Campus tours and information sessions
Open House canceled
The weather forecast for Richmond for the upcoming weekend — Friday, Feb. 5 through Sunday, Feb. 7 — is calling for wintry precipitation, including several inches of snow in the central Virginia region. Due to this impending storm, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will not host Open House on Saturday, Feb. 6. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may present to our prospective students and their families. We will be considering options for rescheduling this event and will post more information on this site when it’s available.
The VCU Welcome Center will not be open on Saturday,
Feb. 6, 2010.
The weather forecast for Richmond is calling for significant snowfall between Friday afternoon and Saturday night; therefore, the Office of Undergraduate Admissions will not host an information session or campus tour this Saturday.
On Monday, Feb. 8, the VCU Welcome Center will follow the university’s inclement weather policy. For information about university hours of operation on Monday, please visit the VCU Alert Web site at www.vcu.edu/alert.
An information session is held in the Welcome Center, located at 1111 W. Broad St., every Monday through Saturday at 10:30 a.m. except on holidays and holiday weekends. The information session is followed by an hour-long, guided walking tour of the Monroe Park Campus.
The guided campus tour does not include a visit to a residence hall room, but information about each of the residence halls, including general descriptions and floor plans, can be found on the Web at www.housing.vcu.edu/halls_villages.html. In addition, photographs of residence hall rooms are available in the Welcome Center and the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. After the tour is completed, for those who are interested in asking more personal questions, an admissions counselor is available to meet with prospective students and their families. Reservations for individual students and their families are not required for attendance at these daily sessions.
Self-guided tour maps are available for visitors who are unable to attend the daily session.
Admissions office staff members are available in the center between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays to speak with students and their families.
Information sessions in Spanish
Information sessions in Spanish are available on the third Saturday of each month for students and parents who are interested in VCU. There will be a campus tour following the 30-minute information session where students and parents will have the opportunity to learn more about what VCU has to offer. For more information on the sessions in Spanish, call Elmer Campos at (804) 828-6017.
Upcoming dates:
Jan. 23, 2010
Feb. 20, 2010
March 20, 2010
April 17, 2010
Time:
11 a.m.
Where:
VCU Welcome Center
1111 West Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23284
Appointments and group tours
For students and families interested in meeting with departmental faculty or needing to arrange a visit to campus outside of the regular hours during weekdays only, appointments are strongly recommended. For more information about scheduling these appointments, please contact Carol Sesnowitz by phone at (804) 827-1760 or toll free at (800) 841-3638, or by e-mail at casesnow@vcu.edu.
Group tours of 10 or more people can be scheduled Monday through Friday. Appointments are required. If you would like to request a group tour, please contact our office at least one month in advance in order to allow sufficient time for arrangements to be made. For reservations contact Christal Holmes at (804) 827-2224 or toll free at (800) 841-3638 or by e-mail at holmescs@vcu.edu.
School of the Arts information session
The School of the Arts also offers information sessions and facilities tours starting at the Welcome Center at 1 p.m. Monday through Friday. During these sessions, prospective students have the opportunity to meet with a representative from the School of the Arts to learn about scholarship opportunities, additional admission requirements and to ask specific questions about School of the Arts' programs. Current students in the School of the Arts are available to provide tours of the arts facilities after these sessions. Appointments are not required; however, students interested in having their portfolios reviewed while visiting should schedule an appointment in advance by calling the School of the Arts at (866) 534-3201 or (804) VCU-ARTS. The School of the Arts does not host an information session and tour on Saturdays.
School of Engineering information and tours
The VCU School of Engineering offers information sessions and tours Monday through Friday at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The sessions are held in the School of Engineering Welcome Center, located in the School of Engineering, West Hall, Room 433. To learn more about the things that make a VCU School of Engineering education unique, prospective students are encouraged to plan a visit. Students will meet with an engineering representative who will provide information about programs of study, scholarships and admission requirements.
For more information, contact the School of Engineering at (804) 827-7028 or e-mail askengineering@vcu.edu. The School of Engineering does not schedule visits on Saturdays.
