The approval came as Bishop Walker, a Grammy Award-winning gospel artist and pastor of two churches in New York and Pennsylvania, prepared to lead the center’s first virtual master class on Dec. The board also approved the previously announced creation of a new School of Gospel and Sacred Music that will house the Hezekiah Walker Center for Gospel Music. In the announcement, VUU did not release any further details about the school or the courses and degrees it would offer. Lucas to add the new social justice school to build on the energy and reforms in the wake of the Minneapolis Police murder of George Floyd in May 2020 and other slayings of Black individuals.
VUU officials attributed much of the growth to increased enrollment in its graduate programs.īuoyed by the rebound in student numbers, the VUU board also approved the plan by President Hakim J. Though still short of the 2015 record of 1,906 total students, the current enrollment represents a 17 percent increase from the fall 2020 count of 1,522 students that VUU reported to SCHEV. The approvals came as VUU reported a fall enrollment of 1,781 undergraduate and graduate students, the best showing since the 2016 academic year when the school enrolled 1,817 students, according to the State Council of Higher Education. The board also cleared the way for VUU to start offering certificate and two-year programs to prepare people for technical and vocational careers. The launch of the School of Social Justice and Community Activism is among fresh options for students approved by the VUU Board of Trustees at their fall meeting just before Thanksgiving.
A new school is being launched a Virginia Union University to train students to be activists.
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