President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

Category results for: October 2014

Free-standing children’s hospital update

Yesterday, it was announced that the VCU Health System, VCU and Bon Secours have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Virginia Children’s Hospital Alliance to begin negotiations toward an independent, free-standing children’s hospital in the Richmond region. The MOU recognizes the primacy of VCU and the VCU Health System as managing partners of […]

Exercise your right to vote

At Virginia Commonwealth University, we — our faculty, staff and students — are partners in our community and leaders in our nation. Part of the responsibility of being fully engaged in your community means exercising one of your most important rights as Americans: voting. On Nov. 4, our commonwealth will hold an important election, including […]

Same-sex spousal benefits and non-discrimination policy

With the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision yesterday to effectively allow same sex marriages to be legally recognized, Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System will move as quickly as possible to evaluate the benefits currently offered to eligible spouses so that we may also provide a similar package to same-sex spouses. The governor […]

VCU Qatar Day 2014

Did you see the camel on campus yesterday? That’s right. Tully made her appearance in the Commons Plaza as part of Virginia Commonwealth University’s fifth annual Qatar Day. This festive day, sponsored and organized by the VCU Student Government Association, transforms the plaza into a microcosm of our sister campus in Doha, Qatar. Twenty-four VCUQatar […]

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