At the direction of the President in March 2021, the Senior Vice Provost (SVP) for Student
Affairs launched a comprehensive review of Greek life at the university. This progress report provides updates and recommendations.
Update to the August 2nd announcement about a pause, that, given the progress made related to personnel, policies, and procedures, new member activities will resume in the spring semester with a projected start date in February 2022.
VCU has joined many other universities in creating a medical amnesty process in the Student Code of Conduct (pages 7-8) related to alcohol and other drugs.
After a nationwide search, Joe Wheeless will become the inaugural Director of Fraternity and Sorority Life at Virginia Commonwealth University on October 11, 2021.
The following five Greek Life work groups have been established to conduct more detailed analyses and to recommend any improvements to the Senior Vice Provost.
The Division of Student Affairs has hired Dyad Strategies, a research and consulting firm specializing in cultural and risk assessment within fraternities and sororities, to conduct a full external review of the VCU fraternity and sorority community.
This information is to reinforce expectations and to communicate the requirements of the cessation for the remainder of the semester and the action items associated with it.
On behalf of all of VCU, we continue to mourn the death of Adam Oakes, a freshman who had a promising future ahead of him. Like our community, we fervently want to understand what happened. VCU is working closely with the Richmond Police Department.