Rally at VCU kicks-off GOB campaign
The Siegel Center was rocking Sept. 2 with marching bands, cheerleaders, dance teams and VCU mascots, all part of a pep rally to kick off a statewide campaign for November's ballot issues on the general obligation bonds for higher education, museums and state parks and natural areas.   read more>>

VCU sets record for private fund raising
In a year when the economy suffered a significant downturn, gift giving to Virginia Commonwealth University was the highest in its history, reaching $63.8 million in fiscal 2001-02.   read more>>

Bugs, Bones & Botany®
"Bugs, Bones & Botany® – A Unique Death Investigation Workshop" is not exactly how some of us would spend a week of our summer vacation, but for a group of 13 high school science teachers from all over Virginia and Maryland, it was a chance to live out their "CSI" fantasies, as well as earn academic credit for taking the course.   read more>>

VCU rector says mentoring is key to success
Dr. W. Baxter Perkinson Jr., Rector of Virginia Commonwealth University's Board of Visitors and founder of Virginia's largest dental practice, recently advised young dentists that if they are going to be successful, they need to set a good example for their patients, their staff and their community.   read more>>

VCU School of Social Work moves master's program in Northern Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work program in Northern Virginia has a new home, after leaving George Mason University's campus earlier this month. Now located in Alexandria, 10 minutes from its former home in Arlington, the master's program has its own building for the first time in its 23-year history.   read more>>

President Eugene P. Trani publishes new book
"The First Cold War: The Legacy of Woodrow Wilson in U.S.-Soviet Relations," by President Eugene P. Trani and his colleague, Dr. Donald E. Davis, professor of history at Illinois State University, was published this summer by the University of Missouri Press. A Russian-language version is due out soon by Olma Press in Moscow.   read more>>