President’s Posts

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.

As an internationally renowned research university, we will make a global impact through Make it Real.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEHQZWnsylk&w=560&h=315] Welcome back to what promises to be an extraordinary spring semester at Virginia Commonwealth University. There is much to look forward to in the coming weeks and months, including the grand opening of two significant and signature new facilities on our campuses, and the advanced planning of a third. I also look forward […]

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSl3CMqZiE&w=560&h=315]   Welcome to another extraordinary year at Virginia Commonwealth University. It will be extraordinary because of the faculty, staff and students who continue to advance our mission as a new kind of 21st-century American research university that is dedicated to changing the world. The world will certainly be on our minds this year, […]

I am pleased that, after a months-long national search, Dr. Marsha D. Rappley has been appointed vice president for health sciences and CEO of the VCU Health System. Marsha, whose appointment begins in August, is a significant addition to our VCU community. She is a game-changer for an institution that is rising quickly and is […]

Since 2011, when we launched the Quest for Distinction strategic plan, Virginia Commonwealth University has been on a journey to become one of the nation’s premier urban, public research universities. Thanks to the talent and vision of you — our dedicated faculty and staff — and the philanthropic support of our alumni and friends, we […]