Our graduates inspire us
Today is one of the greatest days in the life of our university and our people: the day on which we honor our graduating students. This semester, more than 2,500 students will earn their degrees from VCU, and I could not be prouder of every one of them. They are not earning a degree from […]
Every moment matters
When we created our Quest for Distinction strategic plan in 2011, we stated emphatically that Virginia Commonwealth University would become a nationally known premier urban, public research university. We are midway on this six-year journey. We have stayed course on our Quest together, as one university, focused on the successes of our people and committed […]
Continued commitment to inclusive excellence
Diversity is an important core value at VCU and one of our core assets. It is one of our strongest distinctions as a major public research university. Many of our students select VCU, in part, because of the richness of our student diversity and the inclusive living-learning campus climate we work to create and develop. […]
Pharmacy program wins national community engagement award
Last week, I had the pleasure of meeting with a small group of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy faculty colleagues who are involved in a special community engagement project. Their project is now known to the nation. Last spring, pharmacy faculty members Donald Brophy, Tish Moczygemba, Kelechi Ogbonna, Brigitte Sicat and Sallie Mayer won […]
A focus on student debt
Across the nation, public universities such as VCU face more competition for fewer resources. Though The Great Recession has officially ended, 48 states are still spending less per student on public higher education than they did before the recession began in 2008. Only 10 states increased funding for higher education last year compared to 2012, […]
A truly international research university
A few weeks ago, I had the profound honor of representing Virginia Commonwealth University in China, a trip focused on creating and strengthening strategic partnerships with the leading universities in the world’s most populated nation. VCU has several important partners around the globe, including notably at Fudan University in Shanghai, with which we have collaborated […]
