President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

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VCU Qatar update

The situation continues to unfold in Qatar as six Persian Gulf countries have broken diplomatic ties with Qatar. While we are not sure of the extent of the impact, our colleagues at VCU Qatar are safe and secure.

Leaders around the world

  In 1998, Virginia Commonwealth University became the first university to open a campus at Education City in Doha, Qatar. In the nearly two decades since, eight universities from around the world have followed our lead, and higher education in the Middle East has been forever transformed. Today, we celebrate the 15th graduating class of […]

Making it real in Qatar

Greetings from Doha, Qatar, where I am participating in commencement exercises at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar. It’s hard to believe that this is our 13th graduating class in Qatar. I am so proud of our students here and the wonderful legacy they are helping to create — a legacy that is both historic and […]