President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

Category results for: Quest for Distinction

FY 2019 Budget Update

This budget, while conservative, is appropriate and necessary to operate as a national “R-1” public research university and Virginia Tier 3 institution and in support of our priorities and our public mission.

State of the University 2018: Our public university will serve the public good

As is tradition, we gather in the new year to reflect on the state of our university. This is a year brimming with history and hope. First…our history. This institution began 180 years ago with a deep commitment to the social good. And when we came together under the “VCU” name 50 years ago, in […]

Our limitless possibility

Dear VCU Community:   Fifty years ago, the Wayne Commission report set into motion the establishment of what we now call Virginia Commonwealth University. We remain faithful to the commission’s charge of being a university that “concentrates on meeting the needs of an urban population living and working in an urban environment.” I am proud […]

Call for Nominations for President’s Awards for Professional and Administrative Distinction

Our incredible success is a credit to many people, including my talented and dedicated colleagues among the staff and administrative and professional (A&P) faculty.

VCU Health Strategic Master Facility Update

Dear University and VCU Health Colleagues, We are pleased to inform you that the VCU Health System Authority Board of Directors approved the next phase of the Strategic Master Facility Plan. The plan will help us realize our Vision by Design for VCU Health to be among the premier academic health systems in the nation. The […]

Celebrating LGBTQIA+ Pride Month

Forty-eight years ago, riots at the Stonewall Inn in New York began what many consider the modern LGBTQIA+ rights movement in the United States. To memorialize, June has been regarded as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month and is marked with festivals, parades and other events. This Pride Month, I am proud to recognize […]

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