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VCU business students will start classes in our new building
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Campaign News
Virginia Commonwealth University recently announced a $1.5
million gift from Dominion, bringing the company's total
commitment to the university's schools of Business and
Engineering to $2 million.
"Dominion's generous gift places them among the top corporate
donors to the university," said VCU President Eugene P. Trani.
"The company's investment will help yield a well-trained and
motivated labor pool of engineering and business graduates who
have great technical skills, conduct research and development
and understand business and marketing."
Dominion, headquartered in Richmond, is among the top energy
producers in the United States and is ranked 123rd on the
Fortune 500 list.
"Dominion has committed these funds to help VCU strengthen its
business and engineering schools and bring more educational
wealth in both of those fields to our region," said Thomas F.
Farrell II, Dominion president and CEO.
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| “VCU opened a new
world for me. This campaign
is a great opportunity to give something back.
Together, we can enrich the lives of current students, give
the School of Business a more powerful presence, foster quality
research, help students find jobs and build a stronger alumni
network that will benefit graduates now and for years to come.”
Thomas G. Snead, Jr.’76 (with wife, Vickie ’76.)
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Campaign Initiatives
The Power of Our Vision: Building for the Future
A new $42 million state-of-the-art School of Business building will:
• better reflect the excellence of our programs and students.
• attract and retain the best faculty and more top-quality students.
• increase our competitiveness with other business schools in Virginia
and the nation.
• allow the student body to increase from 3,300 to 4,500.
The Power of Opportunity: Enhancing Support for Students
• Create a Career Services Center to increase internship
and co-op participation.
• Offer additional merit scholarships.
• Increase the number of team-building meeting rooms.
• Build 6 seminar rooms for upper-division courses.
The Power of Knowledge: Augmenting Support for Faculty and Teaching
• Offer faculty more professorships and better offices
to facilitate research and collaboration.
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Increase the number of case-study classrooms in order to allow for
more students, yet provide a more intimate setting for learning and
an ideal location for presentations and group casework on real–world
business scenarios.
The Power of Connection: Strengthening Relationships for Workforce
Development
• Design a commons area to welcome corporate visitors,
alumni, faculty, staff and students.
• Involve more alumni and other corporate leaders in sharing knowledge
with students.
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Add a Café to create informal opportunities for the exchange
of ideas.
• Create a more centralized location for the Corporate Education Center.
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Increase interactions with VCU’s School of Engineering
faculty and students.
• Increase alumni giving through the annual fund and other giving programs.
The Power of Innovation: Enriching Learning and Research through
Technology
• Add a new state-of-the-art financial services center
and trading room.
• Equip the new building with wireless technology.
• Provide space for centers and research institutes.
• Offer a new B.S. in financial technology (first awarded in May 2004).
• Continue academic alliances with companies such as IBM, Microsoft,
SAP, Dell, Cisco and Oracle.
• Sponsor the BioSciences Development Center at the VA BioTechnology
Research Park.
• Continue to encourage student innovation and original research.
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Potential Economic Impact of the Monroe Park Campus Addition
The Monroe Park Campus Addition is an 11-acre, $203.8 million
residential campus being built east of Belvidere Street between
Main and Canal Streets. The Addition will include a new School
of Business building, additional building for the School of Engineering,
relocation and expansion of the VCU Adcenter, a conference center,
new residential colleges for students, and a parking deck.
During construction, the Monroe Park Campus Addition is expected
to have an economic impact of $115.7 million on the City of Richmond.
Upon completion, the Addition is projected to impact the City of
Richmond to the tune of $13.1 million annually!
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