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Apr 19, 2022

Ellucian closes acquisition of CampusLogic

Reston-based higher education software company Ellucian Inc. has completed its acquisition of Chandler, Arizona-based financial aid software provider CampusLogic Inc, Ellucian announced Tuesday. The deal was first announced in January. Financial details were not disclosed. Campus Logic is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that provides financial aid tools and platforms for colleges and univer[...]

Apr 13, 2022

Hampton University names next president

A Hampton University graduate and retired Army lieutenant general will be the next president of Hampton University. Darrell K. Williams will succeed William R. Harvey as Hampton’s next president. Harvey announced his retirement in December 2020. His last day will be June 30. “Running a university is complex, as was made evident by the global […]

Apr 5, 2022

White House taps Va. HBCU presidents for advisory board

The presidents of Virginia State University and Norfolk State University are on the list of intended appointees to the President‘s Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the Biden administration announced on March 31. Virginia State University President Makola M. Abdullah, Norfolk State University President Javaune Adams-Gaston and Janeen Uzzell, CEO of the [&hell[...]

The pandemic and changing student attitudes have prompted Virginia Union University and other institutions to offer more classes online, says the school’s provost, Terrell Strayhorn. Photo by Matthew R.O. Brown
Mar 30, 2022

Private accounts

One of Terrell Strayhorn’s first assignments as Virginia Union University‘s provost was to win final approval for graduate programs seen as a key mechanism for enrollment growth. It was the early months of the pandemic, he recalls, and the Richmond university was also “knee deep” in the reaffirmation of its accreditation process as it sought […]

Mar 29, 2022

VFCCE names Ben Davenport chairman

Davenport Energy Inc. Chairman Ben Davenport is the next chairman of The Virginia Foundation for Community College Education, the Richmond-based foundation announced Tuesday. In 2016, Davenport and his wife, Betty, invested $1 million through VFCCE to create a pilot program with four community colleges that provided early childhood programs to 150 early childhood professionals. Those […]

Mar 28, 2022

Va. Tech professor elected council chair of national institute

Jennifer S. Wayne has been elected Academic Council chair of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), Virginia Tech announced Friday. Based in Washington, D.C., AIMBE is a nonprofit composed of leaders in the medical and biological engineering fields and advocates for the value of those fields. Wayne is the department head of […]

Rendering of concept of George Mason University's Institute for Digital InnovAtion (IDIA) in Arlington
Mar 25, 2022

GMU’s Arlington campus renamed ‘Mason Square’

George Mason University‘s Arlington campus is being renamed Mason Square. The university announced the rebranding Thursday, also naming its new $168 million technology-forward building designed to support digital innovation and collaboration and serve as the anchor for the Rosslyn-Ballston’s developing innovation district. The 345,000-square-foot Fuse at Mason Square will be a LEED Pla[...]

Mar 22, 2022

Roanoke College selects next president

Roanoke College‘s next president will be Frank Shushok Jr., the college announced Tuesday. Shushok, Virginia Tech’s vice president for student affairs, will succeed Michael C. Maxey, who served as president for 15 years and is retiring in July, to become the school’s 12th president. “I am thrilled to welcome President-elect Frank Shushok to the Maroon […]

Mar 21, 2022

Bank of America grants VUU $1M

Bank of America granted Virginia Union University $1 million for its new banking and financial services workforce development program, the university announced Monday. VUU’s Sydney Lewis School of Business will lead the program, called MORE for My Opportunity is Real Essential, in partnership with the university’s workforce development division and its Evelyn Reid Syphax School [&helli[...]

Mar 17, 2022

ODU and IALR to launch manufacturing engineering tech degree

Old Dominion University will launch Virginia’s first four-year degree in manufacturing engineering technology (MfgET) at its Norfolk campus and a satellite campus at The Institute for Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) in Danville, the university announced Thursday. “This partnership reinforces Old Dominion University’s commitment to workforce development and leadership in the mar[...]

Richmond Spiders forward Nathan Cayo (4) with a layup against the North Carolina State Wolfpack during the second half of the December 2021 Hall of Fame Shootout basketball matchup at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, N.C. The Spiders faced the Iowa Hawkeyes in the first round of the NCAA tournament on March 17. (Credit: Scott Kinser/Cal Sport Media via ZUMA Wire/AP Images)
Mar 17, 2022

College sports wagering bill wasn’t good bet

RICHMOND, Va. — Six Virginia men’s and women’s basketball teams made it into March Madness, but state law prevents fans and bettors from placing wagers on their favorite in-state college teams. Lawmakers attempted to change that law this session. Sen. Monty Mason, D-Williamsburg, introduced Senate Bill 576 that would allow Virginia sports bettors to bet […]

Academic Building 1 of Virginia Tech’s Innovation Campus is projected to open in August 2024. Rendering courtesy Virginia Tech
Mar 10, 2022

Amazon, Va. Tech partner on machine learning initiative

Virginia Tech announced Thursday morning that it is partnering with Amazon.com Inc. on an artificial intelligence and machine learning research initiative that will have a presence at both Tech’s Blacksburg campus and its emerging Innovation Campus in Alexandria. Dubbed the Amazon-Virginia Tech Initiative for Efficient and Robust Machine Learning, the program will include doctoral student [&[...]

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