Information tailored for degree-seeking students (graduate & undergraduate), professional education students, and lifelong learning students including Osher Institute members.
SPCS degree-seeking students each year
SPCS Think Again students served each year
Osher members in a year
Total number of SPCS alumni
All SPCS graduates are members of the UR Alumni Association
Alumni profiles in UROnline
Our faculty make a difference in the lives of our students. This section provides instructional resources, administrative resources and contact information to help faculty teach effectively and efficiently.
Faculty appointments
Active adjunct faculty members
Average number of students in SPCS classes
Behind the scenes, staff at the University of Richmond support the work of faculty and students to advance knowledge through teaching, learning and research.
SPCS staff support marketing and engagement efforts, professional education and lifelong learning program management and development, recruitment and enrollment, finance and technical services, and administrative oversight of the School’s efforts.
Full-time & part-time staff in SPCS
Dean of SPCS
Associate deans
Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented “On Immigrants’ Behalf?: Comparing Views of Immigrants and Organizations on Needed Integration Services & Policies” at the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Washington, DC. Rissler co-authored the paper with Saltanat Liebert of VCU’s Wilder School.
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Grant Rissler, assistant professor of organizational studies, presented “Towards Digital Justice and Consolidated Resettlement Resources for New Americans: A Virginia Database Initiative” at the annual conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations & Voluntary Action (ARNOVA) in Washington, DC. Rissler co-authored the paper with colleagues from Virginia Tech, James Madison and George Mason.
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Tom Shields, associate professor of education in the School of Professional and Continuing Studies and associate professor of leadership studies in the Jepson School, received a Community-Engaged Scholarship Award from the University of Richmond Bonner Center for Civic Engagement.
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Tom Shields, associate professor and chair of graduate education, received the CCE’s Community-Engaged Scholarship Award at the Center’s annual awards ceremony, recognizing scholarly activity that has emerged from a mutually beneficial partnership with a community that creates new knowledge and contributes to positive social change.
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