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The Greater Richmond Region is a region and metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Virginia, centered on Richmond, the state capital.The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) defines the area as the Richmond, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other entities.
The University of Richmond (UR or U of R) is a private liberal arts college in Richmond, Virginia, United States.It is a primarily undergraduate, residential institution with approximately 3,900 undergraduate and graduate students in five schools: the School of Arts and Sciences; the E. Claiborne Robins School of Business; the Jepson School of Leadership Studies; the University of Richmond ...
The Maggie L. Walker Governor's School for Government and International Studies (MLWGSGIS) is a public regional magnet high school in Richmond, Virginia.. One of the 18 Virginia Governor's Schools, it draws students from 14 jurisdictions: the counties of Chesterfield, Henrico, Hanover, Goochland, Powhatan, Prince George, Charles City, King and Queen, New Kent and Dinwiddie, and the cities of ...
Open High School is an alternative public high school in urban Oregon Hill in Richmond, Virginia.It was established in 1972 with the intention of helping students become independent, self-determined thinkers and learners.
Dr. Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne founded St. Christopher's School in 1911 as The Chamberlayne School. [6] [5] On June 11, 1920, a system of church schools was established by the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia, at which time The Chamberlayne School was renamed St. Christopher's School, after Saint Christopher.
Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) is a public research university in Richmond, Virginia, United States.VCU was founded in 1838 as the medical department of Hampden–Sydney College, becoming the Medical College of Virginia in 1854.
[15] Richmond County Public Schools had been fully accredited in 2017, [16] results consistent with the RCPS district's 2014–2015 report card on statewide benchmarks. [17] [18] In addition, Niche awarded the district an overall ranking of A− in academics in 2017. [19]
It became Richmond Theological Institute (formerly Colver) and joined with Wayland Seminary of Washington in 1899 to form Virginia Union University at Richmond. [7] In 1932, the women's college Hartshorn Memorial College, [8] [9] established in Richmond in 1883, became a part of Virginia Union University.