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October 2011 News
Jason T. Roe2000 Bachelor of ScienceSchool of Engineering Jason T. Roe completed his Bachelor of Science degree from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Engineering about the same time that his wife-to-be, Erin Henretta Roe, finished her bachelor's at VCU. The...
Jonathan C. Roberts1979 Bachelor of ScienceSchool of Pharmacy Jonathan C. Roberts works to improve the nation's health byleveraging technology. "My goal is to enable community pharmacy to deliver services that contribute to a healthier country," says Roberts, executive vice president and...
Tara Donovan1999 Master of Fine ArtsSchool of the Arts Tara Donovan has been recognized for her commitment to process and has earned acclaim for her ability to discover how the inherent physical characteristics of an object enable it to be...
Debra E. Lyon, Ph.D.1984 Bachelor of Science • 1993 Master of Science • 1996 Graduate Certificate • 1997 Doctor of PhilosophySchool of Nursing Debra E. Lyon's career exemplifies the impact that nursing research makes. As the Judith Buxton Collins Distinguished Professor...
Glenn A. Davis1986 Bachelor of ScienceSchool of Business By the age of 35, Glenn A. Davis already had plenty to be proud of: a wife, Angela; two children, Brandon and Courtney; and his own information technology consulting company, named accordingly,...
Tadataka "Tachi" Yamada, M.D.1974 Residency in Internal MedicineSchool of Medicine Few medical careers rise to the level of making a global impact. Tadataka "Tachi" Yamada's is one of them. After serving as president of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
Edmond F. Bowden, Ph.D.1982 Doctor of PhilosophyCollege of Humanities and Sciences Edmond F. Bowden came to Virginia Commonwealth University with the intention of earning a master's degree so he could further his career in the chemical industry, where he worked...
Ronald L. Tankersley, D.D.S.1968 Doctor of Dental Surgery • 1971 Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial SurgerySchool of Dentistry Ronald L. Tankersley believes that being a member of a profession requires both strong ethics and involvement. That philosophy spans from his...
Dale C. Kalkofen, Ed.D.1976 Master of Art EducationSchool of Education A Virginia Commonwealth University professor spotted a premier talent when he came across Dale Kalkofen. She was an art teacher for Richmond Public Schools, where she supervised student teachers, when...
Panelpha "Penny" L. Kyler, Sc.D., OTR/L1972 Bachelor of ScienceSchool of Allied Health Professions Panelpha "Penny" Kyler's career expands well beyond the banks of her undergraduate degree in occupational therapy to encompass public health and even the study of genetics. Presently,...
Paul D. McWhinney1974 Bachelor of Science • 1979 Master of Social WorkSchool of Social Work As a Virginia Commonwealth University student, Paul D. McWhinney took long walks daily through downtown Richmond. "I would walk in the afternoon, just to...
A rousing performance by students from Theatre VCU had the capacity crowd on its feet and dancing in the aisles at the Oct. 13 Inaugural Gala celebrating VCU President Michael Rao, Ph.D. More than 350 friends packed the Commonwealth Club...
You are the single best person to protect your personal information, because only you can control what information you share. Protecting this information is the first step in reducing your risk of identity theft and fraud. Here are some tips...
Dr. David Wilkinson, chair of the Department of Pathology in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, has been recognized by the College of American Pathologists for more than 30 years of dedication to the improvement of laboratory performance and...
Barbara G. Lange (M.Ed.'81/E) was selected as the winner of the 2011 Membership Month prize drawing. She became a dues-paying member of the alumni association during August, which gave her two entries into the drawing. Her entry was selected...
VCU alumni can take advantage of a special membership discount opportunity at the Bull & Bear Club located in downtown Richmond. The club is on the 21st floor of One James Center at 901 E. Cary St. The club features...
The 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University Friends of the Library Annual Book Sale runs from Monday, Oct. 24, through Friday, Oct. 2,8 at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Ave. The sale will be located in the basement, Room B 7.There...
A new chapter of Students Today Alumni Tomorrow, the VCU Alumni Association's student organization, launched at VCUQatar. Morgan McDowell (B.S.'09/H&S), director of student and young alumni engagement for the VCU Alumni Association, recently visited VCUQ to kick off the chapter. ...
