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Clinton R. Hayes, incoming president of Southwest Virginia Community College. Photo courtesy Virginia Community College System
May 23, 2025

Southwest Virginia Community College president appointed

Clinton R. Hayes, provost of Kentucky's Somerset Community College, will be the next president of Southwest Virginia Community College, the state's community college system announced this week.

In this photo provided by the U.S. Navy, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Garion Pequeno reunites with his family after departing the USS Cole on Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, at Naval station Norfolk after a deployment. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mark Peña/U.S. Navy via AP)
May 21, 2025

Let us honor Virginia’s military through educational opportunities

Today, we write to call on our leaders to continue investing in pathways that serve military families, keep them in Virginia, and strengthen Virginia’s economic future. The Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program — or VMSDEP — provides in-state tuition waivers to the spouses and children of service members who were disabled or killed in the line of duty.

Laura Treanor will be the fifth president of Virginia Western Community College. Photo courtesy Virginia Community College System
May 20, 2025

Virginia Western Community College president named

Laura Treanor will lead Virginia Western Community College starting July 1, succeeding longtime president Robert Sandel after a nationwide search.

Virginia Tech’s president defends NIH research funding
May 2, 2025

Virginia Tech’s president defends NIH research funding

President Sands warns NIH cuts will harm research, national security, and Virginia Tech’s future as Trump-era policies challenge higher education.

Mary Baldwin University President Jeff Stein. Photo courtesy MBU
May 1, 2025

Getting full value out of college from day one

Mary Baldwin University's president writes in an op-ed that for too long, the traditional college model has delayed the real payoff — deferring meaningful mentorship, skills-building and career direction until a student’s final semesters.

William & Mary earns coveted R1 research status
Apr 30, 2025

William & Mary earns coveted R1 research status

William & Mary achieved R1 status, joining Virginia’s top research universities. Learn how this historic school expanded research and doctoral programs.

University of Virginia Rotunda. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Apr 30, 2025

DOJ demands University of Virginia prove it’s dismantling DEI

The University of Virginia's president received a letter from the U.S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division calling for the university to produce audio and video from a closed session of its board of visitors last month, as well as show evidence that every division of the university and its health system has dissolved and dismantled its diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

A rendering of ODU's planned. Biological Sciences building. Image Courtesy VMDO | Ballinger.
Apr 29, 2025

ODU breaks ground on $184M biosciences building

Old Dominion University on Monday broke ground on its biggest capital construction project ever — a five-story 162,586 square-foot biological sciences building.

Kimmy Duong. Photo courtesy George Mason University
Apr 25, 2025

McLean business leader’s foundation gives $20M to George Mason University

Kimmy Duong donates $20M to George Mason University, funding scholarships and naming the Long Nguyen and Kimmy Duong School of Computing.

Thomas H. Powell, incoming Averett University president. Photo courtesy Averett University
Apr 25, 2025

Averett names next president, to be installed May 1

Averett University announced Friday it will install its next president, Thomas H. Powell, on May 1, after the sudden resignation of its previous president April 11, who cited his wife's serious medical issue as his reason for stepping down.

Rob and Jean Berger Estes, William & Mary alums and owners of Richmond-based Estes Express Lines, made a $15 million donation to William & Mary in April 2025. Photo credit: Alfred Herczeg/William & Mary
Apr 24, 2025

Estes family donates $15M for William & Mary accounting center

Estes Express Lines' owners donate $15M to William & Mary to create the Estes Center for Excellence in Accounting at the Mason School of Business.

Hollins University President Mary Dana Hinton, speaking in 2022. Photo courtesy Hollins University
Apr 22, 2025

UPDATED: Virginia university presidents among petition signers decrying federal ‘overreach’

The presidents of the University of Virginia, Hollins University and Virginia Wesleyan University have signed a letter endorsed by more than 200 university presidents and other higher education leaders condemning what it calls the Trump White House's "unprecedented government overreach and political interference."

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