Faculty in the School of Professional & Continuing Studies celebrated promotion announcements and service awards during the annual awards ceremony held during the spring faculty meeting on January 5, 2023.
Campus Announcements
During finals week 2022, five students from the master of nonprofit studies program presented their capstone research projects as their culminating experience in the program.
Unpacking the Census, a partnership between the Virginia Center for Inclusive Communities and the University of Richmond, examines structural inequality through census research. On November 7, the project celebrates ten years, shares new research, and engages in conversation with regional experts.
Over the summer and into the current fall semester, Partners in the Arts (PIA) has been utilizing its REB Award funds to pilot the Joan Oates Institute for Integrated Learning (JOIFIL) model of educator and community expert side-by-side training, planning, and in-school implementation.
The Center for Leadership in Education (CLE), in partnership with school divisions of Amelia, Caroline, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, Powhatan Counties, and Richmond Public Schools, kicked off of the 18th Next Generation Leadership Academy (NGLA) this fall.
Last month, Kerrissa MacPherson, '11 & GC'18, received the Jepson School of Leadership Studies 10 year Alumni Award for her work in the community on behalf of Bon Secours Richmond.
Professors Michael Krueger and Pierre Tulowitzki visited Richmond as part of SPCS Associate Dean Tom Shields’ involvement in an International Digital Education Network (IDEN) grant through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
Laura Pilati, GC'16, a 2016 graduate of the SPCS Nonprofit Studies program, posted an essay about experiences that challenged her to do more as a white anti-racist in the nonprofit sector.
The University of Richmond School of Professional & Continuing Studies is expanding its Beer Brewer Professional Certificate program to the Tidewater region in collaboration with the Old Dominion University School of Continuing Education and the Coastal Virginia Brewery Alliance.
To enable a year-long renovation effort, SPCS offices are relocating, effective September 26 for the remainder of the 2022-2023 academic year, from the Special Programs Building to North Court.