Student success and support

When you support these funds, you help VCU students thrive.

Your gift to the VCU Student Emergency Fund provides financial support to students facing sudden hardships, including:

• House fires
• Medical issues
• Homelessness
• Food insecurity
• Lack of transportation

Your gift to the VCU First Generation Fund helps:

• Build community among first-generation students, faculty and staff
• Provide educational programming that promotes academic and professional success
• Empower students to navigate challenges and develop leadership skills
• Fund faculty and student research related to first-generation issues

Your gift to the Student Life and Learning Fund helps students participate in:

• Civic engagement
• Travel
• Mentoring
• Internships
• Field research

Your gift to the Student Advocacy fund helps:

• Ensure students have the resources they need to thrive
• Promote self-advocacy skills that serve students at VCU and beyond
• Empower every student to reach their full potential

Your gift to Rams in Recovery supports:

• One-on-one peer coaching
• Recovery meetings
• Writing workshops
• Recovery support seminars
• Sober social events
• Scholarships

Your gift to the Ram Pantry:

• Provides food to students at the central location and at satellite locations
• Ensures students have access to the basics they need to succeed

Your gift to the Student Success Initiatives supports:

• Students who need help staying on track for graduation and meeting immediate financial needs
• Key initiatives of the VCU Division of Strategic Enrollment Management and Student Success