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Decisions, Decisions – 2017 Regular Decision Deny Edition
On March 23, 2017
We Admit It! This is the hardest part of our job — sending bad news to bright, talented applicants like you. You can Admit It! You’re surprised, upset, disappointed,
Overheard in Committee: The False “School Quota” Rumor
On March 21, 2017
We Admit It! Committee meetings are moving right along here in Williamsburg. As part of this process, admission decisions are being quadruple checked and
Overheard in Committee: Dropping Classes
On March 17, 2017
We Admit It! Committee season is upon us. As I’m posting this, our dean staff is meeting to have thorough, passionate, and detailed discussions
Building Trust in Community – Part II
On March 15, 2017
When I applied for the Community Trustbuilding Fellowship, I did so because I hoped it would inform my work in the Office of Community
Oman’s Geological Triple Point
On March 13, 2017
Qantab is a village at the eastern edge of the Muscat metropolitan area, it’s hemmed in by steep rocky hills, and flanked by a
It’s Not Easy Being Green – Admission Committee Season
On March 10, 2017
I’ll let Kermit the Frog demonstrate what our admission team has been up to over the past few months. In other words, we’ve been
Over Nottoway Falls
On February 19, 2017
Another glorious February weekend, and I was off, once again, to the field with my research students. On this trip we returned to the
Power-washing the Paleozoic Petersburg Pluton
On February 13, 2017
300 million years ago, vast quantities of magma intruded the Earth’s crust deep beneath what would one day become Richmond, Virginia. The magma that
Building Trust in Community
On February 10, 2017
Two weekends ago, I awoke in a former monastery overlooking the James River, the Richmond skyline, and a stream of headlights coursing through I-95.