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Kyle Hall is the home of Radford’s Davis School of Business and Economics.The $44 million, 110,000-square-foot building opened in 2012. Photo courtesy Radford University
Oct 8, 2024

Three Va. universities have ‘some viability risks,’ report says

State researchers found Radford University, Virginia State University and the University of Mary Washington had “some viability risks,” according to a report released Monday, but none are in immediate danger of closing.  The good news from the report conducted by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission, which conducts program evaluation, policy analysis and oversight of […]

Oct 3, 2024

SCHEV approves ODU/NSU Joint School of Public Health

The State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) has approved the Joint School of Public Health (JSPH), offered by Old Dominion University and Norfolk State University, the schools announced on Thursday. Council members approved the school at a Sept. 17 meeting, according to a SHEV spokesperson. “We have a real opportunity to create and […]

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Jul 30, 2024

ODU names inaugural director of supply chain/logistics school

Old Dominion University has named Kuntal Bhattacharyya as inaugural director of its new School of Supply Chain, Logistics and Maritime Operations (SSCLMO), the university announced Tuesday.  Previously, Bhattacharyya worked as project director of Indiana State University’s Logistics 4.0 Innovation Hub, where students study artificial intelligence, machine learning and the management of logi[...]

May 18, 2023

SCHEV director to step down

Peter Blake, the long-time director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), will step down by the end of the year, SCHEV announced Thursday. Blake has been director of SCHEV since 2012. The state higher education agency makes policy recommendations and approves new degree programs and schools within universities. During Blake’s tenure, […]

Nov 23, 2022

Va. Tech’s real estate program becomes department

Virginia Tech’s real estate program has earned approval from the State Council for Higher Education to become the Blackwood Department of Real Estate. Becoming a department housed under the Pamplin School of Business will offer the former program more resources, enhance its academic and experiential learning offerings and boost its ability to recruit top faculty […]

Nov 1, 2022

GMU launches College of Public Health

George Mason University has rebranded its College of Health and Human Services as the College of Public Health in a move to address a critical need for skilled health professionals and research across the state. GMU announced the renaming Tuesday, following approval in late October by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia and […]

Jun 5, 2022

ODU to create supply chain, logistics, maritime school

Old Dominion University will create a School of Supply Chain, Logistics, and Maritime Operations, pending approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia, the university announced Friday. In its June meeting, the university Board of Visitors approved a resolution to create the school, effective Oct. 15. “Coordinating our academic and research initiatives through […]

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

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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 […]

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