Office of the Provost

Message from the Provost Thank you for an amazing academic year! I often say that great universities don’t simply fall from the sky. They are built intentionally – one decision, one student, and one discovery at a time. And they are built through the tremendous work of incredible faculty and staff members. As we prepare […]

Message from the Provost Dear VCU faculty and staff: You are inspiring! I cannot count the number of deep and meaningful conversations I have enjoyed with you, and our colleagues, since I launched the One VCU Academic Repositioning Task Force in the spring of 2023. We’ve talked about broad societal changes that are reshaping our […]

Message from the Provost SACSCOC ReaccreditationThis week we host SACSCOC evaluators as part of the university’s ten-year reaccreditation process. This intense and multifaceted effort began a few years ago and I’m grateful to the many faculty and staff members who placed VCU in such a strong position to go through this examination. That’s especially true […]

Message from the Provost In less than a month, VCU will host peer evaluators from SACSCOC who will review the efforts made on behalf of the university to earn its decennial reaccreditation. While the process began long before, it moved into high gear last April with the development of a Compliance Certification followed by a […]

Message from the Provost We seek your thoughts, reactions, and ideas on what’s needed for VCU’s academic future. Six months ago, we created the One VCU Academic Repositioning Task Force to examine the university’s academic enterprise and recommend ways that it can be more exciting academically, more efficient financially, and increasingly relevant in preparing our […]

Message from the Provost I begin this month’s academic report with a salute to some of VCU’s finest professors – the people whose work resides at the leading edge of the impressive and growing results I highlighted in last month’s academic report. VCU is making a strong bid to attract and even more top students […]

As shared with the VCU Faculty Senate on October 3, 2023. Message from the Provost At the beginning of the academic year, I shared a message that articulated the progress being made across our campuses in pursuit of VCU’s strategic plan, Quest 2028. Just over a month into the year, we’re already seeing some results […]