A collection point for financial donations to the American Red Cross was created by the VCU Health System to contribute to Haiti relief efforts. Volunteers will staff tables in the first floor lobby of the VCU Medical Center building from 7 a.m. through 5 p.
Last spring at a Weinstein Jewish Community Center softball tournament, K.B. Levin did not want to play ball. It was the last game in the tournament and Levin, the Hillel of Richmond director and Jewish Education coordinator, was told her team needed her.
The new Web site for The Commonwealth Times is now officially www.commonwealthtimes.org
Faculty members from colleges and universities across Virginia converged Jan. 14 on the State Capitol to urge legislators to support higher education. During Higher Education Advocacy Day, hosted by VCU, about a dozen professors visited with lawmakers and urged them to protect higher education from more state budget cuts.
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