Small Business Opportunity Center Joins the Division of Community Engagement
The Small Business Opportunity Center (SBOC) has joined the Division of Community Engagement, bringing its work to strengthen entrepreneurship and economic opportunity into the university’s broader community engagement efforts. The move builds on SBOC’s existing partnerships across VCU, including its continued collaboration with the VCU School of Business and the da Vinci Center for Innovation. […]
Thriving Communities Research Pilot Grant: Impact
Investing in the Starting Point of Community-Engaged Research Every impactful community-engaged research project has to start somewhere. Sometimes, it starts with a conversation, a question, or a community-identified need that does not yet have an easy answer. The Thriving Communities Research Pilot Grant was developed to support that starting point. Meaningful partnerships take time to […]
Student Engagement Across DCE
From the Classroom to the Community This fall, the Hub is home to four academic interns, including three School of Social Work field placements and one HPEX student, as well as a student employee. In partnership with the School of Social Work Evaluation Lab, the student will spend the academic year helping tell the story […]
Black and Gold Welcome: VCU Volunteers Cheer Carver Students into a New School Year
As students arrived at George Washington Carver Elementary School for the first day of classes, they were greeted by VCU students, faculty, staff and community partners cheering them on. The celebration was a visible reminder of a relationship between VCU and Carver that extends well beyond the first day of school. For VCU Senior Manager […]