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In Fulfilling the Promise, John Kneebone and Eugene Trani tell the intriguing story of #VCU #PublicHigherEd via @uvapress. Proceeds support VCU scholarships.

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Introducing Fulfilling the Promise:
Virginia Commonwealth University and the City of Richmond, 1968–2009 by John Kneebone @HistoryVCU and Eugene Trani @VCU

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“I knew coming to Richmond there was a possibility of having a significant impact on VCU and the city of Richmond, & that’s what interested me about this job.” Yet, he came without a stated agenda other than a promise to work very hard for VCU. (2/2) #VCUPromise #ThisDayInHistory

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On this day in 1990, the Board of Visitors unanimously affirmed the presidential search committee’s recommendation that Trani be hired as VCU’s fourth president, prompting a standing ovation. (1/2)

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Ten years ago the Rams made history by becoming the only men's basketball team to ever make it from the First Four to the Final Four. For the rest of this month, we're reliving their journey through the tournament.

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Great first article: “Four weeks of havoc” marking the 10th anniversary of VCU’s run to the 2011 Final Four! We remember the story well - and it is one of the many VCU highlights of our book #FulfillingThePromise

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Over the next month, we're producing an oral history series to mark the 10th anniversary of @VCU_Hoops' remarkable run to the 2011 Final Four. https://t.co/zuWueMZHnl

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OTD in 1977, Theodore Edward Temple, VCU’s 2nd president, passed. As @RTDNEWS put it, he became president “with the task of ending the internal conflicts that had plagued the merger.” He built up the university’s reputation, and brought about “a new MCV hospital.” #VCUPromise

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The national fad of streaking—dashing about in the nude in public—had come to VCU on March 4, 1974

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On this day in 1968 Gov. Godwin Jr. signed legislation creating Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU officially came into being on July 1, 1968. #FulfillingThePromise #VCU

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A sculpture on the MPC features a large easel with a sketch of Henry H. Hibbs (pictured), founder of the Richmond School of Social Economy, which became the RPI and later VCU. If you want to visit this work of art, head to the Shafer Court area. #FulfillingThePromise

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In the fall of 2008, VCU celebrated 40 years with the “Fortieth and Forward” commemoration. The day before the festival of events, officials dedicated four historical markers, one of which is pictured here from Founders Hall on the Monroe Park Campus.

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Black History at VCU:

In 1989, the @VCUAAAC was formed. For nearly 30 years, it has supported the success of African-American students from their first days on campus to graduation and beyond.

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On this day 1977 a mission stmt for VCU was adopted: VCU was “a comprehensive, urban, public university,” and “its thrust” was education of citizens to deal with “society’s increasingly urban-influenced problems, wherever these problems may exist.”
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Great article! We feature McLeod's contributions to VCU in #FulfillingThePromise. “They [VCU] had gone on record saying this university was moving in a different direction, that there was going to be a different time.” The SAAP would hold the university to its promise.

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In 1966, Charles McLeod (B.S.’70/H&S; M.Ed.’73/E) became VCU’s first Black basketball player and later co-founded the university’s first Black student organization.

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For more about Elam, (as well as other recollections of the RPI / VCU integration), visit https://t.co/lxcyBdMtyH

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In Fulfilling the Promise, we mention student Jim Elam, a sociology major from Richmond, who was elected president of the Student Government Association in the spring of 1970. He was the first African American student to hold that post. (1/4)
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“…on the way to file his petition, Elam encountered a student on the other side. "You're kidding," the white student said, "You don't think you could win do you? This is a white school." It was just the push Elam needed to push back, hard.” (3/4)
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Notes from a talk at the Parents’ Weekend Brunch in Feb 1992 show Trani emphasizing the diversity of VCU’s student body & majority of graduates stayed in Virginia. VCU’s more than 21K students, he explained, had a positive impact on the local economy.

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In 1967, an interracial group of students held meetings to address race relations on campus and to promote establishment of a black studies program. They formed Students for an Afro-American Philosophy and gained recognition as a student organization in 1968. #BlackHistoryMonth

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On this day in 1969, Warren Brandt's hiring as VCU’s first president came. We write, "His black horn-rimmed glasses and short, brush-cut hair had conveyed youth and energy only a few years before, but styles had changed, seemingly overnight, and no doubt he looked a bit stuffy.."

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Thank you to @VCUCHS and VCU Life Sciences for the opportunity to talk about our book, "Fulfilling the Promise." We are proud of #VCU and its rise to become a major urban research university. #VCUPromise