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Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols


Virginia universities reckon with Confederate symbols
FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators pulled down the Richmond Howitzers Monument at Virginia Commonwealth University (June 2020). The university was in the process of auditing Confederate symbols on its two campuses and has since begun removal and renaming of those symbols. Photo by Andrew Ringle, The Commonwealth Times. (Source: Capitol News Service)
By Katharine DeRosa | Capital News Service | May 10, 2021 at 6:22 PM EDT - Updated May 11 at 12:30 PM
RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia universities in the former heart of the Confederacy are reckoning with their past as students, faculty, and staff call for the removal of Confederate symbols.
Richmond housed the capital of the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865. Over 150 years later, remnants of the commonwealth’s Confederate history remain, including in academia. ....

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Amid controversy, University of Richmond promises fresh start to renaming buildings


By ERIC KOLENICH
Richmond Times-Dispatch
After weeks of protests and complaints from students and faculty, the University of Richmond board of trustees announced Monday it would hit the reset button on the controversial names of two campus buildings.
The board said it would form a commission to establish principles on renaming, ensuring a “fresh start.”
In a statement, the board said it and President Ronald Crutcher are “committed to ensuring a broader, more inclusive process to determine how decisions are made about questions of renaming going forward.”
The announcement came two hours before the faculty senate announced it had ratified a vote of no-confidence in the board’s top member, rector Paul Queally, calling for him to resign. ....

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