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By Mike Porter

Higher education leaders, faculty experts and notable Virginia Commonwealth University alumni will gather Friday, Nov. 30, at a daylong symposium marking the 50th anniversary of the merger that created VCU.

Commemorating History: Challenges and Opportunities will examine the 1968 merger of the Medical College of Virginia and Richmond Professional Institute. The symposium will explore how VCU has evolved during the past five decades, the complexity of the MCV-RPI merger, the recently completed audit of Confederate symbols that exist on VCU’s campuses and the larger discussions at VCU about the ways in which history is and will be commemorated.

A full list of sessions can be found on the Office of the President website.

Members of the media are invited to cover the symposium and should contact University Public Affairs at vcunews@vcu.edu or (804) 828-1231 to register. Please indicate the session(s) you wish to cover.

The symposium will include sessions featuring Eugene Trani, Ph.D., president emeritus of VCU and VCU Health System; Beverly Warren, Ph.D., Ed.D., president and CEO of Kent State University and former VCU provost; and Edward Ayers, Ph.D., president emeritus of the University of Richmond.