Education

A newly endowed professorship in the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences at the VCU College of Health Professions bolsters efforts to attract and train future MLS professionals.

A gift from alum Frank W. Rockhold, Ph.D., will ensure graduate students in the Department of Biostatistics at the VCU School of Public Health are provided opportunities to develop collaboration and communication skills as part their curriculum.

Paul Halweg, M.D., and his wife, Laurie Halweg, are investing in scholarships at the VCU School of Medicine for those whose educational journeys may not have begun with medicine in mind.

Joseph Escudero received the 2024-2025 Per Aspera ad Astra: Emerging Nurse Leaders Scholarship at the VCU School of Nursing. 

A new scholarship will support students in the new B.S. in pharmaceutical sciences program at the VCU School of Pharmacy.

VCU and VCU Health have kicked off Unlocking Potential: VCU’s Campaign for the Future, a record-breaking $1.838 billion initiative, the most significant fundraising effort in the enterprise’s history.

Private philanthropy has provided scholarships that support VCU Health patient care technicians and certified nursing assistants pursuing nursing degrees. 

Judith Price's experiences as a student inspired her to establish a scholarship at VCU School of Nursing named in honor of her late parents who supported all her educational pursuits. She hopes the gift will encourage nursing scholars to never stop learning. 

A Friends of VCU Libraries Scholarship is helping one mother pursue her educational dreams.

The VCU School of Medicine is training the next generations of top doctors, and scholarships are changing lives along the way.