an 8th grade Civics and Economics teacher at Chickahominy Middle School and was named Hanover County’s Beginning Teacher of the Year. But he wasn’t your typical first year teacher. After all, David was almost 52 and a 25-year veteran of the architectural design industry. But he was, and still is, a part of a growing trend in the Richmond area: professionals returning to school to become teachers. [More...]

Operated as a Personal Enrichment activity through the Office of Community and Professional Education, the Au Pair Enrichment program offers English language training and American culture education to au pairs who are contracted to assist families with childcare needs. Au pairs come to the U.S. from all over the globe to care for host family children. [More...]

It happens in the business world all the time. Someone sets out to write a piece on behalf of the organization only to produce results that fall well short of the mark. But why?

In many cases, the reason for the ultimate shortcoming can be identified and alleviated from the start. Here are five of the most common reasons business writing fails… [More from Phillip Gravely]

University Communications issued a press release announcing the employment of several new faculty members by the School of Continuing Studies. View the release and a story that resulted in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Debra Hanson, adjunct professor, presented the results of research she conducted as a U.S. Capitol Historical Society Fellow during a lecture on September 2, 2009. C-SPAN aired the lecture on September 26. [More...]