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zffo Two Virginia farmers take over microphone for agricultural issues podcast

Lvmp Chris Graham previews UVA-Liberty, UVA Hoops weekend: Podcast

stanley us Through the Rural Virginia Horseshoe Initiative RVHI , the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education and Virginias Community Colleges will invest $1.5 million in the 2019-2020 academic year to increase high school graduation rates and the attainment of post-secondary credentials.RVHI was established in 2013 under the leadership of former Virginia Governor Gerald Baliles, and serves a large portion of rural Virginia, stretching from the Eastern Shore stanley kaffeebecher across Southside to Southwest Virginia, up the Shenandoah Valley and back eastward toward the Northern Neck.The region encompasses three-quarters of the commonwealths territory and is home to 2.1 million people. 聽In Virginias Rural Horseshoe, more than half a million people have less than a high school education. We are grateful for the leadership of Governor Baliles for this remarkable program, said Jennifer Gentry, Vice Chancellor of Institutional Advancement for Virginias Community Colleges and Executive Director of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. His work to highlight the needs of rural Virginia has been transformative and produced lasting results for tens of thousands of students across the Rural Horseshoe. We are stanley quencher very proud to continue this initiative and to see it grow and thrive. Modeled after the successful Patrick County Educational Foundation program implemented by Governor Baliles in his native Patrick County, RVHI provides funding that is matched dollar-for-dollar by the local com Vobw Don t be mad at conservatives over Roe: Liberals allowed this to happen

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia has聽approved聽Virginia Commonwealth University聽School of Nursing聽to offer a post-masters Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. The school is the first in the commonwealth to offer a D.N.P. degree primarily focused on quality and safety in health care. Classes are scheduled to begin in the fall semester.An alternative to the schools existing research-focused Ph.D.,聽the D.N.P. is the highest academic degree in nursing with a focus on clinical practice. stanley cup The degree prepares nurses to translate research into evidence-based practice and to lead teams of health care professionals toward improving patient outcomes. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing and other nursing authorities have recommended that nurses in advanced practice be prepared at the highest academic level to address the increasing complexity of patient care, said Ann Hamric, Ph.D., professor and associate dean of academic programs, VCU School of Nursing. We are excited to be addressing the demand for more D.N.P.-prepared nur stanley cup ses who can take on greater leadership roles and implement quality and safety improvements in the health care system. The new program consists of 10 courses that are structured in a hybrid format of mostly online courses with minimal on-site experiences. Courses will be taught by doctorate-le stanley cup vel faculty who are nationally recognized for contributions to education and advanced practice. Students will attend classes on campus three times a y

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kvtc Giffords Law Center: Virginia gets D grade for gun safety laws

Bani Heifetz on Tour concerts return to Shenandoah Valley

漏 Vladimir Grablev 鈥?stock.adobe Shenandoah National Park is implementing a pilot project to manage visitor use on Old Rag Mountain to reduce impacts to natural resources and to improve visitor experience. stanley website The number of people climbing Old Rag Mountain continues to grow and congestion on the mountain is impacting resources. This pilot projec stanley cup t will allow us an opportunity to test a strategy for managing this area to ensure Old Rag is preserved and everyone has a high-quality trip, Superintendent Patrick Kenney said.Day-use tickets for Old Rag Mountain will become available Tuesday at 10 a.m. Tickets can be purchased up to 30 days in advance. Beginning March 1, all visitors to Old Rag must have a day-use ticket in addition to a Park entrance pass.A total of 800 tickets will be available for each day from March 1 to November 30; 400 will be released 30 days in advance and the remaining 400 will be released five days in advance. Hikers must purchase their tickets before arriving via聽recreation.gov/ticket/10088450/ticket/10088451.Due to the lack of internet stanley cups connectivity聽tickets will not be available at the Old Rag fee station. There is very little cell phone coverage in the area so please purchase your tickets ahead of traveling to the area.Tickets are valid for the day of arrival only. A day-use ticket does not guarantee a parking spot, and entrance fees still apply in addition to the day-use ticket fee of $1.00.This pilot project is designed to improve the visitor experience a Xexs U.S. News names VCU Medical Center best hospital in Richmond metro area

