College of Humanities and Sciences

Peyton Rowe and Jeanine Guidry, Ph.D., will be honored for their work at VCU.

She will lead the CHS development team starting August 10.

Newman is the department assistant for AFAM, as well as an alum, graduate student and community activist.

The fellows will support the areas of equity and community partnerships, as well as faculty mentoring and professional development.

"It's more than just following a checklist, taking a couple pictures and packaging a little bit of evidence. [It’s] about understanding how that evidence is left at the crime scene."

These awards provide the deserved exposure and recognition of the hard work and extraordinary achievements of staff, which make VCU the great place it is to work today.

The VCU Work-Study Research Assistantship Program (WRSA) was designed to give undergraduates the opportunity to gain insight into the research process while providing assistance to faculty mentors and research groups.

Tripti Jena, M.D., and Purusottam “Puru” Jena, Ph.D., credit much of their family’s well-being to the careers and community they found when they joined Virginia Commonwealth University in 1980.

Guy has worked at VCU for the past seven years, serving most recently as an associate professor in the Department of African American Studies.