President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

Category results for: December 2016

Holiday reflection

It’s hard to believe that another year is coming to a close. As we in the VCU community prepare for the end of the year, I can’t help but pause and reflect what makes this university so great: you. Together, we are a strong community of educators, scholars, creators, and healers and I couldn’t be […]

University Budget Redesign

On Friday, we shared with the Board of Visitors our university budget redesign process and timeline. This initiative will transform our planning and budgeting process to accelerate our progress as a 21st-century public research university.

Celebrating our remarkable graduates

Today, we celebrate the graduation of more than 2,200 people from Virginia Commonwealth University. It is truly a great day for our newly minted alumni, their family and friends. I couldn’t be more proud or encouraged by them — they are brilliant, engaged, and diverse — and the world is great need of them. As […]