A pioneering woman and a grateful son. An otolaryngologist, an aunt, a businessman, a surgeon and a widow. They are the individuals behind more than a half-dozen new scholarship endowments in the VCU School of Medicine. Together worth more than...
It's said that people's brains have two sides, with the left more logical and the right more creative. Most are usually more adept at using one or the other.But most people aren't Victor Yanchick. Yanchick is dean of the School...
"Welcome to the World Peace Game. I'm very, very sorry, but you're going to have to have fun today." That is how alumnus and teacher John Hunter (B.S.'78/E) introduces his fourth- and fifth-grade students in Charlottesville, Va., each year to...
Catherine Christensen, a dental surgery doctoral candidate in the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, has been awarded a scholarship by the American School Health Association. Recognized this month at the association's annual conference in Louisville, Ky., Christensen says she...
Virginia Commonwealth University will honor a collection of its most accomplished alumni during its Alumni Stars awards program Oct. 21. The Alumni Stars program, which is sponsored by the VCU Alumni Association and the MCV Alumni Association of VCU, recognizes...
On Oct. 14, Virginia Commonwealth University officially installed Michael Rao, Ph.D., as its fifth president in an inauguration ceremony at the Siegel Center.Faculty in academic regalia joined students, staff, alumni and visitors as VCU Rector Tom Snead (B.S.'76/B) and VCU...
Join TheatreVCU at the W.E. Singleton Center for the Performing Arts for an evening of music, dancing, romance, comedy and high energy for a presentation of "Grease." After an eight-year run on Broadway and seven Tony Awards, "Grease" is...
At her core, Nicki Lee (M.S.W.'00/SW; Ph.D.'04/SW) defines herself as a dancer and social worker. Four years after earning her Ph.D. in Social Work, she has found a way to choreograph her life's two passions into a career in teaching....
VCU-Qatar's project titled "Visualizing Qatar's Past," which proposes to build up a visual record of Qatar's archaeological and heritage sites and develop new methods of recording and analysis based on the use of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) photography, has been...
Feisel Hassan (B.S.'88/B), former Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business student and athlete, was recently awarded the United States Professional Tennis Association's Alex Gordon Award.Read more....
Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Pharmacy alumni, students and faculty headed for the Virginia Beach earlier this month for Virginia Pharmacists Association's 130th Annual Convention. Several were recognized by VPhA during the 130th annual Convention Recognition and Awards Banquet, which...
The Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing's Clinical Learning Center recently welcomed one of the newest pediatric simulators in the industry to its growing interactive education inventory. Fresh off the assembly line, the SimJunior™ is about the size of a...
Nancy Langston, Ph.D., R.N., FAAN, dean of the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, was presented with the Virginia Nurses Association's highest honor for nursing excellence, the Nancy Vance Award, on Sept. 24 during the VNA annual meeting at The...
The Student Government Association on the MCV Campus of Virginia Commonwealth University has set the fifth annual Community Health Fair to benefit the local Richmond community. Be sure to mark your calendar; this event will be held from 9 a.m.-2...
VCU Alumni Association plans to assist with the fall beautification of Richmond Community High School 1:30-4:40 p.m Oct. 22. Volunteers will plant, weed, spread mulch, prune, etc., while working alongside RCHS students, parents, teachers, administrators, Xerox employees, Virginia Commonwealth University alumni and...
More than 800 students at Virginia Commonwealth University receive military benefits. From Nov. 7-11, Military Student Services and the Student Veterans Association have partnered with fraternities Omega Delta Sigma and Eta Lambda Sigma, to sponsor Military Services Appreciation Week in...
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Coming off two-straight Colonial Athletic Association Rookie of the Week honors, Virginia Commonwealth University freshman midfielder Cristin Granados has caught the eye of the national media as she was named to Soccer America's National Team of the Week after scoring...
It's been a little more than a year since Virginia Commonwealth University received the single largest federal grant in its history, a $20 million Clinical and Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health. Since that time, the home...
