University of Richmond Magazine

A photo of professor Joe Hoyle. He is smiling at the camera and standing in his office, which is plastered with posters, postcards, art, and other mementos.

Curriculum Vitae

The professor who merges Socrates and spreadsheets

Accounting professor Joe Hoyle has spent decades refining a teaching style that’s both demanding and deeply supportive.

Three photos; A UR basketball player shooting a ball, a student athlete graduating, and a student athlete lifting weights.

Athletics

Beyond the scoreboard

Spider student-athletes have an entire team behind them taking a holistic approach to nurturing their potential.

A collage featuring a house, trees, road, and people on bicycles.

Lives Of Purpose

Tailwind of Love

As Eli Beech-Brown cycled hundreds of miles in memory of his late father, his best friend and 2024 classmate Miles Goldman documented the journey.

Spiders Near and Far

Lives Of Purpose

‘Go down the dirt roads in life’

Katie Losey, ’02, talks about life after graduation, her advice for current students, and why the roads much less traveled are for her.

Scientific Learning

Learning with enjoyment

From Russian lit to medical writing, Alisa Mayor, W’91, proves learning never stops — and sometimes starts with a Muppet sketch.

A scene from the movie cry wolf, where alumnae Shauna Havercamp Dugandzic, ’07 is visible. There are three silhouetted figures in the front, a la Mystery Science Theater 3000, but instead of a man and two aliens, its a man, triceragoose, and WebstUR.

Scary Spider Movie

Cry Wolf turns 20

Two decades ago, Spider students starred as extras in Cry Wolf. Now, alumni share behind-the-scenes tales — Bon Jovi included.

Spider golf club bag, clubs and golf balls in front of the Robins School of Business

MBA Alumni

Teeing up

A casual round of golf became a growing MBA tradition. Now 50+ Spider alumni tee up each year for connection, camaraderie — and future scholarships.

“You’re helping the students not just learn the content, but learn how to be better citizens, better classmates.”

—Mary Catherine Nebel, ’10, C’15, and GC’17

Eye

Campus News

“Thanks to our Spider community, our university’s best days are ahead.”

—Kevin F. Hallock, president

A photo of Neha Kalwala in front of a large globe statue.

Portrait

More rupees, more reading?

Does the money that migrant workers send home make a difference in their children’s education? Economics student Neha Kalwala, ’25, looked at the data.

Musicians Danny Kortchmar, Waddy Wachtel, and Steve Postel in a recording studio

Music & Film

Revisiting the unheralded hitmakers of the 1970s

Bill Pike, G’83, recalls the teamwork it took to pull off an Osher Institute class focused on session musicians behind some of the 1970’s biggest hits.

Outcomes

Grad school boost

Sports

Women’s Golf

Inaugural champions

The A-10’s first-ever trophy for women’s golf went to the Spiders.

A photo of baseball coach Mik Aoki with the Spiders baseball team.

Portrait

Forward momentum

Spider baseball coach Mik Aoki measures his program’s success by more than just what happens on the field.

More to Explore

Q&A

We often feature UR students who leave the U.S. to study abroad. Lucas Dominguez Molina, ’25, went the other way — leaving home in Madrid to study for a year in UR’s Robins School of Business.