Saul Ewing concluded that internal pressure to put the project in motion led to insufficient due diligence, and that VCU got caught “prioritizing mission, vision and values over financial terms,” along with a host of other shortcomings. But what, exactly, is the mission and vision?
Urban Renewal
A new history of VCU explores how the growth of the university and the city of Richmond are inextricably linked
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When the VCU menâs basketball team reached the Final Four in 2011, all of Richmond united to cheer on the team. (Photo by Ash Daniel)
A new history of Virginia Commonwealth University, â
Fulfilling the Promise,â co-authored by a legendary former president, Eugene P. Trani, charts (from 1968-2009) not only the ebb and flow of VCU but also the city of Richmond, whose paths have been inextricably intertwined through good times and bad.Â
U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine, a former Richmond mayor, cites VCUâs progress in a foreword to the book as one of three trends that have led to what he called âa powerful transformation in Richmond during the last decades.âÂ