Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was featured in an article by The Washington Post on Nov. 26, 2021. The article details challenges faced by Virginia universities in renaming campus landmarks and promoting diversity.

The Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success (IES) named Cleopatra “Cleo”  Magwaro and Camille Burnett to associate vice president positions in 2021. Magwaro and Burnett began their posts this year, following competitive national searches. Magwaro is the associate vice president for institutional equity and serves as the lead and primary representative of Equity and […]

Originally posted on the president’s blog on March 17, 2021 Dear students, faculty, staff and team members, All of us at VCU are outraged by the most recent attacks targeting Asian Americans across our country, the latest in Atlanta, Ga. While investigations into the shootings are still ongoing, we are troubled by the marked increase […]

Virginia Commonwealth University is proud to announce the Call Me By My Name Initiative. The first stage of this initiative guarantees the opportunity for everyone at VCU to be their most authentic selves. It honors individuals’ right to use names other than their legal name, to identify with the gender they know themselves to be […]

Cleopatra Magwaro, LL.B, LL.M., associate vice president for institutional equity, has been named interim title IX coordinator and will serve in this role until the search for a new coordinator is complete. The physical office for filing complaints has moved to 912 W. Grace Street, Box 842549, Richmond, VA 23284. The phone number is (804) […]

IES welcomes its newest colleagues, Cleopatra Magwaro, LL.B., LL.M., vice president for institutional equity and Virginia Palencia, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow. After a rigorous search, Magwaro was named associate vice president, Institutional Equity. Magwaro will provide leadership in civil rights and compliance related areas, including Title IX, Accessibility and ADA Services, Equal Equity Opportunity, and Equity, and Data and Case […]

A new eLearning module on Psychological Readiness and Return to Campus developed by VCU’s Office of Institutional Equity, Effectiveness and Success (IES), in partnership with Human Resources’ Office of Learning, Development & Organizational Culture, will be released in Talent@VCU on June 22, 2020. This course endeavors to help each of us to become more self-aware and better prepared for […]

Dr. Nasim, in a Friday morning web conference call, shares his thoughts on COVID-19 and its disproportionate impacts to underrepresented minority communities, Black Lives Matter and what his office has been doing to advance diversity and equity at VCU. Read his full statement.

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has been selected to receive the 2019 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award, with special distinction as a Diversity Champion, from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine.  As a recipient of the annual HEED Award, a national honor recognizing U.S. colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout their […]

The Division for Inclusive Excellence confers the award to administrative and academic units that achieve distinction in cultivating a diverse and inclusive environment for its faculty and staff. Twenty-five major divisions and offices, colleges and schools are assessed on a biennial basis using assessment and performance data collected from multiple university sources and compiled in […]