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Candid Campus 2019

The VCU community was all smiles and high spirits on the second day of the new school year.

By VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

August 26^th, 2019

Footnotes Photos by Allen Jones, Thomas Kojcsich and Kevin Morley. Video by Dan Brazda. Drone footage by Joe Kuttenkuler. Story by Elinor Frisa, and design by Bryan Martin, VCU University Relations.

© 2024 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY

A lively first day of classes

And a VCU photographer was there to capture the highlights.

Hellos and goodbyes: Scenes from move-in

With help from their families, friends and roughly 400 volunteers, thousands of first-years arrive at VCU’s residence halls.

If walls could talk

A tour of some of the many murals that grace the buildings of VCU’s campuses, both inside and out.

A man for all seasons

A day in the life of VCU grounds crew member Walter Johnson.

Footprints on the James continues to make a deep impression on VCU students

With the river as a classroom, the monthlong experiential learning program marks a decade of combining undergraduate research, teamwork – and plenty of paddling.

Inspired by her VCU Health care team, burn survivor makes her nursing graduation ceremony a full-circle moment

Kendra Yates survived a horrific motorcycle crash, and she carries the spirit of the Evans-Haynes Burn Center with her as she pursues her dreams.

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