Emily Lucas, DAR-ling of the week
Tell us what an external affairs coordinator does at the School of Business. As the external affairs coordinator for the School of Business, I provide support to the development staff and front-line fundraisers, assisting with light prospect research, gift processing and acknowledgement letters. I am also responsible for planning the Endowment Day luncheon in the […]
Black & Gold & You campaign results
Each year, our goal is to increase participation in the Black & Gold & You faculty, staff and retiree fundraising campaign. Our percentage jumped from 9.73 percent in FY17 to 12 percent this year. Gifts from VCU and VCU Health faculty, staff and retirees totaled $3 million. The leadership committee, led by VCU Dean of […]
Nick Georges (M.Ed.’14/E), DAR-ling of the week
Athletics, particularly soccer, have been a passion personally and professionally. Tell us how they’ve influenced your career and whether you’ll have time for sports in your new job. Athletics – especially soccer – has been crucial to help get me to where I am today. I started playing here for FC Richmond,a local travel club, […]
Trevor Worden, DAR-ling of the week
You were active in performing arts in college. How do you feed that passion now?I actually worked out of New York City as an actor for seven years, and that is how I met my now fiance. In 2016, we were looking for our next step and to move to a place that had a […]
Impact ideas needed
Vol. 15 of Impact, the magazine for friends and donors of VCU, is online now and should be with your donors shortly. The issue features the following articles: “Reaching new heights”: How the new College of Health Professions building will unify faculty, staff and students for greater success. “History in the making”: The gift of […]
Desiree Charity (B.S.’17/MC), DAR-ling of the week
You love to travel. Where are your favorite places and what’s in the works for your next big vacation? I have traveled all over the world, but I’d have to say that my top favorite places are Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Tokyo. I’ve created memories and experienced things in these cities that […]
Vanessa Moore (M.Ed.’17/E; M.B.A.’17/B), DAR-ling of the week
The year 2011 is sacred to VCU basketball fans. As VCU was making its Final Four run, you were a member of the Georgetown Hoyas women’s basketball team that made it to the Sweet 16. Were you aware of VCU then and the hoopla about the Rams? My first taste of VCU basketball was during […]
From the desk of Jay E. Davenport, CFRE
Wow! That was my first reaction to the news that we had raised $125.8 million in new gifts and pledges in FY18. At the beginning of my tenure, we had an internal goal of $100 million – and at the time that seemed very ambitious. But with our team at VCU – clearly anything is […]