Beginning with the class of 2021, the University of Richmond will offer a new scholarship program aimed at motivating students in historically underserved communities to excel in high school and be better prepared for college.

The University of Richmond’s Office of Alumni and Career Services (OACS) has named six new members to serve on its Career Services Advisory Council.

The University of Richmond will celebrate commencement weekend May 7-8. The university expects to award more than 1,000 degrees, including 790 bachelor’s degrees, 84 master’s degrees, 35 MBA degrees and 151 juris doctor degrees.

University of Richmond senior Klarabelle Celine Ang of Pasadena, Calif., has received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant grant to teach English in Morocco.

Major construction will impact the University of Richmond campus beginning May 9. This work is the third and final phase of the reconfiguration of the campus road network called for in the 2011 Campus Master Plan.

Mia Reinoso Genoni, who has served as the John B. Madden Dean of Berkeley College, director of Undergraduate Housing and lecturer in History of Art and Humanities at Yale University, will become the next dean of Westhampton College and associate dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1.

University of Richmond President Ronald A. Crutcher and Va. Gov. Terry McAuliffe cut the ribbon on the first solar array project to be installed in the Commonwealth under a new PPA pilot program.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will celebrate completion of the first solar array project installed in the Commonwealth under a new PPA pilot program.

The first quarter 2016 CEO Economic Outlook survey by the University of Richmond’s Robins School of Business and the Virginia Council of CEOs (VACEOs) reflects increased optimism among chief executives in central Virginia. The survey’s index, which measures executives’ views on projected hiring, capital spending and sales over the next six months, increased sharply from its Q4 2015 level to reach the highest level ever recorded. The survey has been administered quarterly since 2010.

Three University of Richmond students won the top prize at the Robins School of Business “Business Pitch” competition with a predictive polling application that inspires competition between groups of people for relevant cultural events. The win secured the trio $3,500 and the opportunity to pitch the product to local investors who might help them make their idea a reality.