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Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols


Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators pulled down the Richmond Howitzers Monument at Virginia Commonwealth University (June 2020). The university was in the process of auditing Confederate symbols on its two campuses and has since begun removal and renaming of those symbols. Photo by Andrew Ringle, The Commonwealth Times. (Source: Capitol News Service)
By Katharine DeRosa | Capital News Service | May 10, 2021 at 6:22 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 12:30 PM
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia universities in the former heart of the Confederacy are reckoning with their past as students, faculty, and staff call for the removal of Confederate symbols.
Richmond housed the capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Over 150 years later, remnants of the commonwealth’s Confederate history remain, including in academia. ....

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Virginia college students react to possible COVID vaccine requirement


Virginia college students react to possible COVID vaccine requirement
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By Hunter Britt | April 30, 2021 at 6:19 PM EDT - Updated April 30 at 8:16 PM
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia’s colleges and universities are beginning to announce mandatory fall COVID-19 vaccine policies following the state attorney general’s opinion that higher education institutes can require the vaccine.
Virginia public colleges and universities can mandate the COVID-19 vaccine for faculty and students returning to campus this fall, Attorney General Mark Herring stated in late April.
“Virginia’s college and university students deserve the chance to go to classes in-person and take advantage of all that their schools have to offer, but over the past year we have seen numerous COVID outbreaks on school campuses, so we must make sure that they are doing so with the health and safety of their peers and communities in mind,” Herring stat ....

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