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NIL no longer nil for college players
Now that the NCAA is allowing student athletes to make sponsorship deals and capitalize on their fame, Virginia Tech is working to ensure its students don’t get left behind or taken advantage of. The NCAA rule change, which went into effect July 1, allows athletes to profit from the use of their names, images and […[...]
UK race car maker taps into Martinsville talent
College students in Martinsville can get on the fast track to careers with British race car manufacturer Radical Sportscars. In May, the Peterborough, England-based company opened its first U.S.-based sales office at Patrick & Henry Community College’s Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Complex, close to the scho[...]
Long-term care
Just over a year after becoming CEO of VCU Health System and senior vice president for health sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University, Dr. Arthur Kellermann says the institution’s commitment to providing high-quality medical care while also addressing issues of health equity was a big part of what drew him to take the[...]
U.Va. Darden takes 9th in Bloomberg MBA program ranking
The University of Virginia‘s Darden School of Business tied for No. 9 out of 84 U.S. schools in the 2021-2022 Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools MBA list, released this week. The Darden School dropped from the No. 4 slot that it earned in 2019 and tied with The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania this [&hel[...]
Northrop Grumman commits $12.5M to Va. Tech Innovation Campus
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has pledged $12.5 million to support research and teaching in quantum information science and engineering, becoming a partner of the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus in Alexandria. Virginia Tech officials announced the donation Wednesday mornin[...]
New Liberty law school dean was State Dept. ambassador
Morse Hyun-Myung Tan will be the new dean of Liberty University School of Law beginning Jan. 1, the school announced Tuesday. Tan was most recently the ambassador at large for the U.S. State Department’s Office of Global Criminal Justice, where he oversaw the indictment, sanctioning, capture and/or conviction of war crimin[...]
Falwell revives Liberty defamation suit, wants personal items returned
Former Liberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. has revived his defamation lawsuit against the Lynchburg-based private Christian university that is suing him for $10 million, according to court documents filed in late October. Falwell also seeks the return of personal property he says is being held by the un[...]
Hampton Roads launches maritime workforce, economic initiatives
The Hampton Roads Maritime Collaborative for Growth and Innovation (HRMC) and Old Dominion University announced two maritime initiatives Thursday with the goal of strengthening economic development in the region. ODU President Brian Hemphill announced the establishment of the ODU Maritime Consortium, which will grow the universi[...]
Shaun McConnon donates $15M to Roanoke College
Roanoke College has received a $15 million donation, the single largest cash gift in the school’s 179-year history, college president Michael Maxey announced Thursday to the board of trustees. College alumnus Shaun McConnon, former CEO of Massachusetts-based cybersecurity company BitSight Technologies, donated the money fo[...]
Hampden-Sydney College receives three donations totaling $12.25M
Hampden-Sydney College has received donations of $11 million, $1 million and $250,000 in support of its science programs and science center under construction, the college announced Thursday. “While the college has emphasized the sciences since its founding, the need for a state-of-the-art science facility and for all Hampden-Sydney students to graduate with a high degree […]
George Mason University launches Race, Politics, and Policy Center
George Mason University‘s Race, Politics, and Policy Center launched Monday. American philosopher, author and political activist Cornel West will be its inaugural spring lecturer on April 14. GMU’s Schar School of Policy and Government professor Michael Fauntroy founded the center after returning to GMU from Howard U[...]
Va. Tech complex to house biz programs
Fall visitors to Virginia Tech are likely to spot laborers hard at work on the university‘s Data and Decision Sciences building, the first of four buildings that will make up the university’s Global Business and Analytics Complex (GBAC) — classroom and living spaces centered around using data to address problems fa[...]
