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Norfolk State breaks ground on $118M science building
Norfolk State University on Friday broke ground on a $118 million science building. The new 131,376-square-foot facility, which is being built on the northwest side of the HBCU’s main campus, will replace the Roy A. Woods Science Building. Once complete, it will house teaching and research labs, classrooms, a planetarium, a greenhouse and student-centered collaboration […]
Hampton University gets new CFO
Hampton University has tapped Robert Pompey as its new chief financial officer and senior vice president for business and finance, Hampton University President Darrell K. Williams announced April 16. As CFO, Pompey will oversee the HBCU’s financial operations, including budgeting, investments, financial reporting and long-term fiscal strategy. He will also provide oversight over human resour[...]
Averett president steps down after 3 months, citing wife’s illness
David Joyce stepped down Friday as the 15th president of Averett University due to a family medical matter, according to the Danville private school. “It is with a heavy heart I share that my wife, Lynne, has experienced a serious medical diagnosis that will require our fulltime attention,” Joyce said in a statement. “Lynne and […]
U.Va. med school faculty, clinical leaders defend those who backed CEO’s resignation
More than a month after Dr. K. Craig Kent resigned as UVA Health’s CEO following an independent investigation and an emergency meeting of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, drama is still roiling at the university. A group of 21 doctors — U.Va. School of Medicine faculty senators and senators-elect, as well as the […]
Averett files lawsuit alleging ex-CFO, firm ‘drained’ school’s endowment fund
Danville private university Averett University has filed a federal lawsuit alleging its former chief finance officer worked with an investment firm to conceal illicit draws from its endowment that were used to cover budget deficits. In a complaint filed March 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia, Averett states that […]
Pharma hub workforce training wins $3.9 million grant
The talent pipeline for the Richmond-Petersburg region’s growing advanced pharmaceutical manufacturing and biotech industries is getting a boost from a $3.9 million federal grant. Announced in mid-January, the U.S. Economic Development Administration’s Good Jobs Challenge grant was awarded to the Community College Workforce Alliance in Disputanta, a shared division of Brightpoint and [...]
Private schools’ graduation numbers remain stable
While concerns about the costs of education have led to some declines and ups and downs in enrollment among private colleges in the commonwealth, the number of degrees these Virginia institutions are awarding overall has remained relatively stable. Many parents and students are wary of accumulating crushing college loan debt and paying skyrocketing tuition rates. […]
Take a look inside George Mason’s high-tech science and engineering labs
In a third-floor lab at George Mason University’s new, $107 million Life Sciences and Engineering Building in Manassas, students will dissect and study the effects of decomposition on human remains. A few floors away, their peers may dangle from harnesses while wearing sensors to research gaits while others test fly an autonomous blimp in a […]
JMU introduces next president
James Madison University on Wednesday announced that University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Chancellor James C. Schmidt will be the next president of Virginia’s fifth largest public university. The university’s board of visitors, who voted to affirm his appointment earlier in the day, announced Schmidt’s selection during a morning ceremony at the university’s Harrisonburg campu[...]
Emory & Henry names new president
Washington County-based private college Emory & Henry University announced Monday that it was promoting Louise Fincher from interim president to the university’s permanent 23rd president. The university’s board of trustees unanimously selected Fincher as president during its spring board meeting. Fincher has more than 30 years of experience in higher education and health care. R[...]
U.Va. eyes $72M replacement data center
The University of Virginia’s data center is nearing its maximum capacity. So, school leaders think it’s time to build a new one, estimated to cost $72 million, to aid faculty and researchers in their work. “We can already see that our researchers are experiencing significant delays in their ability to access the computational resources,” Kelly […]
ODU taps new dean of Eastern Virginia Medical School
Dr. Judette Louis, a maternal-fetal health physician from the University of South Florida, will be the next dean of the Eastern Virginia Medical School within Old Dominion’s newly created health sciences college, ODU announced this week. Louis will start Sept. 2 as dean of the Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences Eastern Virginia Medical […]
