President’s Posts

To the VCU and VCU Health Communities,    Safety is a core value at Virginia Commonwealth University and we all play a role in keeping our campuses safe.   With the return of more than 50,000 students, faculty and staff, the VCU Police Department is prepared to maintain a safe living, learning and working environment […]

Dear VCU community, A warm welcome to the start of a semester filled with milestones, history and progress. This fall, we welcome more than 8,000 new students to Virginia Commonwealth University, including 4,600 first-year students, the largest class in our history. In addition, the first-year class is minority majority at 55%. In all, 31,000 students […]

Nearly 4,700 professional, graduate and undergraduate degrees were awarded to more than 4,300 graduates. It was an honor to celebrate such a momentous event with new alumni, their families, friends and loved ones. The VCU community is magnificent. Below, is the address I delivered to those gathered.   To this year’s graduates, families and loved […]

Virginia Commonwealth University is a nationally premier research university composed of nationally premier academic, research, and clinical units. Two of our units are now celebrating a big change that elevates them even more—they are becoming colleges. What had been our School of Engineering since 1996 is now, very proudly, the VCU College of Engineering. It […]

To the VCU Community: Virginia Commonwealth University proudly champions diversity as a core value, and engages in initiatives that create and nurture a dynamic and inclusive learning environment in which individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds are welcomed, valued, and supported. I am pleased to request nominations for the 2018 Presidential Awards […]

In recent weeks, we have watched in the national news with anguish and outrage as brave survivors have recounted in court heinous acts of sexual assault by a doctor entrusted to heal them, who instead used his position to inflict irreparable harm. As we look to our own VCU community, let me be crystal clear about our commitments. We will listen to and support people impacted by sexual abuse, assault, harassment, and other forms of discrimination. We will address any concern brought forward with respect and dignity.