VCU Faculty Senate

The VCU Office of Government Relations provides an excellent web site for use during the Virginia General Assembly session. Here you can get contact information on your personal elected representatives.

The General Assembly will convene on January 14, 2009. To view a list of current legislation please click here for Education and Administration related bills, and here for Health related bills.
Faculty, staff, students, and alumni are encouraged to contact their respective House of Delegates and Senate of Virginia members to inform them how the key legislative priorities will further the academic and health care missions of VCU and the VCU Health System. For your convenience, click here for a link to contact information for your elected representatives. For a reminder of guidelines for taking public policy positions or offering public comments, please click here.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office by email at govrel@vcu.edu or call us at (804) 828-1235.

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All VCU faculty are encouraged to join Virginia AAUP and Faculty Senate of Virginia members in participating in Higher Education Advocacy Day on Thursday, January 15, 2009. Even if you can only spare a couple of hours, all participants are welcome.

The day begins at 9:00AM in the Student Lounge of the Lyons Building on VCU's MCV campus. SCHEV Director Daniel LaVista will address us briefly before we begin office visits at the General Assembly Building. Coffee and breakfast snacks will be provided, as will free box lunches later in the day. A student will be available to attend our belongings while we are at the General Assembly. Links to directions, parking, and other information are below.

Important links:

Driving directions to the MCV Campus:
http://www.vcu.edu/maps/mcvmap/mcvmapd.php

Visitor parking:
http://www.vcu.edu/maps/mcvmap/mcvmapf.php#parking

The location of the Lyons Building:
http://www.vcu.edu/maps/mcvmap/lyons/lyons.htm

The Virginia General Assembly:
http://legis.state.va.us

State Council on Higher Education in Virginia:
http://www.schev.edu

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