By Mike Porter

The Virginia Commonwealth University Board of Visitors will hold in-person committee meetings^[1]  on May 8, beginning at 8 a.m. All meetings will take place at VCU Medical Center Critical Care Hospital, 1213 E. Clay St., Lambert Boardroom. The meetings will be held in open and closed sessions.

In addition, the Board of Visitors will hold an in-person full board meeting on May 9, beginning at 8 a.m. at VCU Medical Center Critical Care Hospital, 1213 E. Clay St., Lambert Boardroom. The meeting will be held in open and closed sessions.

The public may view a livestream of the open session meetings at mssvideo.vcu.edu/BOV. Should you have any interruption with the video broadcast of the meeting, please contact Taron James at 804-828-8313. Details are below.

The meeting times of the committees and full board are approximate; the board cannot always anticipate changes in the length of its meetings.

PUBLIC COMMENT

The Board of Visitors invites members of the community to provide feedback on the proposed tuition and fees at the VCU FY25 Tuition & Fees Open Comment Portal.

There will be a one-hour public comment period at the beginning of the full board meeting on May 9 at 8 a.m. prior to action on any proposed tuition increase and the university’s budget. The meeting will be held in the Lambert Boardroom, 1213 Clay Street, Richmond.

If you would like to offer public comment on the proposed tuition and fees on May 9, you should register by providing the following information via email to bov@vcu.edu: name, email and phone number, VCU affiliation (e.g., student, faculty, employee, alumni, parent or member of the public), and request for reasonable accommodation if needed, including attending virtually. Please note in the subject line that you are registering to speak at the May 9 BOV meeting public comment. You may also call Chelsea Gray, executive director of board and executive operations, at 804-828-9213 to register.

Speakers will proceed in the order of registration and should be in person or online at the start of the meeting at 8 a.m. Speakers will be limited to a maximum of three minutes each. Preference will be given on a first-come, first-served basis. The first 20 individuals to register will have the opportunity to speak during the public comment period; individuals beyond the first 20 to register may submit written comments (see below).

Individuals unable to attend the public comment period or provide comment during the allotted hour period may provide written comment via the VCU FY26 Tuition & Fees Open Comment Portal to ensure an adequate opportunity for informed public comment. All comments submitted to the portal must be made by 4:30 p.m. May 5.

Details of board meetings can be found at bov.vcu.edu/meetings/.

^[1] All meetings will be a committee of the whole using procedural rules that are based on those of the committee, except that in this case the committee meeting includes an invitation for all members of the board to participate.