Archived News Releases 2008

April 2008

• UVa-Wise Alumni Association to host book fair April 18

• UVa-Wise to present holocaust drama ‘I Never Saw Another Butterfly’

• UVa-Wise theater students to present ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’

• UVa-Wise Coffee Night to feature professor emeritus Richard Peake

• UVa-Wise to air new educational programming on Comcast channel 55

• UVa-Wise students honored with Tice Total Achievement Awards

• UVa-Wise professor to present film noir lecture as part of the Big Read

• Public invited to Founder’s Day, preview screening of ‘Papa Joe’ documentary at UVa-Wise

• Transatlantic studies to be focus of UVa-Wise lecture on March 31

March 2008

• UVa-Wise student first recipient of local music scholarship

• UVa-Wise alumni invited to annual meeting April 8

• UVa-Wise instructor, students to present discussion on theater program

• ‘Max and Ruby’ creator to headline UVa-Wise childhood education conference April 19

• Transatlantic studies to be focus of UVa-Wise lecture on March 31

• Femmes fatales and other women of ‘The Maltese Falcon’ to highlight March 28 discussion

• Appalachian Writing Project to host ‘Intensive Journal’ workshop April 18-19

• UVa-Wise student’s first book to be featured in March 26 book signing event

• UVa-Wise professor to present March 26 lecture on “Brut” and revival of English language

• UVa-Wise Residence Hall Association receives top awards at state conference

• UVa-Wise celebrates Women’s History Month

• Summer College 2008 courses at Abingdon open to students at UVa-Wise and other institutions

• Accounting degree cohort now offered through UVa-Wise campus in Abingdon

• Students, alumni invited to interact with employers at Career and Internship Fair

• UVa-Wise Community Spring Swing planned for April 25

February 2008

• Napoleon Hill Foundation's Don Green to appear on ‘Oprah and Friends’

• UVa-Wise chancellor, student exchange roles for charity event

• Appalachian Writing Project now accepting applications for Summer Writing Institute at UVa-Wise

• Fall of communism to be focus of UVa-Wise program in Russia and Europe

• Toyo University offers UVa-Wise students chance to study in Japan

• UVa-Wise professor, alumna to perform joint piano recitals Feb. 29, March 3

• UVa-Wise to present benefit concert and gala dinner March 1

• UVa-Wise faculty artwork on display at the Wise County Public Library

• Music, lectures highlight Black History Month celebration at UVa-Wise

• UVa-Wise professor to discuss revival of ‘Beowulf’ on ‘With Good Reason’ radio program Feb. 6

• Second annual ‘Chancellor for a Day’ food drive begins Feb. 4

January 2008

• Alumni and friends invited to tour Ireland with UVa-Wise

• UVa-Wise professor’s new book explores the use of Old English in Layamon’s ‘Brut’

• Integrity Fund established to promote Honor System at UVa-Wise

• Children invited to celebrate Dr. Seuss' 104th birthday at UVa-Wise

• Prospective students to preview College from every angle at UVa-Wise 360° Feb. 16

• ‘Super Saturday’ Financial Aid Workshop at UVa-Wise Feb. 16

• UVa-Wise presents chamber opera based on O’Connor short story

• UVa-Wise library director elected president of Virginia Library Association

• Registration now open for free reading clinic for grades 1-3 at UVa-Wise

• UVa-Wise to offer Spanish course for area medical professionals

• Student applies computer science education to develop interactive map

• UVa-Wise agreement with ISEP offers choice of 137 international institutions for study abroad

• UVa-Wise to mark Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with candlelight march

• Southwest Virginia Technology Development Center in Lebanon now open

• UVa-Wise professor’s new book ‘Beer and Revolution’ examines German anarchist culture

• Free online tutoring service now available to UVa-Wise students

• UVa-Wise announces fall Dean's List

Archives by Year

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• Archived News Releases 2003

• Archived News Releases 2002

• Archived News Releases 2001

• Archived News Releases 2000

Commencement Archives

• 2007 Commencement

• 2006 Commencement

• 2005 Commencement

• 2004 Commencement

Inauguration Archives

• 2006 Inauguration of Chancellor of David J. Prior

• 2002 Inauguration of Chancellor Steven Kaplan

In Memoriam

• Dana Lynn Sample (1956-2007)

• Kenneth Asbury (1922-2007)

• E. L. "Buck" Henson (1925-2006)

• Joseph M. Scolnick, Jr. (1940-2005)

Miscellaneous Archives

• Wetlands Symposium 2006

• Alumni Homecoming 2006

• Culbertson Hall Dedication

• Twinleaf Clock Dedication

• Expedition 2006

• Opening Week 2005

• 2005 Chancellor Search

• 50th Anniversary events

• 2000 Chancellor Search

• Crockett Award Recipients

Our Name Change ... A Look Back

• Our New Name -- The University of Virginia's College at Wise
• Name Change Celebration

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