This episode digs into one of Virginia’s most persistent legends: the claim that 70 French soldiers are buried in Kingsville near Hampden-Sydney College after dying of smallpox during the American Revolution.
Lisa Rowan
Lisa Rowan covered education for Cardinal News.
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Bill to establish VMI task force clears House, with changes
The bill would create a task force to “examine higher education” at VMI rather than explore whether the college should continue to receive state funding.
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Emory & Henry to offer free tuition to some Virginia students
The Emory & Henry Promise program, which will launch this fall, will cover tuition for eligible in-state students.
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Pentagon warns it could take ‘extraordinary measures’ in fight over VMI’s future
Democratic state lawmakers have introduced two bills that could substantially alter how the Lexington military college operates.
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Buchanan County to provide short-term funding for Appalachian School of Law
The private law school in Grundy has faced declining enrollment and revenue challenges.
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Averett finalizes sale, leaseback deal for athletic campus
Averett may repurchase the facilities at any time for the original sale price of $18.15 million.
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Mountain Empire embarks on restructuring amid challenges for community colleges
The school in Big Stone Gap is dealing with stagnant state funding, an increase in operating costs and a changing student body.
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Pair of bills would look at stripping governance, funding from VMI
Democrats in the General Assembly have made threats against the state-run military college in Lexington since VMI’s board of visitors voted to oust its first black superintendent.
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Podcast about the Battle of Great Bridge
Dive into the Battle of Great Bridge and its significance in the American Revolutionary War in our latest Cardinal 250 podcast. Host Lisa Rowan is joined by Richard Fisher, a volunteer with the Great Bridge Battlefield and Waterways History Foundation.
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Then & Now education: Roanoke’s Excel Center, SOL score changes, C.B. Claiborne documentary
Initial students at Goodwill high school for adults nearing graduation. SOL test cut score increases to phase in over 4 years. Mini-documentary about Duke’s first Black basketball player, C.B. Claiborne of Danville, continues screening; plans for full-length project still underway.