University Counseling Services offers comprehensive psychological services. UCS creates an environment that fosters student growth, development and psychological well-being through direct clinical service, education and prevention.
University Student Health Services offers clinical services — including primary care — and pharmacy services for students with clinics on both the Monroe Park and MCV campuses. In addition, the Wellness Resource Center provides an array of services and resources to promote a healthy lifestyle.
The University Career Center provides support for students and recent alumni in the career development process. The center offers career counseling, a resource library and employment assistance, including help building a resume, searching for jobs, pursuing internships and arranging interviews.
VCU’s Office of Disability Support Services works to help create a learning environment in which all students have equal access to the university’s programs, services and activities. Students with disabilities are responsible for self-identification prior to requesting services and can present documentation to their campus coordinator.
VCU hosts a variety of dining options on campus, starting with Market 810 in the Shafer Court Dining Center. Students have a number of dining plans to consider.
VCU provides parking for more than 7,000 students each semester. Students can purchase parking permits for on-campus or off-campus lots on a per-semester basis. Bikes are another preferred method of transportation and VCU provides more than 200 spots to park your wheels. And because of VCU’s convenient location, most students who live in residence halls don’t bring their cars to campus at all.
RamBucks is a prepaid stored-value account that is part of a VCU student’s ID card. It can be used to make purchases on and off campus at participating retailers and also to pay for certain services, such as Pay 4 Print printers on campus. You can make deposits to RamBucks cards online, at a VCUCard office or at one of several other locations on campus.
A wide range of extracurricular organizations exist at VCU. The Office for Student Organization Development helps students find information about existing organizations and form new ones.
VCU has a number of crime prevention, health and wellness, and emergency preparedness efforts. Visit RamSmart for more information.
A number of retailers in the Richmond area and beyond stock VCU-related gear, such as shirts, hats and memorabilia. The official on-campus location for VCU gear is the Barnes and Noble @ VCU Official Bookstore.
