The Human Resources team has been taking strides in these areas in multiple ways and more recently by introducing new performance ratings, engaging with managers through the Managers’ Summit, providing trainings on compensation, and leading conversations to educate the campus on compensation and performance best practices.
The Cultural Affairs Committee seeks to fund cultural events that have the potential to generate broad-based interest within the University community. Applications must have the support of one or more University departments/programs to be considered. All members of the University community, including student organizations, may submit applications for funding. All successful grant applicants must submit a final report to the committee detailing how grant funds were used by the end of the academic year in which the event takes place. View the full guidelines.
The application deadline is March 25, 2026, for events taking place in the 2026–27 academic year. All application materials, including letters of support, must be submitted here.
For more information, please contact Jon Park (chair) at jpark@richmond.edu.
Are you on the fence about taking the leap towards your leadership development journey? Here's what yoUR colleagues saying about their Launching into Leadership experience!
"The program strengthened my confidence in my managerial abilities as well as strengthened my connections across campus. Because I had limited management experience before stepping into my current role, Launching into Leadership gave me practical tools and insight that I wouldn’t have gained as quickly from just from handling my day-to-day responsibilities." —Cameron Buzzard, Budget & Accounting Coordinator
"I would say that the sense of community, in the room alone, was enough to keep me coming back. By the end, you'll have learned so much from each other and had an opportunity meet and hear from various colleagues from every corner of campus." —Paul Just, Manager, Custodial & Environmental Services
Launching into Leadership kicks off on Wednesday, March 18 and takes place over the next 6 weeks. Register today by emailing Ashelle Brown (abrown6@richmond.edu)!
More info about the Launching into Leadership program on HR's Manager Development page.
From Thursday, March 5, through Sunday, March 15, Boatwright Library construction will require five ADA parking spaces along Richmond Way to be temporarily offline, with alternative ADA parking available nearby. At times, Richmond Way will be reduced to one lane with flaggers directing traffic, and a portion of the east sidewalk will be closed. The Lora Robins Gallery entrance will remain open. Please use caution and slow down while driving in this area. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
The Office of the Chaplaincy is seeking nominations for the Debbie Barkley Spirit Award, which acknowledges senior students that have shown exceptional faithfulness in the midst of adversity and a willingness to serve others. Please thoughtfully consider nominating a senior by Monday, March 16.
Learn more about this award and complete the nomination form here.
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—The Princeton Review (2025)Lauren Henley, assistant professor of leadership studies, published Inquisition for Blood: The Making of a Black Female Serial Killer in the Jim Crow South with LSU Press.
Brittany Nelson, associate professor of photography and extended media, is currently exhibiting List Projects 34: Brittany Nelson at The List Visual Arts Center, MIT’s contemporary art museum. The show highlights photographs and a moving-image work filmed at the Green Bank Observatory. Nelson’s work considers how scientific inquiry and emotional projection converge, transforming instruments of cosmic detection into metaphors for intimacy, distance, and longing.
Kristin M.S. Bezio, professor of leadership studies and Jepson School associate dean of academic affairs, published Shakespeare and Identity in a Divided World with Routledge.
Elizabeth Baughan was promoted to professor of classical studies. Her research focuses on funerary monuments, burial customs, and cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean as well as African American cemeteries in the Richmond area.
Elena Calvillo was promoted to professor of art & art history. Her research and writing focus on artistic service and imitative strategies in sixteenth-century papal Rome. She is broadly interested in theories of representation and cultural translation and brokerage in Italy, Spain and Portugal in the sixteenth century.
Jessie Fillerup was promoted to professor of music. Her research interests are driven by her curiosity about French musical cultures, illusory experiences, and the nature of musical temporality.
Kristine Grayson was promoted to professor of biology. She is a field ecologist whose areas of expertise include population ecology, thermal physiology, the spread of invasive forest insects, and the conservation of amphibians and reptiles.
Ovidiu Lipan was promoted to professor of physics. His research is focused on various aspects of the interplay between discrete and continuous models in theoretical physics, with a recent highlight on the connection between discrete and continuum electrodynamics.
Maja White was promoted to professor of theatre & dance. She is a lighting and sound designer and has designed lighting for opera, theatre, and dance nationally and internationally. Her research falls in the study of how sustainable equipment and the evolution of technologies are changing the aesthetic of the live entertainment industry.
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Sandra Peart, dean of the Jepson School of Leadership Studies, is interviewed in this podcast. Peart is a well-known expert on the history of economic thought.
Leadership studies professor and historian Lauren Henley authored this piece, originally published in The Conversation.
Leadership studies professor Julian Hayter is quoted.
Economics professor Saif Mehkari is quoted.
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