 | Board of Visitors minutes October 4, 2003 |  |
PRESIDENT'S REPORT
The President gave his customary report.
Hurricane Isabel struck Charlottesville September 18- 19. Classes were suspended at 1:00 p.m., on the 18th and all day on the 19th. Although there were power outages on some parts of the Grounds and over 200 trees were lost, damage to the University was minimal. The Hospital functioned without interruption and basic services were maintained. The President thanked Ms. Lampkin and Messrs. Sandridge and Howell and their staffs, and Facilities Management for the work they did.
The entering undergraduate class, at 3,070 students, is the largest such class in the history of the University. Two thirds of them are Virginia residents, 54.2% are women, 5.3% are international students, 8.8% African-American, 10.1% Asian-American, and 2.7% Hispanic-American. The average SAT scores are 653 Verbal and 670 Math; 85.1% ranked in the top tenth of their high school class.
The President reminded the Board of the U.S. News and World Report rankings, released in late August, which placed the University in tie with the University of California at Berkeley as the best public university in the country.
The President listed several new appointments and hirings since the last meeting of the Board: Dr. Ariel Gomez has been made Vice President for Research, after having been Interim Vice President; Mr. Ted Genoways assumed his duties as Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review on July 1st; Mr. Brian O'Connor has been made Baseball Coach and Mr. William Pease Director of the forming Concert/Marching Band. In addition, Mr. Block has appointed three new Vice Provosts: Mr. Milton Adams as Vice Provost for Academic Programs; Ms. Gertrude Fraser , Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement; and Dr. Leigh Grossman as Vice Provost for International Affairs. Ms. Fraser and Dr. Grossman will assume their duties in January.
| Board of Visitors minutes October 4, 2003 | |