Rao weighs faculty needs with university goals

Salaries, adequate work spaces, faculty diversity and a need for more tenured and tenure-track professors were named as requests of the Faculty Senate during a meeting with VCU president Michael Rao on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

Overnight assault on campus

Liz Butterfield Online News Editor VCU alerted students this morning to an aggravated assault on campus that happened overnight. Two victims reported the incident on the 1100 block of Grove Ave. to the VCU Police Department at approximately 1:50 a.m. on Saturday. Students received the alert via email around 3:20 a.m. This is the first […]

New price tag on graduation for seniors

Graduating seniors and other students were surprised to learn the cost to graduate will be going up slightly this spring. Students received an email Wednesday, Jan. 15 that the VCU would no longer be providing students with commencement regalia, including a cap and gown, free of charge.

Commons undergoes $481,000 facelift

Returning students may have noticed some changes around the University Student Commons this week. The Commons underwent an estimated $481,000 renovation during the winter break.

VCU provost leaving for Kent State presidency

Within weeks of another senior administrator’s departure, VCU announced on Jan. 8 that its provost and chief academic officer Beverly Warren, Ph. D., will leave the university after this semester to become president of Kent State University, in Kent, Ohio.

Wanted man seen on MCV campus

VCU Police are offering a maximum $500 reward for information that may lead to the arrest of a wanted man for multiple vehicle thefts and thefts from businesses near VCU, according to VCU PD.