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43 Va. schools make U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 list
Forty-three Virginia schools ranked on the U.S. News and World Report’s 2022 best lists of more than 600 universities and liberal arts colleges in the country, released Monday. The University of Virginia ranked No. 25 in national universities, tying with Carnegie Mellon University and moving one spot up from its rank in 2021. U.Va. ranked […]
Hampton Roads universities ink deal to establish public health school
The presidents of Old Dominion University, Norfolk State University and Eastern Virginia Medical School signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to establish Virginia’s first school of public health. The MOU solidifies the plan announced in January to develop a regional school of public health and address health inequities. The universities will now apply for accreditation […]
Va. hotel revenues still lagging pre-pandemic levels
Virginia hotel revenues for June 2021 were down 22% compared with pre-pandemic levels in June 2019, according to newly released data from STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. During the same period, rooms sold decreased by 14%. The average daily rate (ADR) paid for hotel rooms […]
Hotel revenues down 27% for January
Virginia hotel revenues for January 2021 were down 27% compared with January 2020, continuing the industry’s slow climb back to recovering from the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, according to data released Thursday from STR Inc., a CoStar Group division that provides market data on the U.S. hospitality industry. For the same period, rooms […]
ODU names vice president for student engagement and enrollment
Following a national search, Old Dominion University has named Don Stansberry as its vice president for student engagement and enrollment services. Stansberry has held the position on an interim basis since July 2019; his permanent post will begin on Jan. 10. After national trends predicted a steep decline in college enrollment because of the pandemic, […]
Education
MAKOLA M. ABDULLAH PRESIDENT, VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY, PETERSBURG One of the state’s two land-grant universities, Virginia State was originally chartered in 1882 as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute. From an initial class of 126, the Petersburg campus now has 4,385 undergraduate and graduate students. Since arriving in 2016 from his role as provost and […]
