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Four Virginia HBCUs to receive support from Dominion
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 goi[...]

Brad Butler. Photo Courtesy University of Virginia Foundation
Jul 20, 2020

U.Va. Foundation names chief financial officer

The University of Virginia Foundation announced Monday that Brad Butler has been promoted to chief financial officer. Established in 1986, the foundation provides real estate, financial and administrative services to U.Va. Butler joined the organization in 1997 and has served as controller for the past 10 years. He replaces Pat [...]

Jul 16, 2020

Dominion pledges $35M for HBCUs in Virginia, three other states

Dominion Energy Inc. announced Thursday its $35 million initiative that will include a $10 million scholarship fund for Black students and other underrepresented minorities and also support historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in Virginia and three other states. More details will come soon, according to a news release from the utility company, which recently […]

Jul 15, 2020

K12 Inc. to hire 1,300 online educators during pandemic

Herndon-based online education provider K12 Inc. announced Wednesday it plans to hire more than 1,300 educators for the 2020 through 2021 school year, in light of a massive push to move education online during the pandemic.  Across Virginia, schools have been making decisions regarding reopening in the fall, with some already opting for full online […]

Marge Connelly. Photo courtesy SCHEV
Jul 14, 2020

SCHEV announces council appointments, leadership

Marge Connelly will chair the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV), Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. SCHEV is the state’s coordinating agency for higher education. Connelly was appointed to the council in 2014 and reappointed in 2018. She currently serves on the board of directors at Norfolk-based PR[...]

Carmenita D. Higginbotham. Photo courtesy Virginia Commonwealth University
Jul 13, 2020

VCU names arts school dean

Virginia Commonwealth University announced Monday that Carmenita D. Higginbotham will become dean of the School of Arts, starting Sept. 15. Nancy Scott, who served as interim dean , will remain until Higginbotham arrives. Higginbotham currently serves as chair of the McIntire Department of Art at the University of Virginia. At U[...]

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr.
Jul 10, 2020

Falwell voices support for renaming Lynchburg

Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. said he supports changing the name of the city of Lynchburg, calling it an “embarrassment to Liberty University ever since we started” because of perceived racist connotations. He also said in an interview Sunday that the university plans to reopen with “business a[...]

Jul 1, 2020

COVID-19 death toll underreported, study finds

A joint Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale University study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that the COVID-19 death counts reported to the U.S. public underestimate the true death toll of the pandemic in the country.  “There are several potential reasons for this under-count,” lead author Dr. Steven Woolf, director […]

Mary Baldwin expands, refocuses MBA program
Jul 1, 2020

Mary Baldwin expands, refocuses MBA program

Mary Baldwin University has redesigned and expanded its MBA program, the Staunton-based private university announced this week. It will include four concentrations, including health care administration and nonprofit management, as well as strategic management (improving operations through systems or organizational change) and su[...]

Kristin Gehsmann. Photo courtesy Virginia Tech
Jul 1, 2020

Virginia Tech chooses School of Education director

Virginia Tech announced Tuesday it has hired Kristin Gehsmann as the director of the School of Education, effective Aug. 1. She will also serve as an education professor. Gehsmann was most recently a professor and chair of the department of literacy studies, English education and history education at East Carolina University. Du[...]

Gregory Washington took office as the eighth president of George Mason University on July 1. Photo by Lathan Goumas
Jun 30, 2020

The mentor

Gregory Washington, the new president of George Mason, “embodies our university,” says Thomas M. Davis, rector of the school’s governing Board of Visitors. How? In just about every way possible, both personally and professionally, say Davis and others. Mason’s stated mission is to provide “equal opportunity and[...]

VCU, UCLA research could lead to better computer memory storage
Jun 30, 2020

VCU, UCLA research could lead to better computer memory storage

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), released research findings Tuesday that could lead to more energy efficient memory storage for computers and other electronic devices. Magnets are used for computer memory due to their “up” or “down” polarity. The magnet[...]

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