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Truist donates $1M to U.Va. in memory of S. Buford Scott
Truist Wealth has made a $1 million gift to the Walter N. Ridley Scholarship Program and the University of Virginia Alumni Association in honor of the late Richmond business and philanthropic leader Sidney Buford Scott and the brokerage firm founded by his family, Scott & Stringfellow. The gift establishes a fully endowed Bu[...]
World view
Want to see the world? Head for Blacksburg. Well, at least that’s one way you might look at it. Virginia Tech, which sits in the New River Valley (population: approximately 44,300), boasts the largest number of international students of any college or university campus in the state. In pre-COVID years, about 4,000 internationa[...]
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 inequitie[...]
Piedmont Virginia Community College president to retire
Frank Friedman, the president of Piedmont Virginia Community College, will retire in May 2022, the school announced this week. Friedman, the Albemarle County college’s fifth president, has been at the top since 1999. Virginia Community College System Chancellor Glenn DuBois and the PVCC board will conduct a national search[...]
Danville Pittsylvania chamber leader leaving for U.Va. job
Alexis Ehrhardt, president and CEO of the Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, will leave for a job at the University of Virginia, the chamber announced Wednesday. In her new role at U.Va., she will be the executive director for state government relations and special assistant to the president. Her last day at the c[...]
Va. Tech’s College of Business dean to retire
Robert T. Sumichrast, the Richard E. Sorensen Chair and dean of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of Business since 2013, announced his retirement Tuesday. Sumichrast will stay through the end of the current academic year. Virginia Tech will start an international search for his successor this fall. He began his academic car[...]
AT&T and NOVA launch IT apprenticeship program
AT&T has created an IT apprenticeship program with Northern Virginia Community College and the Virginia Department of Labor and Industry, the company announced Tuesday. The two-year program will offer students information technology training and 2,000 hours of on-the-job training in technical, soft skills, lab work and related skills. They will earn five industry certifications in […]
Metallica’s foundation gives NOVA nursing program $100K
Metallica’s foundation, All Within My Hands, has awarded Northern Virginia Community College’s nursing program $100,000, according to a news release. The funding will assist with providing resources for student achievements in the health field and will help students starting their careers in the college’s certi[...]
Chancellor of Virginia’s community colleges to retire in summer 2022
Glenn DuBois, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, will retire at the end of June 2022, he announced Tuesday. DuBois was hired in July 2001 and is the longest-serving chancellor in VCCS history. He has led the system through three strategic plans and into a fourth. “I announce this today knowing that with our [[...]
Virginia Tech names chief administrative officer
Virginia Tech has hired Charlene Casamento as its associate vice president for enterprise administrative operations, effective July 30, the university announced Wednesday. Casamento will work alongside Virginia Tech’s leadership, serving as the university’s chief administrative officer and executing university operat[...]
Mary Baldwin University appoints first chief diversity officer
The Rev. Andrea Cornett-Scott has been named Mary Baldwin University’s first chief diversity officer, effective Aug. 1. Cornett-Scott will be responsible for campuswide diversity, equity and inclusion efforts and resources. Her duties will include assessing the need for training initiatives on cultural competency, racial sensi[...]
Va. Tech Graduate School appoints next dean
Virginia Tech has named Aimée Surprenant of Memorial University of Newfoundland as the next dean of its graduate school, effective Sept. 1. Surprenant will lead the Graduate School’s budgetary, admissions and program development operations. She will serve as a member of the executive vice president and provost’s leadership [...]
