About the School

Learning Redefined

A&S remains committed to supporting undergraduate research through A&S Summer Fellowships, part of the Richmond Guarantee program. In the past decade, the A&S program has grown from less than 20 to more than 200 student projects for each of the last five summers. During the 2021-2022, 267 students participated in a summer research experience with 182 of them receiving funding from A&S. To showcase these achievements, A&S hosts the Student Symposium, an afternoon where student researchers can share their work in poster sessions, oral presentations, performances, and art exhibits. In addition, the School offers travel grants to allow students to travel to present their work at professional conferences. A number of students have coauthored articles in professional journals by the time they graduate.

Ingenuity Realized

A liberal arts education develops individuals who have the capabilities that employers tell us they want. Each year, the Office of Career Services surveys employers and asks them what they look for when hiring recent college graduates. The survey results reveal that a student's major is not as high a priority as that student's ability to solve problems, communicate clearly and persuasively, research and present information, or work professionally as part of a team. Richmond students can acquire these capabilities in multiple academic and extracurricular settings. Graduates become knowledgeable in specific fields of study, while also accessing a variety of approaches to a problem. This combination of focus and flexibility serves them well no matter where their career paths take them.