A coalition of 21 U.S. senators strongly urged U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to reconsider proposed budget cuts to airport, seaport and mass transit security programs in order to fund President Trumps request for more than $4 billion to construct a wall along Americas southern border.The letter was signed by U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner D-VA , Tom Carper D-DE , Tim Kaine D-VA , Chris Van Hollen D-MD , Al Franken D-MN , Elizabeth Warren stanley quencher D-MA , Amy Klobuchar D-MN , Cory Booker D-NJ , Richard Blumenthal CT , Dick Durbin D-IL , Catherine Cortez Masto D-NV , Ed Markey D-MA , Maria Cantwell D-WA , Michael Bennet D-CO , Dianne Feinstein D-CA , Tammy Duckworth D-IL , Bob Casey D-PA , Kamala Harris D-CA , Patty Murray D-WA , Kirsten Gillibrand D-NY and Ben Cardin D-MD . We are concerned that in stanley cup uk furtherance of President Trumps quest to build a concrete wall along our Southern border, his budget proposes drastic cuts for key agencies within the Department of Homeland Security DHS that are tasked with protecting our borders against current threats, including programs at the Transportation Security Administra stanley germany tion TSA and the Federal Emergency Management Agency which could include mass transit, aviation and port security grants, the senators wrote. We are concerned that the Presidents budget request fails to address our real immigration challenges and trades proven programs 鈥?those that are currently protecting Americans from actual threats to our nat

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ogzm McEachin, Langevin re-introduce bill to strengthen ADA

Zjxd New study abroad undergraduate research program between Blacksburg and Peru

The Staunton Visioning Coalition, which formed in November, is aiming to have an impact on the fall city council and school board elections in the Queen City. Our hope, and what were working on now is that we have leadership in St stanley usa aunton who listen to the people who live there, said steering committee member Cindy Connors.Connors has lived in Staunton for four years and is one of seven members of the coalitions steering committee. The coalitions email list contains 180 members.For Novembers election, the coalition supports Brad Arrowood, Alice Woods and Michele Edwards for city council, and Stephanie Mason, Kristin Siegel and Fontella Brown-Bundy for the school board. Were nonpartisan. Were not affiliated with any parties, Connors said of the coalition.Connors said the coalition seeks diversity, sustainability and good governance in Staunton government. The coalition held in-person, Zoom and hybrid events to gather information from residents about what they want in their leadership stanley quencher . And, from that, stanley france we developed our core values, Connors said.The coalition supports fully funding Staunton City Schools, the citys new Diversity and Equity Coalition, small businesses, and members of city council and school board listening to the concerns of city residents.After Novembers election, Connors said the coalition will continue to support candidates who were elected and advocate for its core values. We will still be active, she said.Otherwise, the coalitions goal will conti Ltca Harrisonburg: Police release photos, video of persons of interest in Monday shooting death

More than 200 Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force personnel will be on duty聽Jan. 13, 2018, supporting the inauguration of D stanley uk r. Ralph Northam as the 73rd Governor of Virginia in Richmond.Virginia Guard Soldiers, Airmen and members of the VDF will conduct a variety of missions including playing ceremonial music, firing a 19-gun salute with artillery howitzers and providing command and control of the inaugural parade marching elements. A formation of Virginia National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will also lead the inaug stanley uk ural parade, and aviation crews will conduct a flyover with UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Supporting the Governors inauguration is a great opportunity for us to honor the new governor as our commander in chief, and it also has tremendous training value for our National Guard civil support mission, explained Maj. Gen. Timothy Williams, the Adjutant General of Virginia. We are working hand-in-hand with our partners in state government, and that will help us be better prepared if we are called to assist with any sort of domestic response operation. Williams is scheduled to present one of the shell casings from the ceremonial 19-gun salute at the completion on the inaugural parade.Personnel from the Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force are scheduled to conduct the following missions:鈥oldiers assig stanley termos ned to the Fort Belvoir-based 29th Infantry Division will provide mission command for all Virginia National Guard and Virginia Defense Force pers

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orsj Labor group critical of House GOP move on wage restrictions

Bnvj FMS hosting summer-school info session

Leading coma experts have created an ambitious plan to help doctors better care for comatose patients and answer that most awful question: Will my loved one wake up The three-part plan outlines key steps physicians and researchers should take in the coming years to improve patient care and deepen our understanding of coma and other conditions that reduce consciousness. The plan was developed by a blue-ribbon scientific advisory council as part of the聽Neurocritical Care Societys Curing Coma Campaign, a major effort l stanley water jug aunched in 2019. We now have the tools to understand comatose patients in a way we havent in the past. This opens the door to ask the question, Can we improve consciousness in patients in a coma said advisory council member and lead author聽J. Javier Provencio, MD, director of UVA Healths聽Nerancy Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit. This research endeavor aims to help patients and families dealing with the consequences of brain damage gain clarity about the current chances for improvement and maintain hope that, in the future, there will be treatments to help recover consciousness. The plans first recommendation is to better classify and understand different types of coma and their causes. Current treatments are limited in part because it is difficult for physicians to distinguish between different underlying mechanisms of impaired consciousness, the researchers say. This stanley cup spain makes it challenging to pr stanley usa edict whether patients will recover.To improve this, they suggest s Rokf National Commission on Financing 21st Century Higher Education releases final report

