Undergraduate Student News

Darreon Barner is graduating from VCU with a mass communications degree with a concentration in media production. (Contributed image)

Class of 2025: On film and in life, Darreon Barner sets a rich scene

Dec. 2, 2025

With an embrace of media production, the Brunswick County native hopes to make a mark in Hollywood and his hometown.

Demond Middleton II is set to graduate from VCU six years after accepting his late mother Kristy’s diploma during VCU’s commencement activities. (Dean Hoffmeyer, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Class of 2025: Demond Middleton II still carries his mom’s spirit

Dec. 1, 2025

The psychology major and aspiring counselor first crossed the stage in 2019 – at age 15 – to accept his mother’s posthumous diploma.

Presented by the Institute for Democratic Empowerment and Pluralism, the Virginia Government Simulation offers a unique opportunity for students to live the life of a lawmaker. (Dean Hoffmeyer, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Virginia Government Simulation lets students pick up the bills

Nov. 24, 2025

In its second year, the mock legislative session led by VCU welcomed more than 100 participants from Virginia colleges.

Students including Blake Jocuns traveled around Central Virginia to conduct interviews at polling locations throughout the day. (Contributed photo)

Journalism and political science students had Election Day covered

Nov. 20, 2025

Collaboration between the Robertson School and the Department of Political Science offered real-world training at the polls.

Fourth-year sociology major and VCU men’s soccer star Moussa Ndiaye credits his formative years with nine older siblings for his competitive edge. (VCU Athletics)

VCU soccer star Moussa Ndiaye is made for the moment

Nov. 5, 2025

From Senegal to Richmond, the fourth-year sociology major and stalwart defender takes advantage of his opportunities everywhere he goes, head coach Dave Giffard says.

Senior advisor Nicolette Zbell works with students as part of a new resiliency program through the College of Humanities and Sciences. (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

Feeling overwhelmed? Resiliency program teaches skills to VCU students

Oct. 30, 2025

In the College of Humanities and Sciences, they are learning to navigate school and life.

Of working in two research labs, Liam Babcock, a VCU senior, said, “It’s exciting to see ideas become reality, especially knowing that my work could one day restore quality of life to people who need it.” (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

How I found my research: Liam Babcock savors the challenges and lessons of discovery

Oct. 28, 2025

The biology major is working in research labs investigating therapeutics on the MCV Campus.

Arjun (left) and Akash Jagdeesh, senior biology majors at VCU, work as emergency medical technicians for the Richmond Ambulance Authority. (Jonathan Mehring, Enterprise Marketing and Communications)

VCU twins are a double-dose of health care service as EMTs and researchers

Oct. 27, 2025

Akash and Arjun Jagdeesh connect campus, community and cancer insights along the Honors College path toward medical school.

Students in a class focused on the poet John Milton visited historically significant sights related to the literature they were studying. Here, the group is in the Wren Library at Trinity College. (Contributed image)

VCU students follow in John Milton’s footsteps — literally

Oct. 24, 2025

Summer study abroad program from the Department of English embraces the life and times of the ‘Paradise Lost’ poet

College students working with the Television Academy Foundation’s The Interviews Curriculum for media studies. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content Services)

TV icons have creatively joined a new Robertson School course

Oct. 22, 2025

Archival interviews from the Television Academy Foundation are at the heart of a modern curriculum built by professor Joshua J. Smith.