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Two VCU faculty named senior members of National Academy of Inventors
Virginia Commonwealth University announced Tuesday that two faculty members have been named as senior members of the National Academy of Inventors, an organization for inventors in academia. Srirama Rao, VCU’s vice president for research and innovation, and Everett Carpenter, a chemistry professor in the College of Humanities [...]
Virginia Tech launches COVID-19 dashboard
Virginia Tech on Wednesday launched an online dashboard that the university will use to keep track of COVID-19 test results and the number of students in on-campus isolation spaces. “Our comprehensive plan to manage the additional cases expected as the Blacksburg campus is repopulated includes close collaboration with our campus experts and community partners,” Virginia […]
Liberty University names interim chairman
Liberty University announced Tuesday it has appointed the vice chair of its board of trustees, Allen McFarland, as the board’s interim chairman. He will serve in this role while Chairman Jerry Prevo serves as acting president and Jerry Falwell Jr. is on an indefinite leave of absence from his positions as the Christian uni[...]
Va. Foundation for Independent Colleges receives national award
The National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) announced Wednesday it has awarded the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges (VFIC) the 2020 Community Partner of the Year award. Each year, the NCCEP recognizes achievements by individuals and partners through its Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) Leadership Awards. GEAR UP […][...]
More than 10% of Va. students don’t have broadband access at home
While Virginia school districts and higher education institutions are finalizing fall plans in light of the pandemic, an analysis released Wednesday by the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) shows that more than 200,000 K-12 students and more than 60,000 college students in Virginia lack broadband access at h[...]
Virginia Tech Foundation CEO to retire next spring
The Virginia Tech Foundation announced Monday that John Dooley, who has served as chief executive officer for the foundation since 2012, will retire during spring 2021. He will have been with the university for nearly 40 years. Dooley joined Tech in 1982 at age 27 and directed the then-brand new Northern Virginia 4-H Center in [[...]
UR hires president, CIO of endowment management company
William H. McLean has been named president and chief investment officer of Spider Management Co., which oversees the University of Richmond’s approximately $2.5 billion endowment, the university announced Tuesday. He will start his five-year appointment Jan. 1, 2021. Rob Blandford, the current president and CIO, will serve[...]
Liberty University chair Jerry Prevo appointed acting president
The executive committee of Liberty University’s board of trustees has appointed its chairman as acting president while Jerry Falwell Jr. takes an indefinite leave of absence, which took effect Friday. Jerry Prevo, a retired evangelical pastor from Anchorage, Alaska, has been on the university’s board since 1996 and c[...]
Falwell agrees to immediate indefinite leave of absence from Liberty
UPDATE: Board of Trustees Chairman Jerry Prevo has been appointed acting president during Falwell’s absence. Liberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. has agreed to immediately take an indefinite leave of absence from both leadership roles at the private Christian institution in Lynchburg, at the reque[...]
Strategic Education Inc. to raise $191.5M through public stock offering
Herndon-based education company Strategic Education Inc. announced Thursday that it plans to raise $191.5 million through a public stock offering. The company, through Aug. 10, will offer for sale 1.9 million shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $105 per share. Strategic Education intends to use some of the proceeds to […]
Ferrum College receives $100K gift
Ferrum College alumnus Michael Christian donated $100,000 to his alma mater, which will establish the Michael T. Christian ’63 Center for First-Year Experience at the school. The center — intended to connect incoming first-year students to professors, mentors and classmates — will be located in the college’s library and [...]
Richmond nonprofit wins $2.99M National Science Foundation grant
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Richmond-based nonprofit CodeVA a four-year, $2.99 million project award to develop a computer science program for teaching history to underserved communities in Virginia. This is CodeVA’s first federal grant award. CodeVA was awarded the Discovery Research PreK-12 (DRK-12) program grant for its proposal “Reaching Across the Hallway: An […][...]