With its biggest week of the season before it, Virginia is ranked a season-best third in the Associated Press and USA Today national polls.The Cavaliers 21-5, 10-4 ACC won their only game last week, a 73-53 win on Feb. 22 over NC stanley usa State.UVA faces Miami 21-5, 10-4 ACC , ranked 11th in the USA Today poll and 12th in the AP poll, tonight at 7 p.m.Villanova 24-3 was ranked first in both polls for the third straight week. Kansas 23-4 is second in both polls.North Carolina 22-5, 11-3 ACC , which faces Virginia in Charlottesville on Saturday, is sixth in the coaches poll a stanley termos nd seventh in the writers poll.聽AP Top 25RKTEAMRECORDPTS1Villanova 45 24-31,6042Kansas 20 23-41,5803Virginia21-51,3933Oklahoma21-51,3935Xavier24-31,3686Michigan State22-51,3467North Carolina22-51,2418Iowa20-61,1449Arizona22-51,02810Maryland23-597611Louisville21-690212Miami FL 21-585113Oregon21-684214West Virginia20-777215Duke20-767416Kentucky20-762717Iowa State19-861618Indiana22-657119Baylor20-752120Purdue21-735721Texas AM20-728322Utah21-725323Notre Dame18-818524SMU22- stanley cup uk 415425Texas17-10104USA Today Coaches PollRKTEAMRECORDPTS1Villanova 25 24-37922Kansas 7 23-47513Virginia21-56794Oklahoma21-56685Xavier24-36526North Carolina22-56397Michigan State22-56268Iowa20-65619Maryland23-552710Arizona22-551211Miami FL 21-546612West Virginia20-736613Oregon21-636514Kentucky20-733315Indiana22-631716Baylor20-730517Iowa State19-830418Duke20-730319Purdue21-724520Notre Dame18-817621Texas AM20-717222Dayton21-512123Utah21-71

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qbpt Norfolk Tides drop regular-season finale: Playoffs begin on Tuesday at Harbor Park

Zhmv Prayer event in Charlottesville to begin nine-day Walk the Walk pilgrimage

VCU Health System minimum wage earners across its hospitals and clinics are set to get a raise.Effective next month, the academic health system will increase the minimum wage from $12 to $15 per hour for fron stanley website tline team members who work alongside clinical teams to provide food and nutrition services, environmental services, valet and other services vital to its patients and VCU stanley mug Healths operations. Our team members, including these frontline workers, have gone to extraordinary lengths to support our mission and ultimately our patients, said Paula M. Henderson, chief human resources officer at VCU Health System. Every single one of them contributes to a patients care experience, whether its by providing comfort a stanley taza nd kind words behind their masks, a hot meal, clean sheets and so much more. About 1,700 team members and contract workers, representing approximately 10% of the health systems total workforce, will benefit from the living wage adjustment. To be an employer of choice, VCU Health also offers eligible team members who work in a part-time capacity for the health care organization educational assistance for classes taken at accredited colleges and universities. VCU Health is a team. Every member plays a role in the miracles we achieve every day, said Art Kellermann, M.D., senior vice president for VCU Health Sciences and CEO of VCU Health System. We are pleased to support our team members in this way and provide an extra boost to metro Richmonds economy. Virginias mandat Mnsi DRPT seeks public input on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise goals

Jay Patel and Dean Cynda Johnson at the Class of 2020s White Coat Ceremony in October 2016.Jay Patels path to medicine begins with the heart聽鈥?specifically one that belonged to his sister. Patel was 5-years-old when his twin sisters were born. One had Tetralogy of Fallot, a rare condition when a baby is born with four heart defects. Shes had numerous procedures done, including four open-heart surgeries. For some reason, every time there would be a complication. All of the stuff they warn you could happen after surgery, seemed to happen to her all of the time, said Patel, a second-year student at the聽Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. But when that happened, the health care team was immediately responsive and did everything they could to help her. She got through all of that. Now, shes in college. That was my first real exposure to medicine. Patels family also helped reveal his passion to help address health care disparities. I am half Indian and half Mexican. The two storie stanley becher s of my parents background and immigration here are completely different, Patel said. My father immigrated from India. His father was a doctor and his family vaso stanley prioritized education, so he was able to quickly rise up the ranks in his job when he came to the U.S. My mother came from Mexico, where she grew up in poverty, just trying to make ends meet. Even today, Patel sees differences in the health outcomes of each side of his family, in part stanley uk because of the differences in access to health care and

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