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The University of Richmond campus. (Photo: Alex Scribner/VPM News) On March 3, a coalition of Black University of Richmond students gave an April 1 deadline to address racial discrimination and equity issues on campus. Students said they’d end all official relationships with the school if administration didn’t meet a list of demands, including removing the names of segregationist Douglas Southall Freeman and pro-slavery Rev. Robert Ryland, the first university president, from two on-campus buildings. The university reaffirmed its commitment to keeping the names on the buildings in an email from university President Ronald Crutcher, sent March 17, and students and student organizations responded by beginning to disaffiliate on March 25, a week earlier than their original deadline. ....
University of Richmond names Kevin F. Hallock its next president University of Richmond and last updated 2021-03-04 14:34:55-05 RICHMOND, Va. After a national search, the University of Richmond has named Kevin F. Hallock its next president. Hallock, an economist and compensation and labor market scholar, was unanimously elected the university s 11th president by the Board of Trustees. âWe are fortunate to have attracted to the presidency of the University of Richmond a person with the experience, character, and credentials of Kevin Hallock,â said Paul Queally, rector of the Board of Trustees and a 1986 graduate of UR. Hallock graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He earned both his masterâs and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. ....