Campus Announcements
Lisa Thompson, GC’11, principal of Washington-Henry Elementary School in Hanover County, has been named the Hanover County Public School winner of the 2021 R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership, receiving a cash grant along with funds for creating a sustainable outdoor learning environment.
Tiawana Giles, GC’13, principal of George W. Carver Elementary School in Richmond, has been named a runner up for the 2021 R.E.B. Award for Distinguished Educational Leadership, receiving funds for promoting science education at her school.
Elisa Tedona, GC’17, is among a team of authors in the Metropolitan Educational Research Consortium (MERC) who published a report seeking to make the Advanced Placement (AP) program more equitable.
Kimberly Bridges, GC’13, is among a team of authors from the Penn State University Center for Education & Civil Right (CECR) and the Virginia Commonwealth Univesrity School of Education who published a report on unequal access to AP classes by race and economic status in Virginia.
In preparation to develop programs for the fall 2021 semester, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute surveyed its members about their experiences and preferences about returning to a new post-pandemic “normal.”
The fall deadline for degree-seeking students to apply for SPCS scholarship funds is June 1.
Registration for Summer 2020 online classes offered by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Richmond is now available.
We celebrated the SPCS Class of 2021 Commencement ceremony on May 8, 2021, at 11:30 a.m. 174 SPCS students were awarded bachelor’s degrees, undergraduate certificates of applied studies, graduate certificates and master’s degrees during the ceremony.
We celebrated the pandemic-postponed SPCS Class of 2020 Commencement ceremony on May 8, 2021, at 8 a.m. 155 SPCS students were awarded bachelor’s degrees, undergraduate certificates of applied studies, graduate certificates and master’s degrees during the ceremony.
This year’s SPCS Night awards ceremony was held virtually on May 5, 2021. We celebrated our graduates and award winners with over 130 attendees during the hour-long ceremony.
The School of Professional and Continuing Studies continued its tradition of honoring excellence among students, faculty and alumni during its annual SPCS Night celebration on May 5, 2021, held virtually via Zoom in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Chereese Harrison, GC'20, has been named Communities in Schools of Chesterfield site coordinator for Falling Creek Elementary School.
As part of a long-standing tradition, a graduating student, faculty member, and alumnus will speak at the SPCS graduation ceremonies, which this year will celebrate both graduates of the class of 2020 and 2021.