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Community Engagement News

VCU students have been active with voter outreach efforts. (Contributed photo)

With a growing footprint, VCU Votes makes the case for student civic engagement

Oct. 7, 2024

This week’s National Voter Education Week features several on-campus events designed to increase awareness among student voters.

Students, faculty and staff at VCU are leading an array of efforts to help get people to the polls this year. (Getty Images)

This week’s National Voter Registration Day is a rallying point for student engagement

Sept. 17, 2024

VCU promotes student voting in a number of ways, and political science professor Amanda Wintersieck offers insight into how young voters are – and aren’t – engaging in the electoral landscape.

Oswaldo Moreno, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology, and Anita Nadal, a teaching assistant professor of Spanish, are the co-founders of El Centro, a new resource for Latine students, faculty and staff. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU’s new El Centro will support Latine students, faculty and staff in academic success and community engagement

Sept. 16, 2024

The center, part of the Division of Inclusive Excellence, officially launches in September and is developing a range of programs.

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The VCU Humanities Research Center to mark 10th anniversary with weeklong program in September

Sept. 3, 2024

In realms such as health, the environment and memory studies, VCU’s universitywide hub has launched multiple labs for interdisciplinary research.

(Left to right) Xuewei Wang, Ph.D., William L. Dewey, Ph.D., Shelli Fowler, Ph.D., VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D., Marcie S. Wright, Ph.D., Yan Zhang, Ph.D. and Charlene D. Crawley, Ph.D. (Photo by Thomas Kojcsich, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

42nd annual Faculty Convocation celebrates six VCU role models

Aug. 30, 2024

Honorees included faculty members from the Schools of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, College of Humanities and Sciences and the School of Public Health.

Six VCU faculty members will be honored at the 42nd annual Faculty Convocation on Aug. 29 at 3 p.m. at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts. (File photo)

42nd annual Faculty Convocation will honor six VCU educators and researchers

Aug. 27, 2024

The annual ceremony, which will be held on Aug. 29, celebrates outstanding teaching, scholarship and service.

“What we wanted to do was open the eyes of high school students to careers in science, and to issues within their own community that they might not have been aware of,” VCU professor Tal Simmons said of the East Marshall Street Well Project curriculum. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

New curriculum brings East Marshall Street Well Project to high school classrooms

June 27, 2024

Focusing on the ethical treatment of human remains, the program was developed by VCU professors and students to highlight history, science and community engagement.

VCU student Marcus Garza works with J. L. Francis students on an activity exploring erosion. (Photo by Emily Richardson)

Hands-on learning – for fifth-graders and VCU students – is the natural reaction for Chemistry in the Community

June 6, 2024

Professor Mychal Smith’s service-learning course brings science alive for Richmond Public Schools and lets his college students apply their knowledge.

A planned Richmond Freedom School being developed by two VCU professors will share community-based conversations about Richmond-specific topics ranging from politics, history and civics to ecology, arts and science. (File photo)

Mellon Foundation grants will help VCU professors launch Richmond Freedom School

May 2, 2024

Elizabeth Canfield, Ph.D., with the Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, and Mignonne Guy, Ph.D., with the Department of African American Studies, are developing a new program for the Richmond community.

VCU Honors College students Arya Kalathil (left) and Simrah Ansari (right) lead students in the WHAM (Wellness, Happiness and Mindfulness) class at Open High School in some yoga moves. (Kevin Morley, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

In VCU Honors College, students get teaching and tutoring experience through partnership with Richmond public high school

Feb. 19, 2024

Now in its eighth year, the Open-Honors Connect program enhances undergraduate learning while expanding course offerings for the city school system.