School of Professional & Continuing Studies

Spring Break

Spring Break is March 10-15. SPCS degree-seeking students have no scheduled class sessions during the week. SPCS offices remain open during the break. Professional education and Osher Institute classes are held as scheduled during the week unless other arrangements have been made.
SPCS Campus Tour

Join us March 14 at 11:30 a.m. for a tour of the award-winning University of Richmond campus, highlighting classroom spaces as well as campus eateries, athletics venues and study spots including the library. Let us know you’re coming — snacks and swag will be available!
Register for Campus Tour
Student Service Award Nomination

SPCS students have the honor of nominating one graduating student to receive the Jean H. Proffitt Student Service Award at SPCS Commencement in May. Nominations are still being accepted.

The deadline to submit your nomination has been extended to March 20.
Make Your Nominations
Think Again 2024-2025

Flip through the pages of the 2024-2025 issue of Think Again, our magazine featuring professional education programs and stories.
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Back to School 2024-2025

Flip through the pages of the 2024-2025 issue of Back to School, our in-house magazine featuring our academic programs and stories.
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Upcoming Events

SPCS Summer Academic Class Registration

9:00 AM

Mar 18

Osher & A&S Lecture Series: The Physics of Blood

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Mar 18

SPCS Student Government Association Meeting

5:30 PM - 6:30 PM

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SPCS Spotlight

Brandon and Tanner posing in front of Westhampton Lake and the Commons

SPCS Student Focus

The power of connections

For undergraduate students Tanner Atkinson and Brandon Boner, attending SPCS is about more than just earning a degree—it’s about the connections made along the way.

Shaniya Bond and Daryl Jackson at the SPCS office

SPCS Student Focus

The transformative role of mentorship

Shaniya Bond, who is currently working to earn a bachelor’s degree in IT management at SPCS, shares the powerful impact of a dedicated mentor on her academic experience.

How one former Richmond football player crafted a unique career path

Alum Seyoum Settepani has gone from the gridiron to layouts in Vogue magazine, but the heart of his day is spent as a foreign service diplomat and restaurateur.

Faculty promotions, awards announced during spring SPCS faculty meeting

Faculty in the School of Professional & Continuing Studies celebrated promotion announcements and service awards during the annual awards ceremony held during the spring faculty meeting on January 9, 2025.

Office of Financial Aid offers virtual advising appointments for SPCS students

The University of Richmond Office of Financial Aid is providing virtual advising appointments exclusively to current and prospective SPCS students on Wednesday, February 12, and Tuesday, February 25. Appointments are available on a first-come, first-served basis by signing up online.

SPCS Newsroom

Faculty & Staff Updates

March 7, 2025

Rap lyrics have long been used as evidence in court. A Georgia bill aims to give artists more protections

Liberal arts professor Erik Nielson, an expert on the use of rap lyrics in criminal trials, is quoted.

March 6, 2025

Shields presents at school diversity conference

Tom Shields, associate professor and chair of graduate education & associate professor of leadership studies, presented the Can We Learn & Live Together 2.0: Housing & School Segregation in the Richmond Region report at the National Coalition on School Diversity 5th National Conference on School Diversity at Georgetown University Law Center.

March 5, 2025

Hocutt presents at symposium on communicating complexity

Daniel L. Hocutt, SPCS web manager and adjunct professor of liberal arts, presented “Shifting Rhetorical Agency in Complex Information Deployment with AI” at the 14th annual Symposium on Communicating Complex Information (SCCI) held at Metropolitan State University in St. Paul, Minnesota.