School of Professional & Continuing Studies

Daryl Jackson, adjunct instructor of information systems, has earned a graduate certificate in cybersecurity management from the University of Virginia. Completing this post-graduate program qualifies Jackson to teach in our SPCS information security program.

Peggy Watson, W’76, director of the UR Osher Institute, provided a recap of the Osher’s community reading and discussion of Isabel Wilkerson’s Caste: The Origins of our Discontents in the April issue of the Osher National Resource Center (NRC) Newsletter. The community reading and discussions were managed in collaboration with Gather.

Ann Hodges, SPCS chair of paralegal studies and professor of law emerita, is among a panel of experts featured in a WalletHub article on pandemic impacts, State Economies Hit the Most by Coronavirus. Panelists offered responses to questions about pandemic and post-pandemic economic and employment challenges.

Erik Nielson, professor and assistant chair of liberal arts, has been appointed to the City of Richmond’s Task Force on the Establishment of a Civilian Review Board, tasked with establishing a civilian review board for Richmond police oversight after unrest last summer following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.