Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond,Virginia. VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College,becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854. In 1968,the Virginia General Assembly merged MCV with the Richmond Professional Institute,founded in 1917,to create Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2022,more than 28,000 students pursued 217 degree and certificate programs through VCU's 11 schools and three colleges. The VCU Health System supports health care education,research,and patient care. It was the only school in the South to have graduated a class every year during the American Civil War.
Lawrence Douglas Wilder is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 66th governor of Virginia from 1990 to 1994. He was the first African American to serve as governor of a U.S. state since the Reconstruction era,and the first African American ever elected as governor. He is currently a professor at the namesake Wilder School at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Edward Arthur Grier is the dean of the Santa Clara University Leavey School of Business. Before coming to SCU,he was the dean at VCU,and before that he was an executive at The Walt Disney Company.
Eugene P. Trani is a historian,educator,academic administrator,and fourth president of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond,Virginia,serving as president from 1990 - 2009.
The VCU Rams men's basketball team is the intercollegiate men's basketball team that represents Virginia Commonwealth University. The Rams joined the Atlantic 10 Conference in the 2012–13 season after previously competing in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). In 2017,VCU was ranked the 40th most valuable men's basketball program in the country by The Wall Street Journal. With a valuation of $56.9 million,VCU ranked second in the Commonwealth of Virginia,and second in the A-10 Conference. The team is coached by Ryan Odom.
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine is the medical school of Virginia Commonwealth University,a public research university in Richmond,Virginia. It is the largest and oldest continuously operating medical school in Virginia. The school traces its beginnings to the 1838 opening of the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College,which in 1854 became an independent institution known as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). In 1968,MCV joined with the Richmond Professional Institute to form Virginia Commonwealth University. The School of Medicine is one of six schools on VCU's MCV Campus,which includes the VCU Medical Center and Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU.
The VCU Medical Center,formerly known as the Medical College of Virginia (MCV),is the medical campus of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU),located in downtown Richmond,Virginia,United States. As MCV,VCU Medical Center merged with the Richmond Professional Institute in 1968 to create VCU. In the 1990s,the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals Authority was created to oversee MCV Hospitals. In 2004,the name of this authority was changed to the VCU Health System,and the MCV Hospitals and surrounding campus were named the VCU Medical Center. The authority oversees the employees and real estate occupied by the five schools within the VCU Medical Center. It was at this time that the MCV Campus moniker was created.
The VA Bio+Tech Park is a 34-acre commercial life sciences hub in downtown Richmond,Virginia adjacent to the VCU Medical Center at Virginia Commonwealth University. The park was incorporated in 1992 and opened in 1995. It houses nearly 70 public and private life sciences companies,research institutes affiliated with VCU,and prominent state and national medical laboratories. Residents include the national headquarters for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS),the Virginia Department of Forensic Science,the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner,and True Health Diagnostics. The park's largest tenant is Richmond-based Altria Group,Inc.,which opened the metal-clad,450,000-square-foot,$350 million Center for Research &Technology on the site in 2007. The heavily secured complex employs 600 scientists,engineers and support staff.
Institute for Contemporary Art at VCU in Richmond,also known as the VCU Institute for Contemporary Art at the Markel Center,is an arts center at Virginia Commonwealth University,Richmond,Virginia. It was designed by architecture firm Steven Holl Architects,and built by Gilbane Building Company. Steven Holl Architects was selected from 64 competing architectural firms worldwide,along with local architect,BCWH Architects. Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao,in announcing plans for the ICA in 2011,said that the prominence of the museum's location,"bordering the city's Arts District and in the Broad Street Corridor which links the VCU Monroe Park Campus with VCU's Medical Center" would have symbolic significance. The ICA opened to the public in April,2018.
Ana Ines Barragan King is the founder of the Latin Ballet of Virginia. She is a professional dancer and choreographer. King was a 2016 honoree of Virginia Women in History.
Todd Patterson Haymore is an American civil servant who served as Virginia Secretary of Commerce and Trade in the administration of Governor Terry McAuliffe. He previously served as the Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry under Governor Bob McDonnell and Terry McAuliffe. Prior to these two posts,he served in then-Governor Tim Kaine's administration in the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Grace E. Harris.,was an administrator from Virginia Commonwealth University.
The 2017–18 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams were led by Mike Rhoades in his first season as head coach at VCU. The Rams played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond,Virginia as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts is a public non-profit art and design school in Richmond,Virginia. One of many degree-offering schools at VCU,the School of the Arts comprises 18 bachelor's degree programs and six master's degree programs. Its satellite campus in Doha,Qatar,VCUarts Qatar,offers five bachelor's degrees and one master's degree. It was the first off-site campus to open in Education City by an American university.
The 2018–19 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rams were led by Mike Rhoades in his second season as head coach at VCU. The Rams played their home games at Stuart C. Siegel Center in Richmond,Virginia as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 25-8,16-2 in A-10 Play to finish in 1st place. In the quarterfinals of the A-10 tournament,they were upset by Rhode Island. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they lost in the first round to UCF.
The VCUarts adjunct workers' protests were a series of protests in late 2017 into early 2018 by adjunct professors employed by Virginia Commonwealth University,VCU full-time,tenured professors,and VCU students protesting over low pay,lack of benefits,and long working hours.
Rodney Alexander Robinson is an American educator. After teaching for over a decade in middle and high schools in Richmond,Virginia,he became a social studies and history teacher for grades 6 through 12 at the Virgie Binford Education Center,located inside the Richmond Juvenile Detention Center. He was named Virginia Teacher of the Year in 2018 and National Teacher of the Year in 2019.
Makola M. Abdullah is the 14th president of Virginia State University (VSU). Prior to his appointment as president of Virginia State University,Abdullah served as provost and senior vice president at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach,Fla. (2013-2016),provost and vice president for academic affairs at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens,Fla. (2011-2013),and dean and director of 1890 land grant programs at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University in Tallahassee,Fla (2008-2011).
Eppa Hunton IV was an American lawyer. A native of Richmond,Virginia,he graduated from the University of Virginia and its law school before returning to his hometown,where,excepting his overseas military service in World War II,he resided the remainder of his life. The only son of Eppa Hunton Jr.,in 1927 he joined the firm his father co-founded—Hunton,Williams,Anderson &Gay —and practiced corporate law,eventually becoming a senior partner.
Warren William Brandt was an American academic. He was the first president of Virginia Commonwealth University,serving from 1969 to 1974,and the eleventh president of Southern Illinois University Carbondale,from 1974 to 1979.
