April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month
As we honor Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in April at VCU and across the country, we urge our community to continue to reflect on how to eliminate violence and increase healthy interactions in our relationships and communities.
VCU budget update
March 21, 2019 Dear VCU community, Today, the Board of Visitors received the university’s proposed budget for 2019-2020, including recommendations for student tuition and fees and employee compensation for the coming academic year. As part of this proposed budget, I have recommended to the Board the following: No increase to tuition for 2019-2020 for undergraduate […]
A safe and welcoming environment for all people
We offer our deepest and heartfelt condolences to those impacted; and our strongest reassurance to all that VCU will continue to be a safe and welcoming environment.
Planned demonstration near campus
Dear VCU community, We recently learned that on March 11 members of the Westboro Baptist Church will protest against diversity and inclusion–two values to which we are strongly committed. We understand their gathering will be very small (about 6-8 people), will last about 30 minutes, and will be conducted on city property adjacent to our […]
Call for nominations: 2019 PACME Awards
To the VCU and VCU Health System Communities: Virginia Commonwealth University proudly champions diversity and inclusion as a core value, and engages in initiatives that create and nurture a dynamic and inclusive learning environment in which individuals of differing cultural backgrounds, identities, abilities and life experiences are embraced, engaged and empowered to drive excellence and […]
A Nationally Prominent VCU
This is a particularly exciting time at Virginia Commonwealth University because we’re celebrating significant milestones from our past as we chart strategic stepping stones for our future. When this institution began in 1838, no one could have imagined the enormous impact we’d make in 2019.