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  Virginia Commonwealth University – About VCU
Virginia Commonwealth University is the largest university in Virginia and ranks among the top 100 universities in the country in sponsored research.
The university takes its founding date of 1838 from the year the Medical College of Virginia was created as the medical department of Hampden-Sydney College.
In 1968, MCV and RPI merged to become Virginia Commonwealth University, the most comprehensive urban university in the state and one of the top research universities in the nation.
www.vcu.edu /about   (299 words)

  
  Virginia Commonwealth University
The University offers a tuition waiver course in which 100% of the tuition is waved for two courses per semester for full-time employees.
The University stays connected with its retirees by communicating on a regular basis with the retiree, inviting retirees to organization events/celebrations, and becoming a member of the Retired Faculty Council.
Thirty-eight percent of the university’s employees are 50+.
www.aarp.org /money/careers/employerresourcecenter/bestemployers/winners/virginia_commonwealth_university.html   (847 words)

  
 FastWeb: Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) was created in 1968 by an act of the Virginia General Assembly that combined the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia (MCV).
VCU is administratively and structurally composed of two campuses, the Academic Campus (west) and the MCV Campus (east), operating as one institution.
VCU is located in the city of Richmond, the state capital and focal point for Virginia's political, cultural, and social events.
www.fastweb.com /fastweb/colleges/view_virginia_commonwealth_university_9537   (1339 words)

  
 College Profiles - Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public, research university located in the capital of the state, Richmond, Virginia.
VCU students enjoy the benefits of living and learning in the capital city of Richmond, which is the focal point for Virginia's cultural, political, and social events.
VCU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
www.collegeprofiles.com /virginiacommon.html   (916 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University – Privacy statement
In addition to the VCU Web Privacy Statement, the university encourages its colleges, schools, departments, centers, institutes and other units contributing to its official Web pages to provide specific notices about the collection and use of any personal information associated with those pages.
Any VCU Web page that uses persistent cookies will include a statement as to the purpose for using persistent cookies, exactly what is being retained and how that information is being used.
VCU is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of such Web sites.
www.vcu.edu /privacy.html   (609 words)

  
 Grad Profiles - Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a state-supported, coeducational university with a graduate school, a major teaching hospital, and ten academic and professional units that offer fifty undergraduate, eleven post-baccalaureate certificate, fifty nine master's, seven post-master's certificate and twenty three doctoral programs.
VCU is a member of the Oak Ridge Associated Universities and is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
VCU's faculty, representing the finest American and international graduate institutions, enhances the University's position among the important institutions of higher learning in the United States via work in the classroom, the laboratories, and the hospital and research published in scholarly journals.
www.gradprofiles.com /virginia.html   (629 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University – Virginia BioTechnology Research Park
The Virginia BioTechnology Research Park, a joint initiative of Virginia Commonwealth University and the city of Richmond, is situated on 34-acres adjacent to the VCU Medical Center.
The park is home to a unique mix of more than 50 biosciences companies, research institutes affiliated with the VCU Medical Center and major state and national medical laboratories and organizations involved with forensics, testing of biotoxins and management of the nation’s organ transplantation process.
Its business accelerator — the Virginia Biosciences Development Center — assists biosciences startups in the park’s incubator with everything from legal and financial services to business planning.
www.vcu.edu /biotech   (183 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar
VCU School of the Arts in Qatar was established by Virginia Commonwealth University and the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development to provide the highest level of design education and training for the citizens of Qatar, the Arabian Gulf region and beyond.
Virginia Commonwealth University is one of 84 leading Research Universities in the United States with one of the nation's great schools of the arts and design.
The purpose of VCU School of the Arts in Qatar is to offer students the opportunity to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Communication Arts and Design, Fashion Design and Merchandising, or Interior Design.
www.qatar.vcu.edu /output/Page1.asp   (187 words)

