President’s Posts

Michael Rao, Ph.D.

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VCU SGA: Spring update 2018

The Student Government Association has accomplished a lot during the fall semester. We look forward to continuing our success with addressing your concerns and establishing new projects.

Honoring and thanking our veterans

As our nation celebrates Veterans Day — honoring the brave service members who fought for the freedoms we all enjoy — I am especially grateful to those members of the VCU community who are veterans of our armed forces. They are part of what makes VCU a 21st century university and a truly great place […]

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 […]

Opportunities to promote inclusion from the classroom to the conference room

The VCU community has called for the continued development of courses, classroom learning experiences and professional development opportunities that are inclusive and engage across disciplinary, unit and area boundaries.

Celebrating the Class of 2017

This morning nearly 5,000 students graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University. As graduates of one of America’s premier research universities, our alumni have been challenged and changed by their experience at VCU. I am proud of each and every one of them and know they have a promising future awaiting them. I also know that our […]

Honoring our veterans

Today, we honor and thank veterans for their dedication and service to our country. Virginia Commonwealth University is and always will be committed to educating and serving those who make our existence as a community possible.  We are able to do this thanks to the generations of veterans that have given us a society where […]

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