Earlier this year, Virginia Commonwealth University alumna Mark Jargren (B.S.'11/B) was named to the Cleveland Golf/Srixon All-America Scholars the Golf Coaches Association of America. Jargren earned the award after an outstanding season on and off the golf course. In the...
Virginia Commonwealth University has received a contract totaling $2.9 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy to develop and design a new class of permanent magnets to be used in energy-efficient electric car motors or generators....
Kristina M. Hash (Ph.D.'01/SW) has been selected for the Hartford Partnership Program for Aging Education Outstanding Faculty Award. This is a national award honored through The New York Academy of Medicine's Social Work Leadership Institute and the Council for Social...
The Children's Hospital of Richmond pediatric emergency room received two awards from the Virginia/West Virginia Chapter's 2011 International Interior Design Association for its state-of-the-art, rainforest-themed emergency room. The CHoR project won the "Brightest Idea Award," a prize the judges give...
After turning in perhaps the greatest season in program history last year, Virginia Commonwealth University senior forward Courtney Hurt will look for an encore performance in 2011-12. On Monday, Hurt was named to the prestigious John R. Wooden Award Preseason...
In honor of the Inauguration of Virginia Commonwealth University President Michael Rao, Ph.D., The Division of Student Affairs and Enrollment Services, VCU Recreational Sports and University Student Commons & Activities are launching a new tradition -- SportsFest. All registered VCU...
The rooftop on Virginia Commonwealth University's Pollak Building is much more environmentally friendly, thanks to the work of 15 students from the School of the Arts' Department of Interior Design. The students planted a vegetated garden featuring a range of...
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers, working with an international team of colleagues, have identified a gene that might play a role in causing a neurodevelopmental disorder that includes intellectual disability, seizures and autism spectrum disorder. The molecular findings...
Last spring, the School of Allied Health Professions' departments of Physical Therapy, Gerontology and Radiation Sciences celebrated their departmental founding dates.This year, the Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University is excited to join the celebration, announcing its...
Students from the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Business finished in third place in the Financial Planning Challenge, a national competition for college financial planning students held in San Diego in September, earning $1,000 in scholarship funding for VCU. John...
Virginia Commonwealth University has launched a $1 million campaign to support a new India Chair in Democracy and Civil Society, the first of its kind in the U.S., to be housed in the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and...
The Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Athletics hosted its second annual Black & Gold Ball, presented by Markel on Friday, Sept. 30, at the Verizon Wireless Arena at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. With nearly 750 attendees, the event was...
Virginia Commonwealth University will inaugurate Michael Rao, Ph.D., as its fifth president this Friday, Oct. 14, marking the event with activities designed to highlight the urban university's commitment to student success, academic excellence, research and human health.The ceremony will span...
After a positive response to the first edition, V Magazine for Women, the online, women-inspired magazine, has announced that the publication of a second annual print edition of the Central Virginia Sourcebook for Women again next year. As a guide...
Petersburg City Public Schools selected four Virginia Commonwealth University alumni for leadership positions this year. Erica Broudy (M.E.D.'10/E), assistant principal of A.P. Hill Elementary School Shannon Smith (M.T.'96/E; Cert.'00/E; Ph.D.'11/E), director of elementary education Tonya Shelton (M.E.D.'05/E), principal of A.P. Hill...
VCU Athletics has officially launched the campaign to get "11,111 Likes By 11/11/11," the date of the 2011-2012 men's basketball regular season home opener. VCU Athletics intends to increase communication to Virginia Commonwealth University students by gaining more fans on Facebook....
For its first production of the 2011-12 season, Theatre VCU is staging alternate showings of the same play, "Shakespeare's R&J," an inventive work about six friends in a restrictive Catholic prep school who discover and enact "Romeo and Juliet." The...
After 85 years of being impounded, the Kimages Creek is once again a free-flowing stream, representing completion of a critical stage of a significant wetland and stream restoration along the lower James River in Charles City County.On Sept. 28, Virginia...
Interested in traveling abroad?Richmond Vale Academy, a nonprofit school, is offering development training programs to train people to be community service leaders in developing countries.The academy's upcoming volunteer programs will focus on farming, sustainability, environment, fighting poverty, slowing the effects...
