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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 […]

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[...]

University of Virginia Rotunda and Lawn. Photo courtesy University of Virginia
Sep 13, 2021

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 […]

Jul 23, 2020

Four Virginia HBCUs to receive support from Dominion

Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia State University and Virginia Union University are among 11 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that will share $25 million in support from Dominion Energy Inc., the Richmond-based utility company announced Thursday. The awarded funds — precise amounts going to each institution were not disclosed — are part of […]

Terrell Strayhorn. Photo courtesy Virginia Union University
Jun 24, 2020

VUU appoints associate provost for research

Virginia Union University announced Wednesday it has appointed Terrell Strayhorn as associate provost for research, innovation and graduate education. He will also serve as director of the Center for the Study of HBCUs (historically Black colleges and universities) and as a tenured professor of urban education in the Evelyn Reid Syphax School of Education. In […]

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