Anderson Gallery Wraps Up Carlyon Exhibit

By Taylor Hall
VCU Insight
RICHMOND, Va. –  The VCU Anderson Gallery just wrapped up the very popular exhibit “Richard Carlyon: A Retrospective.”
The exhibit featured a re-creation of Richard’s study as it appeared for more than 50 years on West Broad Street.  Richard Carylon, a former VCU faculty member who passed away in 2006,  was a pivotal [...]

VCU Spreads Ram Spirit to Local Stores

By Taylor Hall
VCU Insight
RICHMOND, Va – Virginia Commonwealth University marketing officials are hoping to get more local stores to sell VCU paraphernalia by spreading the word through their “I Want My Gear” campaign.
According to VCU officials, the campaign launched after a heavy demand from students, alumni, and Richmond locals asking about where they could buy [...]

Virginia’s Largest Universities Raise Tuition

By Dayne Kaufman
VCU Capital News Service
Virginia’s five largest state universities – Virginia Commonwealth, George Mason, Old Dominion, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia – have raised tuition by 5 to 7 percent for the coming school year.
The tuition increases will help offset a decrease in state support for higher education. The state budget cuts [...]

Slave Trail Seeks to Free City’s History

By Stephanie Power and Anna Yates
Capital News Service
RICHMOND – Near the corner of 17th and Main streets downtown is the site of Lumpkin’s Jail, where African slaves arriving at the Manchester docks were held before being sold off.
Down the street, under a parking lot, is an old burial ground for slaves and poor free blacks. [...]

Sites along the Richmond Slave Trail

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The Richmond Slave Trail mirrors the experience of many African slaves in Richmond. It begins on the south side of the James River at Ancarrow’s Landing and ends a little more than three miles later at the First African Baptist Church near Main and 15th streets.

Storyteller Mulls America’s Heritage

By Stephanie Power and Anna Yates
Capital News Service
Late one night, Nessa Baskerville Johnson received a strange phone call.
“I think I’m your cousin,” said an unfamiliar voice.
Stranger still: The caller told Johnson that their common relative was a great-grandfather five generations back – a white man who enslaved members of Johnson’s family. The newfound cousin was [...]

Movieland Opening Helps VCU Children

By Scott Kennedy and Brittany Grove
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va.– A new movie theatre recently opened in Richmond. Movieland Cinemas is located on Boulevard Avenue, just past the Diamond Stadium, and it’s already making its mark as a partner in the community.
The cinemas complex was once a locomotive factory. Movieland retained much of the original building [...]

New VCU President to Receive $890,000 in Compensation

By Scott Kennedy and Mark Coffman
VCU InSight
RICHMOND, Va.- Many students and faculty have been meeting VCU’s President-elect Michael Rao, who will take over as VCU’s President on July first.
His current salary is $302,357 a year as President of Central Michigan University, which has 27,354 students. In comparison, VCU has 32,284 students.
In the midst of an [...]

VCU Faculty Leader Talks About Rao Selection

By Jeremy Hirsch and Nurah Majeed
VCU InSight
VCU Insight’s Jeremy Hirsch interviews Faculty Senate president Dan Ream. Ream discusses the selection of VCU President-Elect Michael Rao.