  
 Employer Profile: Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, one of the three largest doctoral research universities in the commonwealth of Virginia.
VCU traces its founding to 1838 when the medical department of Hampden- Sydney College opened in Richmond and later became the Medical College of Virginia.
Today, VCU enrolls more than 26,000 students in 164 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs — ranging from the arts to business, to the humanities, education and social work, to the life sciences and engineering —; in 11 schools and one college.
chronicle.com /jobs/profiles/3777.htm?pg=i   (229 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University   (Site not responding. Last check: )
VCU is expected to hold a news conference as early as today to name Jeff Capel's replacement, and all indications are that Grant will be at the Siegel Center.
Grant, who was promoted to associate head coach at Florida in 2002, starred on the court for the University of Dayton, helping the Flyers to a pair of NCAA tournament berths before graduating in 1987.
Nick George scored 20 points and Virginia Commonwealth used 67 percent first-half shooting to take a big lead and then cruised to a 77-59 victory against William and Mary on Senior Day at Kaplan Arena.
www.dopetype.net /vcommonwealthuniv   (774 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University Admission: Vault VCU Student Surveys
VCU might not have been so difficult to get it, but it was difficult to stay in.
I have only been here a few days, and already I know VCU is the school for me. They have a wonderful internship program and offer work-study jobs to m...
VCU, as an urban university, has done a great job of partnering with local businesses and corporations to provide rese...
www.vault.com /college-admissions/Virginia-Commonwealth-University.html   (604 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU, is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University-Extensive, ranking it as one of the top research universities in the nation and only one of three such institutions in Virginia.
VCU Life Sciences combines the university's strengths with those of local business, industry, government and community, creating partnerships that are especially important to students.
The unifying vision for VCU Life Sciences centers on the study of the interrelationships among all the biological components of life and involves everything from genes to ecological environments to human behavior.
careers.biospace.com /company_profile.aspx?CompanyId=291904   (209 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University   (Site not responding. Last check: )
VCU faculty attract more than $15 million per year in external funding for research that predominantly or exclusively affects women (breast cancer, fertility, pregnancy, child care, osteoporosis, etc) or with problems central to the health of women (psychiatric disorders, substance abuse, aging, cardiovascular disease, etc).
VCU is one of the most comprehensive institutions for health sciences in the United States and is one of only 20 academic medical centers with programs in almost every health-related discipline.
VCU is also a founding partner of Women’s Health Virginia, a statewide initiative to promote and improve the health and well-being of women and girls in Virginia.
www.4woman.gov /COE/centers/vcu.htm   (1386 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University Graduates to a Higher Level of Data Access
The university had FOCUS for MVS on the mainframe, so the use of the same language constructs on the PC was very attractive.
Another step VCU has taken to reduce both efforts required by users and overhead on the system is the implementation of WebFOCUS Report Broker to e-mail scheduled reports.
For VCU to go from nowhere to having a data warehouse and a Web reporting center in nine months is not only a credit to our staff but also to the products from Information Builders.
www.informationbuilders.com /applications/vcu.html   (859 words)

  
 My Library at Virginia Commonwealth University: Third Year Evaluation
At the time of its inception at the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Libraries in the fall of 1998, My Library was one of the first such services to be offered through a library web site [1, 2].
The VCU Libraries reported a general pattern of use whereby the lion's share of accesses was accounted for by a minority of users [Ghaphery and Ream, 2000].
In the case of VCU Libraries, the initial concept for the My Library service was ahead of technological infrastructure to support it.
www.dlib.org /dlib/july02/ghaphery/07ghaphery.html   (2223 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University – French Film Festival
The newest French Films presented by their award-winning actors and directors at the historic Byrd Theater in Carytown in Richmond, Virginia.
The information provided in this site comes from a variety of sources, including not only official VCU departments, but also unofficial sources and individuals.
Although every effort is made to present current and accurate information, the university does not author or edit all of the pages presented here and therefore cannot assume responsibility for all information.
www.frenchfilm.vcu.edu   (103 words)

  
 Virginia Commonwealth University – University accreditation
Virginia Commonwealth University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate, master’s, doctoral and first professional degrees.
For specific program accreditation information, visit the school or college Web site of which the program is a part.
University Student Health Services: Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
www.vcu.edu /vcu/accreditation.php   (107 words)

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