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Hampton University (formerly Hampton Institute) is a historically and predominantly black university located in Hampton, Virginia. The campus overlooking the northern edge of the harbor of Hampton Roads was founded on the grounds of "Little Scotland", a former plantation in Elizabeth City County not far from Fort Monroe and the Grand Contraband Camp, each tangible symbols of freedom for former slaves shortly after the end of the American Civil War.
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Hampton University's student cafeteria has received more health code violations during the past three years than any other four-year college in Hampton Roads, a Script analysis of health inspection reports across the region has found. The cafeteria has accumulated 261 violations in 17 inspections since January 2001 - 103 more than any of the six other institutions in the region during the same time period, records show.
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Strategically located on the Hampton River, adjacent to Hampton Roads on the Lower Chesapeake Bay, the Center for Marine and Coastal Environmental Studies is ideally situated for the study of marine, estuarine and freshwater locales. The R/V Pirates Cove, a 38-foot research vessel built for the Center, a 42'-motor-sailboat R/V Aquria, the 50-foot ketch-rigged sailboat Chesapeake and several small boats, including five canoes, provide access to deep water areas as well as shallow coastal and lacustrine ones. The faculty members of the Center have been continuously engaged in research projects and actively participate in activities to attract students to assist in these projects, especially at the undergraduate level.
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The following individuals have been nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Hampton Roads Virginia Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America to serve as chapter officers and directors for 2007. Voting will be held at the November 1 chapter meeting at the Holiday Inn Select, Norfolk Airport. Nominations will be accepted from the floor provided the nominee has been contacted and has agreed to serve if elected.
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