| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 60.83 |
| Liaison | Parker Long |
| Submission Date | March 2, 2018 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Virginia Commonwealth University
IC-1: Institutional Boundary
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
N/A |
Joseph
Costa Sustainability Projects and Program Coordinator Sustainability |
Institution type: Associate (i.e., short-cycle), Baccalaureate, Doctoral/Research, or Master's:
Institutional control (Public, Private for-profit, or Private non-profit):
A brief description of the institution’s main campus and other aspects of the institutional boundary used to complete this report:
Established in 1838, Virginia Commonwealth University is a public research university located in Richmond, Virginia. With 13 schools and one college, VCU's campus size is 150 acres in downtown Richmond, with additional branch campuses and satellite locations.
Its total undergraduate enrollment for Fall of 2016 was 31,231, and baccalaureate degrees awarded in 2015-2016 amounted to 5,219.
Which of the following features are present on campus and which are included within the institutional boundary?:
| Present? | Included? | |
| Agricultural school | No | No |
| Medical school | Yes | Yes |
| Other professional school with labs and clinics (e.g. dental, nursing, pharmacy, public health, veterinary) | Yes | Yes |
| Satellite campus | Yes | Yes |
| Farm larger than 5 acres or 2 hectares | Yes | Yes |
| Agricultural experiment station larger than 5 acres or 2 hectares | No | No |
| Hospital | Yes | No |
The rationale for excluding any features that are present from the institutional boundary:
The hospital is excluded because the VCU Medical Center is a separate legal entity from the university.
Additional documentation to support the submission :
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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