Actions speak louder than words
No justice, no peace: four words that make a statement against the inconsistency of the system. Last week, Black students of VCU commanded respect and tremendous attention when they demanded answers and action from VCU President Michael Rao on issues of true diversity and minority inclusion. The news spread like wildfire across all forums […]
President’s diversity forum overflows Salons
Students, faculty and staff overflowed Richmond Salons 3 and 4 in the Student Commons on Wednesday, during the president’s hour-long diversity forum. President Michael Rao and a group of collective black students, Black VCU Speaks, opened the discussion by sharing remarks. “It’s clear that diversity at VCU does not include Blackness,” said junior Angelique Scott in […]
Administration responds to Black VCU Speaks
A typed manuscript, a functional blueprint for the purposes and precedents this university should serve, is in some ways an eerie call to action from inside the James Cabell Branch Library’s Special Collections and Archives. “A university is a living, evolving institution which must continually review its role if it is to serve effectively the […]
SAT scores no longer considered in VCU acceptance
A press release sent out on Tuesday following President Rao’s State of the University Address revealed that, beginning in the Fall 2015 semester, students seeking admission to the University with a GPA above 3.3 will not be required to submit SAT scores.
VCU announces new provost, begins in March
Virginia Commonwealth University announced Gail Hackett as the new provost and vice president of academic affairs today in an email sent by university President Michael Rao.
Va. legislators ease cuts to VCU, education budgets
Earlier this month governor McAuliffe announced budget reductions that will directly affect Virginia higher education. At the VCU Board of Visitors meeting last week President Rao said the losses won’t be as significant as originally expected.
VCU adjusts compliance efforts with Title IX
Amidst increased public scrutiny of institutional, state and federal compliance with Title IX, the 1972 federal law forbidding sexual discrimination on college campuses, VCU president Michael Rao mandated in an email to the VCU community last Thursday that students must now complete an online training course focusing on sexual violence, bystander intervention and risk reduction strategies.
Rao looks across the ocean for “out-of-state” tuition
The international higher education community, especially China, has potentially offered VCU the alternative revenue streams the university has been searching for.
Campus sexual assaults garner national attention
Federal investigation of sexual assaults on college campuses has garnered attention nationwide in recent months, and four Virginia schools are under scrutiny.
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.