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When I started high school …
When I started high school I was happy, excited, enthusiastic, and terrified. I had visited area schools, taken entrance exams, checked out the costs, and carefully looked at travel arrangements. (Told you I really love planning! ) The school that I chose was a small (200 total students) parochial girls’ school overseen by JFK’s parish…
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New! McIntire Botanical Garden on Tumblr – now showcasing beautiful VA botanical gardens
A wonderful new garden is taking shape before our eyes. Get involved and share our dream! As we continue the process of building our own garden, we’d like to highlight some other botanical gardens located around Virginia on our social media. Our first in a series highlighting VA botanical gardens is up! This time, we…
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Find Volunteer Opportunities at CvilleVolunteer.org
The United Way-Thomas Jefferson Area Volunteer Center has launched a new website, CvilleVolunteer.org to help local community members find volunteer opportunities, nonprofit events, and more. The new Volunteer Center website … Continue reading … United Way – Thomas Jefferson Area – Introducing CvilleVolunteer.org.
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Come out and help design new entrance to McIntire Park East – Public Meeting, October 30
Things are moving along! When the 250 Bypass Interchange construction is done, we will have easy bicycle and pedestrian access to the east side of McIntire Park. This pubic meeting will be an opportunity for all to see the plans and renderings and to give their own input. Please join in the public process of decision making for…
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Senior Health & Fitness Day – May 29, 2013 – Senior Center
Free exercise programs and speakers to help you get moving and healthy. via Senior Center, Charlottesville, VA.
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U.Va. Faculty, Students Give Online Education a Mostly Positive Grade | UVA Today
I am so pleased that I had the opportunity to participate in this exciting experiment! Emanuel Grant’s introduction to the world of massive open online courses – a/k/a “MOOCs” – came this spring in his final undergraduate semester at the University of Virginia.The Italian studies major from Fairfax served as a volunteer “Community TA” for…