Office of the Provost

Dear Faculty, As we begin the new year we are focused on advancing the university’s culture of care for our faculty. Accordingly, VCU will participate in the COACHE Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey, administered by the Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education at Harvard University in the spring 2025 semester.  Your participation is vital, and […]

Dear Colleagues, As VCU enrollment continues to increase, as the university sets new records for funded research, and as our national rankings continue to rise, our faculty personify our mission to advance knowledge and help students succeed. In order to draw attention to some of your outstanding work, I am honored to issue a call […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, I wanted to update you on an ongoing process that touches every school and college across VCU: our review of academic program productivity. Program productivity involves regular annual assessments of all programs to evaluate their health based on a set of common metrics. The components of productivity include defining […]

Dear Colleagues: I am very proud to announce and congratulate the 2024 class of the National/International Recognition Award (NIRA) scholars. These colleagues represent the best of the best, personifying the uncommon excellence across VCU. This annual award was created in partnership with the senior vice president for health sciences, Dr. Marlon Levy, to honor VCU […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, I often say that there’s never been a better time to be part of VCU, as we continue our ascent and establish ourselves as an institution that matters for the future. The latest rankings released by the U.S. News & World Report affirm this, moving VCU up seven spots […]

Fotis Sotiropoulos, Ph.D., VCU’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, and Srirama Rao, Ph.D., VCU’s vice president for research and innovation, announced today that the VCU Rice Rivers Center is being repositioned to serve as a resource to the entire university. The idea for the change was among the final recommendations of the […]

Dear VCU faculty: Thank you for all that you do to help students and advance VCU’s academic mission. Evidence of your accomplishments can be seen across the university: increased student enrollment, rising national rankings, and growing sponsored research. I appreciate your commitment to teaching and fostering critical thinking among our diverse students. I also recognize […]

Message from the Provost Dear Colleagues, As we begin a new academic year, some information from the 2023 Faculty Data report is encouraging: A lot of work remains, however, when it comes to attracting and retaining a diverse community of highly-qualified faculty members. For example, we know that we must retain more VCU faculty members […]

Dear VCU Faculty, Welcome to the fall 2024 semester! We are writing to share and reiterate information as you start a new semester. Below are the top 9 points that faculty need to know before classes begin.  1. Faculty are expected to teach their course(s) in the modality originally scheduled. Details on these guidelines can […]

Dear VCU Faculty and Staff: This month marked the third anniversary of my appointment as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at VCU. Thanks to you, these past three years have been the most exciting and rewarding of my career. Yet, I promise you that our best days are yet to come. Together, […]