President’s Posts

May 10, 2019 Dear VCU community, At its meeting today, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Board of Visitors approved a $1.3 billion operating budget for the university. The budget prioritizes our commitment to access and excellence by including no increase to base tuition or to education and general (E&G) mandatory fees for undergraduate students for the 2019-2020 […]

As we honor Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) in April at VCU and across the country, we urge our community to continue to reflect on how to eliminate violence and increase healthy interactions in our relationships and communities.

Dear VCU community, We recently learned that on March 11 members of the Westboro Baptist Church will protest against diversity and inclusion–two values to which we are strongly committed. We understand their gathering will be very small (about 6-8 people), will last about 30 minutes, and will be conducted on city property adjacent to our […]

As VCU’s president, I am committed that our university will be a national benchmark for how we treat each other and how we embody our core values, including in ways governed by the federal legislation known as Title IX. To underscore the importance of Title IX, VCU will be featuring “Nine Days of Title IX” […]

To the VCU and VCU Health System Communities: Virginia Commonwealth University proudly champions diversity and inclusion as a core value, and engages in initiatives that create and nurture a dynamic and inclusive learning environment in which individuals of differing cultural backgrounds, identities, abilities and life experiences are embraced, engaged and empowered to drive excellence and […]

This is a particularly exciting time at Virginia Commonwealth University because we’re celebrating significant milestones from our past as we chart strategic stepping stones for our future. When this institution began in 1838, no one could have imagined the enormous impact we’d make in 2019.