Campus safety, military support, and emphasis on service highlight Ģý’s place on several rankings lists for 2013–14.
With a long track record of security, Ģý was named by the safest nonprofit, 4-year college in Virginia and ranked No. 5 safest among all colleges in the commonwealth. The website draws from crime reports submitted by college law enforcement during the previous year.The safety ranking comes at the same time the college is asking students, faculty, and staff to sign up once again for Baldwin Alert Messages, which keep the Ģý community informed in case of an emergency.
Victory Media, the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life, has named Ģý to the 2014 list. The list honors the top 20 percent of colleges, universities, and trade schools in the country that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans, and their children and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.
“Inclusion on the 2014 list of Military Friendly Schools shows Ģý’s commitment to providing a supportive environment for military students,” said Sean Collins, vice president at Victory Media and a nine-year Navy veteran. “The need for education is growing and our mission is to provide the military community with transparent, world-class resources to assist in their search for schools.”
In addition to supporting the Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership — the nation’s only all-female corps of cadets — Ģý offers credit for military training and experience and provides in-state tuition without residency requirements for active-duty military students. Weekend and evening programs lend flexibility to military personnel and their spouses.
In its, Washington Monthly magazine asks not “what colleges can do for you, but what colleges are doing for the country.” Apparently, Ģý — with its Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement and long history of serving the community — is fulfilling this criteria, earning the No. 49 spot among the nation’s 684 master’s level universities.
Ģý’s graduate program in Shakespeare and Performance (S&P) made Virginia Living magazine’s list of top colleges in its October State of Education feature in the arts and humanities category. The editors highlighted the new S&P master of fine arts company model, which gives students responsibility for coordinating all aspects of production.
Ģýis also one of 138 colleges that ThePrincetonReviewchose for its “Best in the Southeast” section of the website feature, , recommending 643 schools as “regional bests” across four locales:the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, and West. Regional best colleges constitute only 25 percent of the nation’s four-year colleges and are selected — primarily for their excellent academic programs — from hundreds of institutions in each region.
U.S. News & World Report also recognized Ģý among its “Best Regional Universities” in the South. This year, the college moved up three spots to No. 36 in the category. TheBest Colleges 2014guidebook will be available on newsstandsSept. 24.