Undergraduates Pursue Community-Engaged Research through Fellowships
Mutually-beneficial partnerships in healthcare, the sciences, environmental studies and the arts bring creativity and collaboration to the forefront of students’ experience. By Jenny Pedraza Over the course of the summer, four undergraduate Virginia Commonwealth University students have gained experience in community-engaged research (CEnR) through the The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). In partnership with the […]
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Professional Fraternity Organizes (Socially-Distanced) Community Clean-Up in Honor of George Floyd By Jenny Pedraza “We got the idea for a community clean-up because we thought actions speak louder than words, and with everything that’s been occurring throughout our community, this was one way to show support,” said Will Burns, ’21, a Virginia Commonwealth University homeland […]
Undergraduate marketing class dishes up data collection for the Health Hub
By Jenny Pedraza If you walk in to the Virginia Commonwealth University Health Hub at 25th, one of the first things you see in the reception area is a wall of dinner plates. Blue plates, white plates, multi-colored, old, new, small, large. The display spans an entire wall, and each plate features a favorite recipe. […]
Service-Learning Student Tucker Smith Prepares to Integrate Community Engagement with Career in Health
Smith began mentoring with the Carver Promise during his freshman year. By Jenny Pedraza Every Friday at 12:30 p.m., Tucker Smith, ’20, a Virginia Commonwealth University biology major, heads into G.W. Carver Elementary School in Richmond’s East End to meet up with his mentee, a fifth grade boy. The two eat lunch and spend time […]
Interdisciplinary VCU-JMU Team Recognized Nationally for Innovative Teaching Strategy in Civic Learning
The JMU-VCU “Debate Across the Curriculum” project received an honorable mention in the 2019 American Civic Collaboration Awards (“Civvys”). By Jenny Pedraza Twelve faculty members and four administrators from Virginia Commonwealth University and James Madison University involved in a year-long, interdisciplinary faculty learning community have collaborated to combine debate pedagogy and civic learning outcomes, garnering […]