
VCU generates $9.5 billion in economic impact for Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System generate $9.5 billion in economic activity and create or support 58,000 jobs in Virginia.

Virginia Commonwealth University and the VCU Health System generate $9.5 billion in economic activity and create or support 58,000 jobs in Virginia.

The Executive Committee of the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has set the university budget as well as tuition and mandatory fees for the 2022-23 fiscal year.

More than five years ago, Virginia Tech set an ambitious challenge before its alumni community. Hokie Nation has answered the call.

The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors has approved a resolution to establish the Blackwood Department of Real Estate within the Pamplin College of Business, pending final approval from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia.

Virginia Athletics broke ground on its years-in-the-making $80 million football operations center on Thursday, and no, it will not have a 20-foot indoor slide, a bowling alley, anything of that sort.

The Claude Moore Charitable Foundation is helping Virginia’s youth find meaningful and lasting careers in health care by forging a partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension and Virginia 4-H that will ignite a passion for life sciences.

U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced $6,236,161 in federal funding for 15 Virginia schools for Upward Bound programs.

Virginia State Police are investigating the circumstances around two fatal crashes in Augusta County.

Dr. Jerry Wallace has been named the next president of Danville Community College. Wallace’s hiring concludes a national search that attracted 63 candidates. “The Danville community is working hard to become a national, if not global, leader in advanced manufacturing. With Jerry Wallace’s leadership, Danville Community College will be a leader and dependable partner in that…

Virginia Tech led all state schools with four selections in the 2022 NFL Draft, and Virginia and Liberty each had a player go in the third round.
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