Friends of VCU Libraries Board welcomes new member Olin Kolar, ’24
The Friends of VCU Libraries Board welcomes new members with terms beginning July 1. Over the summer each new board member will be featured on the blog. Olin Kolar is a 2024 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University with a B.S. in Finance. He currently works in downtown Richmond as an Analyst at Jefferies, supporting the […]
Student design contest — still time to enter!
The Friends of VCU Libraries invite students and recent alumni (2020 – 2024) to submit designs for use on VCU Libraries T-shirt and other promotional materials. Deadline for submission is March 16. The prize is $500. Judging criteria will include: The contest is open to all students– full or part-time, undergraduate or graduate level–and alumni […]
Tom Robbins (1932-2025): An imaginative life
A creative soul of VCU is gone. Tom Robbins, icon, iconoclast, a man of imagination and a VCU alumnus, died yesterday. He was 92 but seemed forever young. People magazine had once described Robbins as “the perennial flower child and wild blooming Peter Pan of American letters,” who “dips history’s pigtails in weird ink and […]
VCU’s history new feature on Instagram
“Headlines in VCU History” is a new feature to VCU Libraries social media platforms. The series of posts, prepared by University Archivist Ruth Cody, highlights a moment in VCU’s past. January’s posts showcased a 1970 snowstorm, the 2002 Hibbs fire, the women’s basketball team 2019 rankings and the 2007 opening of the Hunton Student Center […]
VCU Libraries T-shirts available for order now!
T-shirts featuring the award-winning design from the 2024 Friends of the Library design contest are available to order through September 21! Order link is here. Designed by student Tess Versprille, the shirts will be sold for a limited amount of time so order early. Proceeds benefit the VCU Libraries.
Communication arts student wins 2024 Friends design contest
Tess Versprille is the winner of the fifth annual Friends of VCU Libraries Design Contest, which accepted submissions from current students and recent alumni. Versprille, a rising sophomore communication arts major, received a $500 prize. The design will be used on T-shirts sold to support VCU Libraries. “This artwork beautifully illustrates how engaging with the library […]
Thank you, Giving Day donors!
Virginia Commonwealth University’s third annual Giving Day on April 24 united the VCU community in support of more than 70 initiatives across both campuses. By the end of the day, 5,313 VCU friends from around the world made 5,286 gifts and raised more than $16.8 million. “Giving Day is just one of the many ways […]
Where are they now? IBe’ Bulinda Hereford Crawley (B.A’ 81; M.Ed’88)
In the summer of 1976, IBe’ Bulinda Hereford Crawley (B.A’ 81; M.Ed’88) arrived at VCU from Danville, Va., a mill town in south-central Virginia along the North Carolina border. The profound impact of growing up during the Civil Rights movement, coupled with the influential role her family and the women in her community played in […]
Back to the Stacks 2024: Join us for the VCU Libraries Student Worker Reunion May 4
Save the date of Saturday, May 4, 2024 for the third annual VCU Libraries Student Worker Reunion! Last year’s event included student workers from the 1970’s to 2019. Student workers from both James Branch Cabell Library and the Health Sciences Library (formerly the Tompkins McCaw Library) are encouraged to attend. The event is from 11:30 […]
Where are they now? Catching up with Library Student Workers Carolyn Duckworth and Jeff Wagner
Carolyn Duckworth (BFA ’76/Arts) and Jeff Wagner (BFA ‘77/Arts) met as undergrads in the 1970s on VCU’s Monroe Park Campus and formed a lifelong friendship. Following in the footsteps of older sister, Susie Duckworth (BFA ‘71/Arts), Carolyn came to VCU from Northern Virginia in the summer of 1973. Her first summer here was spent in […]
