Education

With off-stage help from some big names in Richmond business, a music and dance school near Innsbrook is expanding and looking ahead to its next location.

A recent change in NCAA athlete scholarship rules is going into effect this academic year, and the two universities are getting on board with additional stipends for student athletes – especially basketball players.

Just in time for the new school year, University of Richmond has wrapped up an overhaul of two of its oldest dormitory, and work is still ongoing at a massive new welcome center across campus.

A Northside private school is making progress on its massive campus expansion project, with two buildings bought, a land deal coming up and more real estate purchases in the works.

The Ashland church, which sits on the edge of the college campus, is upgrading its 60-year-old building by adding more space and renovating the interior.

VCU Athletics earlier this month secured a multimedia rights deal with Texas-based Learfield Sports that guarantees the university more than $20 million in sponsorship revenue over the next 10 years and puts Learfield in charge of all aspects of the Rams’ athletic media rights, including signage, digital corporate sponsorships, television and radio play-by-play, and coaches’ radio shows.

Work on VCU’s $35 million project was recently resumed after a re-evaluation of design and construction plans.

After 18 years at the all-boys school, Headmaster Charley Stillwell announced that he would be leaving St. Christopher’s to start a new role at a Northern Virginia boarding school.

The university is making further ties with a Moroccan school to offer courses for entrepreneurs and eventually create a Ford-fueled business school in Casablanca.

A community college is tackling its next big campus upgrade with interior work set to begin on a large academic building that will include the addition of several science labs.