VCU news

By Mike Porter

Editor’s note: The schedule was updated on March 18 to reflect changes made since the March 13 advisory was distributed about these meetings.

The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors will hold in-person meetings on March 21, beginning at 12:15 p.m. The meetings will take place at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Avenue, Room 303. The public may view a livestream of the open session videoconference at mssvideo.vcu.edu/BOV. Should you have any interruption with the video broadcast of the meeting, please contact Taron James at 804-828-8313. Details are below.

TIME	MEETING
12:15 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.	Audit, Integrity and Compliance Committee
2 p.m. - 3 p.m.	Facilities, Real Estate and Administration Committee
3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.	Academic and Health Affairs Committee

In addition, the Board of Visitors will hold in-person meetings on March 22, beginning at 7:45 a.m. The meetings will take place at James Branch Cabell Library, 901 Park Avenue, Room 303. The meetings will be held in open and closed session. The public may view a livestream of the open session videoconference at mssvideo.vcu.edu/BOV. Should you have any interruption with the video broadcast of the meeting, please contact Taron James at 804-828-8313. Details are below.

TIME	MEETING
7:45 a.m. - 8 a.m.	Nominating Committee
8 a.m. - 9 a.m.	Governance and Compensation Committee
9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.	Finance and University Resources Committee
11 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.	VCU Board of Visitors

All meetings will be a committee of the whole using procedural rules that are based on those of the committee, except that in this case the committee includes all members of the board.

PUBLIC COMMENT

There will be a public comment period at the full board meeting on March 22.

If you would like to offer public comment at the March 22 meeting at 12:15 p.m., you should register by providing the following information via email to bov@vcu.edu: name, email and phone number, VCU affiliation (e.g., student, faculty, employee, alumni, parent or member of the public), and request for reasonable accommodation if needed. Please note in the subject line that you are registering to speak at the March 2024 BOV meeting public comment. You may also call Chelsea Gray, executive director of board and executive operations, at 804-828-9213 to register.

Speakers will proceed in the order of registration and should be in person at the start of the public comment period at 12:15 p.m. Speakers may provide materials in advance if they wish to share with the Board of Visitors.

Individuals unable to attend the public comment period or to provide comment during the allotted hour period may provide written comment via an open comment portal to ensure an adequate opportunity for informed public comment on the proposed agenda items. All comments submitted to the portal must be made by 4:30 p.m., March 20.

Details of the meetings can be found at bov.vcu.edu/meetings/.