Rob Blandford is taking over as president and CIO of Spider Management Company, which manages $3 billion in assets, including the University of Richmond’s $1.8 billion endowment.
UR endowment is in new hands
Education
A playbook for real life
The University of Richmond men’s basketball coach share a few nuggets of wisdom at a business school event.
Black, gold and green
Virginia Commonwealth University is expanding its sustainability curriculum for local business people.
Business fantasy camp
A philanthropic alumnus of a local business school wants to make sure students get plenty of practice at the kind of skills best honed outside the classroom.
He said, they said
The legal sparring between a for-profit college and a disgruntled local student is likely headed for a jury trial in the spring.
Student says for-profit school lied about credentials
A laid off worker is suing the for-profit college he hoped would help get him back on his feet.
WaPo: VCU budget cuts “unfolding disaster”
The Washington Post published a scathing editorial on how budget cuts for public universities in the state is threatening to undo the strides made by Virginia Commonwealth University over the last decade. The Post describes VCU has the fastest growing school in state history, citing the addition of more than 8,000 students over the last… Read more »
Short Pump U
Another for-profit private university is cropping up in Short Pump, leasing more than 50,000 square feet at the former S&K Menswear warehouse.
Knowledge is good
Ten days after the University of Richmond set the date for the first information session about next fall’s MBA program, the 40 available seats were already reserved.
VCU Business School dean leaving in June
Michael Sesnowitz, dean of the VCU Business School and an instrumental figure in the money-raising and design of the new business school building, will be leaving the dean chair at the end of June. In an email sent out to the VCU faculty on Aug. 28, Sesnowitz said that he first accepted the VCU deanship… Read more »