Happy holidays
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USvgsHhll_Q&w=560&h=315] Another year goes by, and looking back to see where the time went, I realize that it does not pass in weeks and months, classes and lectures, meetings and seminars. It is shared in random acts of kindness. A friendly gesture. An inspiring word. A helping hand. Little things that happen countless times […]
VP health sciences and VCUHS CEO transition plan
Since the announcement of Dr. Sheldon Retchin’s move to The Ohio State University, I have actively engaged colleagues and leadership across the university, in particular the health sciences schools, as well as the VCU Health System in developing the most effective transition plan. In establishing this plan, I have focused on ensuring that the strength […]
Our graduates inspire us
Today is one of the greatest days in the life of our university and our people: the day on which we honor our graduating students. This semester, more than 2,500 students will earn their degrees from VCU, and I could not be prouder of every one of them. They are not earning a degree from […]
Every moment matters
When we created our Quest for Distinction strategic plan in 2011, we stated emphatically that Virginia Commonwealth University would become a nationally known premier urban, public research university. We are midway on this six-year journey. We have stayed course on our Quest together, as one university, focused on the successes of our people and committed […]
VCU community and national challenges around race and diversity
Recent events in Ferguson, Staten Island, Cleveland and elsewhere remind us that diversity and race relations continue to be critically important issues within our national context. What we have witnessed around the nation in recent weeks is deeply troubling. At Virginia Commonwealth University, we have very clearly and repeatedly reaffirmed our uncompromising commitment to diversity […]
Continued commitment to inclusive excellence
Diversity is an important core value at VCU and one of our core assets. It is one of our strongest distinctions as a major public research university. Many of our students select VCU, in part, because of the richness of our student diversity and the inclusive living-learning campus climate we work to create and develop. […]