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SPCS Student Week: October 12-16, 2020

SPCS sets aside a week each year to celebrate its students, participating in our own version of the Association for Nontraditional Students in Higher Education (ANTSHE) Nontraditional Student Week. Join us in celebrating SPCS Student Week with video greetings, encouragement and swag in your mailbox and virtual events throughout the week.

To start our celebration week, current degree-seeking students will receive Spider Swag in your mailboxes. Here’s a preview and a hint: look for a cylinder.

Care package contents - mask, pen, bag, hand sanitizer

There are several events happening throughout the week as part of our celebration.

Events planned throughout SPCS Student Week are sponsored by SPCS, the SPCS Student Government Association and the SPCS Alumni Association.

We appreciate everything that SPCS students bring to the University of Richmond. We celebrate you!

Student Week Message from Dean Wilson

Student Week Message from President Crutcher

Shout Out from Ann Hodges

Shout Out from James Campbell

Shout Out from Tom Shields

Linda Fisher Thornton

To all our SPCS students, you are showing great perseverance this semester as you continue your studies during the pandemic. Your enthusiasm for learning is amazing and I’m proud to support your success! —Linda Fisher Thornton, adjunct professor

Wendell C. Roberts

WAY TO GO SPCS STUDENTS!!! You have figured out how to do it all!! We all Salute YOU!! Well Done. —Wendell C. Roberts, JD, MBA, adjunct professor

Dr. Laura Kuti

Shout out to the student teachers this semester! If you can teach in this environment, you can teach anywhere! 

—Laura Kuti, assistant professor & chair

Dr. Daniel Hocutt

I so admire you SPCS students for your tenacity and drive. Earning a degree while working, parenting, caregiving, teaching... and while remaining healthy, too... inspires me! Thank you for modeling motivation and excellence! —Daniel Hocutt, adjunct professor

Dr. Laura Kuti

Shout out to students in EDUC 680U: Totally impressed with your ability to manage your work day/school day life in the craziness of Zoom and then attend class on Zoom on Thursday evenings! I love seeing you and I want to acknowledge your hard work and commitment. —Laura Kuti, assistant professor & chair

SPCS Student Week Events

There are no events currently scheduled.

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Lisa Cheney, C'17
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Jackson Knox, '12
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Peyton Lassiter, C'18
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Kayleigh Reed, GC'18
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Sara Worley, C'17
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Kelly Maiden, C'18
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Chad Harris, C'18
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