The pros and cons of on-campus housing
The price for on-campus housing at VCU is more directly influenced by the number of suitemates or roommates you have than by which building you live in or what kind of amenities are provided.
Summer courses offer wide variety of options
Registration for summer classes is under way, but with some of the sessions as short as three weeks, can students really retain a semester’s worth of education in a fraction of the time?
VCU student reflects on spring break in Ukraine
Michael Melkonian Contributing Writer During the political uprising in Ukraine, and just before the Crimean referendum to secede and join Russia, a VCU student spent spring break visiting her family in the troubled nation. Valentyna Yashchuk, a senior who was born in Ukraine but moved to Virginia Beach in 2005, spent the week with her […]
Board to review president Rao’s performance this month
VCU president Michael Rao will receive a professional development review by the VCU Board of Visitors during the week of April 21.
Calls to alumni raise more than $1 million
Student workers at the Gold Line Call Center have helped raise more than $1 million since the center opened in 2012.
Amid civil unrest, student to return home to Ukraine
Despite protests, riots and political strife engulfing her home country, VCU senior Valentyna Yashchuk has decided to spend her spring break visiting her family in Ukraine.
University lobbies for Medicaid expansion
The VCU and University of Virginia Health Systems could lose a combined $386 million in federal aid between 2017 and 2022 if Virginia legislators don’t expand Medicaid or create a private insurance program in accordance with President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.
Sanger Hall damages total $6 million
The flooding of the third-level basement of Sanger Hall late last year resulted in about $6 million in damages, but because Virginia public institutions are self-insured for damages up to $4 million, VCU’s private insurance company will foot the remainder of the bill.
Faculty Senate presses Rao for higher salaries, more space
The VCU Faculty Senate at its February meeting made its needs clear to VCU president Michael Rao: They want higher salaries, adequate department space, more tenured professors and greater faculty diversity.
Duo developing campus accessibility app
A VCU staff member and graduate student are teaming up to create a smartphone app that would allow students, faculty and staff with disabilities to check the accessibility of buildings, parking decks and roads in and around campus.