Education

At VCU Health Sciences, scholarship support is opening doors for future health care leaders and giving students the freedom to pursue purpose‑driven careers that shape the communities they’ll one day serve.

The annual MCV Campus Endowed Scholarship Brunch Feb. 22 brought together scholarship recipients and donors for an inspiring afternoon.

VCU School of Dentistry scholarship recipient Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson sees parallels between competitive swimming and dental school. 

Celebrating 50 years of nurse practitioner education, the VCU School of Nursing reflects on a legacy of innovation, impact and community‑centered care.

The VCU School of Pharmacy’s new undergraduate program addresses future needs of the profession and is catalyzing philanthropic support.

An anonymous $1 million gift to the Division of Nephrology at the VCU School of Medicine is poised to transform the future of care for advanced kidney disease.

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.